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May 2015

May 05, 2015

Vote for Donuts

This Pearls Before Swine comic offers a different perspective on creationism and evolution. Often people...

April 2015

April 06, 2015

One Soul Or Two?

When I saw this graphic, I knew I had to share it. I actually raise...

March 2015

March 10, 2015

Embarrassed by Mythicism/Antievolutionism

Have you ever wondered why the two New Testament scholars to write books directly tackling...

March 09, 2015

To Engage or Not to Engage

I had been meaning to blog for a while about the question of whether it...

March 03, 2015

Do You Know How To Hovind?

Everyone knows that you can Google. Did you know that you can also Hovind? Notorious...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

At Least Be Humble

I have a high degree of tolerance for people who promote pseudoscience and pseudoscholarship. I've...

February 13, 2015

Did Noah Get Tax Incentives?

This meme image from God of Evolution made me laugh. It is really funny, if...

February 13, 2015

Young-Earth Creationism and Unicorns

"Creationism is lousy theology that leaves its proponents looking ridiculous in ways that more intellectually...

February 10, 2015

Ark Park Financial Troubles: Proof Young-Earth Creationism is Neither Scientific nor Christian

It is like a one-two knockout punch. On the one hand, the fact that Answers...

January 2015

January 25, 2015

Importing Modern-Day Science Into Ancient Texts

I shared a long quote from Mike Beidler a while back, and a discussion occurred...

January 16, 2015

I Just Know

“I just know” replaces systematic reviews at top of evidence pyramid The Society for Healthcare...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Unsinkable

I shared a link on Facebook to Hemant Mehta's blog post, which points out the...

December 30, 2014

Creationist Bingo

Michael Roberts shared the above card for playing "Creationist Bingo." It seems to have been...

December 15, 2014

Mythicism as Pseudoscholarship on Wikipedia

David Fitzgerald posted this on Facebook: If a "war is brewing," are you involved in...

December 12, 2014

Ken Ham Announces Scaled Down Ark Park

Yes, this is satire...I think.

December 05, 2014

Using Math to Obscure Bad Arguments

Some might think, given the headline, that this post would be about Richard Carrier. But...

December 04, 2014

Best Definition of Young-Earth Creationism Ever

HT Chris Code on Facebook

December 04, 2014

YEC Connect the Dots

The image above appeared on the blog Friendly Atheist. It makes a number of points...

December 03, 2014

Nothing is Impossible for God, Except Evolution

I always find it ironic when young-earth creationists and other anti-science folks say that biological evolution...

December 03, 2014

Science Denial Mad Libs

Also note how well this works: The scholarly consensus regarding the historical Jesus leaves something...

December 02, 2014

Literalists Have a Choice

If the biblical account of creation is literally true, then the creator is maliciously lying...

December 01, 2014

Ken Ham, Whovian

I learned previously that Ken Ham is a Doctor Who fan. But a photo in a...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Arrogance and Ignorance are an Unpleasant Combination

HT Pharyngula and Crocoduck, and also Hemant Mehta, who has a practical way you can...

November 20, 2014

Geology is the Least of the Flood’s Problems

Someone commented on a post I shared on Facebook, "The Bible gives clear evidence of...

November 17, 2014

Ahead of its Time Knowledge in the Bible?

Ross MacKenzie has a nice breakdown of what motivates - and what is wrong with -...

November 16, 2014

Creation Science in a Nut Shell

From Pliny the In-Between

November 06, 2014

Historical Science, Jesus, and Evolution

One popular objection in our time to evolutionary biology is a bogus distinction between observational...

November 03, 2014

Pope Francis, Anti-Science Creationists, and the Gnostic Demiurge

I am grateful to Joel Watts for pointing out the original Italian text of something...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

That’s a Fact

From Joe Heller via Open Parachute. I don't think the scientist does a good job of...

October 18, 2014

YEC: First Step Towards Atheism

It is entirely possible that Ken Ham genuinely believes that his life's work is filling...

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