Religious Concepts

University of Texas Scientists Plead with Lawmakers to Please Kill Intelligent Design Bill

State Representative Bill Zedler's legislative career can be summed up as a quixotic attempt to foist his puritanical worldview onto the state's 26 million residents. Backdoor abortion bans, stripper licensing, Sharia law bans, making life unnecessarily difficult for gay college kids. Whatever your ... More >>

The Texas Board of Ed Chair is Upset Schools Aren't Teaching Evolution "Alternatives"

In 2009, science-respecting members of the State Board of Education succeeded in scrubbing the state's science curriculum standards of a requirement to discuss the "weaknesses" of evolution, which would have opened the gates to less scientific theories, namely intelligent design and creationism. But ... More >>

Rockwall Rep. Ralph Hall Would Really Rather That No One Pays For Your Contraception

If you've been hiding under an especially sturdy and soundproof rock for the past month, perhaps you missed out on the increasingly bitter national debate over contraception coverage. Lucky for you, U.S. Representative Ralph Hall has taken a break from doubting global warming and talking about how i ... More >>

"Intelligent Design" Materials Sneak Onto DISD Teachers' Curriculum Site. Maybe God Did It?

​Turns out, Rick Perry was right after all.What you see at right is a slide I received last night from a fellow Dallas Independent School District parent. It was, until this morning, available on the district's Curriculum Central website, accessible only to teachers and administration and a resour ... More >>

Gov. Perry: We Teach Creationism in Texas Public Schools. The Rest of Texas: No, We Don't.

Perry: See, this hair doesn't just happen!​How does one explain the follicle-by-follicle perfection of Gov. Rick Perry's imperturbable man-mane? Where does his mega-watt smile and its rows of pearly whites come from? Braces? No, silly. They come from God. God spoke, and Perry was born a man of ... More >>

Viva la Evolution: The Creationists Return to Austin

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the classroom, SBOE returns.

Here Are the Proposed Texas Science Lessons Freaking Out the Scientific Community

New state ed board chairwoman Barbara Cargill is worried her board isn't conervative enough.​As you've probably heard, the Texas Board of Education is in the process of picking new supplemental science materials that will be used to complement the state's outdated science textbooks. The state ... More >>

State Rep. Bill Zedler's Proposed Creationist Legislation is Causing Quite the Big Bang

​Two weeks ago Bill Zedler, state rep for District 96 in Arlington, tossed into the legislative heap House Bill 2454, which would prohibit "discrimination by public institutions of higher education against faculty members and students based on their conduct of research relating to intelligent desi ... More >>

Next Week at SMU, the Discovery Institute's Finally Nailing Darwin For Good

​If you fell prey to the siren call of the Discovery Institute's 2007 Darwin vs. Design conference at Southern Methodist University, well, dust off your fossil records and get your ape suit to the dry cleaners, because next Thursday night we're gonna do it all again.Next week's panel discussion, " ... More >>

Institute for Creation Research Ditches Legal Fight Against State, But Vows: No Retreat!

​Way back in June we mentioned that a federal judge told the Royal Lane-based Institute for Creation Research that its lawsuit against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board didn't stand a holy ghost of a chance -- mostly because, well, it didn't make a lick of sense. Which is to say, sure, ... More >>

What'll It Be, George Clayton? A Further Look at Education Board's "Wild Card."

Your newest member of the State Board of Education, George Clayton​It took a while for Patrick "Buzz" Williams to get State Board of Education candidate George Clayton on the phone before the GOP primary earlier this month, but he finally did -- long enough to ask the North Dallas High School teac ... More >>

Grading on a Curve, or: How Old Do Those State Board of Education Candidates Think the Earth Is, Anyway? Let's Ask!

State Board of Education candidate Thomas Ratliff (and family), who thinks the earth is plenty old​Well, who knew? The eyes of Texas have been focused on the GOP primary race between Governor Rick Perry and challenger Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as the ultimate throwdown between far right and ... More >>

Pro-evolution Forces Take an Unexpected Win at the Texas Board of Education

Give this round to science in the fight over how to teach evolution in Texas schools

Prof to Creationists: Don't Mess With Texas Science Education

Barbara Forrest, speaking at SMU last week In keeping with the spirit of Monday's item concerning the release of the study Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the 21st Century, last week SMU hosted a speech by Barbara Forrest, ... More >>

It's Science: Ninety-Nine Percent of Texas Science Professors Surveyed Don't Believe in Intelligent Design

Moments ago, the Texas Freedom Network posted to its Web site a study conducted by Dr. Raymond Eve, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, titled Evolution, Creationism & Public Schools: Surveying What Texas Scientists Think about Educating Our Kids in the ... More >>

Kids Rule

Will State Higher-Ed Board Make Creationism "Science" This Week? Mebbe So ...

Over the Top|It's a Miracle

Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Begins

Should creationism win out, textbooks throughout the country–not just Texas–will challenge the theory of evolution in science curricula

Arguments Creationists Make to Counter Evolution

Evolution Sunday Especially Important in Texas

Tomorrow's Headlines Today

Dallas-Based Creationists Turning Texas Into a "Laughingstock"

He Was Just Big-Boned

Is Creationism Science? Dunno. "Not a Scientist."

A Degree in Creationism? Could Happen.

Intelligent Design for Living

Intelligent Design for Living Here

In Dallas, a Muslim Writer is Asked a Difficult Question

God in the Details

For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs. Along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.

The Fishes Wear Manolos

Kemper, They Wanna a Piece of You

Top Design

Get into a controversial discussion

Brain Spat

Seven-Day Wonders

Queen Maybe

Ever in search of a life, this girl finds an old one

The Slippery Middle Ground on Gay Marriage

Little Boy Blue

Believers say indigo kids are the next wave of evolution. Sort of like X-Men, but without the cool uniforms.

Red Dusk

Night Watch heralds the invasion of the Russian fantasy blockbuster

Still, It Moves

Science at a science museum? Huh?

Icky, Icky, Icky

Nicole Kidman falls in love with a 10-year-old boy... sorry, her dead husband

The Polygamists Are Coming!

Nervous West Texas townsfolk brace for the arrival of a sect of Mormon fundamentalists and their many wives

Rusty's Pity Party

Plus: Havard...Again

Monkey Business

William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. He didn't know he'd be crucified for his cause.

Letters

Killer Raisin Stem, Church and State Pen, Still No. 3

On holy ground

The fight over St. Ann's snares the city, Hispanics, and the Catholic diocese in a battle that tests Dallas' commitment to preserving its past

Letters

Footprints of Fantasy

Creation scientist Dr. Carl Baugh claims he's found evidence that will explode the 'myth' of evolution. But the biggest myth is Baugh himself.

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