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...vacillated between being a creationist and a strong evolutionary believer,” Peters says. “When people come here they’re finally confronted with other people who have different answers on what life’s about. People figure out if what they believe is what they said they believed all along...
...Bible expertise. Darrow succeeded in lampooning the aging statesman and the audience was brought to laughter when a flustered Bryan responded to a tough question with “I do not think about what I do not think about!” In the end, Bryan and his creationist views were morally defeated. The narrator then described the aftermath of the trial, including the death of Bryan just five days after the verdict was issued. “And in our conclusion of the performance, we talk about the fact that even though the trial was declared a mistrial...
...that the Earth is millions of years old, during the day, yet privately ascribe to a belief that holds that the Earth is at most 10,000 years old, it is a paradigm that has seemed to work in the modern University: As long as the science that the creationist produces is sound, his views are irrelevant. But in the current scientific-political climate, controversy has reared its ugly head. Though URI awarded Ross a Ph.D., some scientists have questioned whether universities should award students who hold similar beliefs advanced science degrees. What does it say about an institution, they...
Leaders from the creationist Christian community and evolutionary biologists called on President Bush Wednesday to recognize the imminent threat that current fossil fuel use and climate change pose to the environment. Issuing a “call to action,” the coalition, which includes Harvard scientists and evangelical leaders, held a press conference in Washington D.C. this week. The unlikely pairing came about after a meeting of the two groups in November. “People came to this meeting not knowing how easy it was to strike common ground,” said James J. McCarthy...
...decision as unfair on technical grounds or simply deny that he made the correct decision,” Hanken said. Professor of Philosophy Edward J. Hall said there is still a chance intelligent design could be taught in science classrooms. “Keep in mind that creationist sentiments have already had widespread and pernicious effects: namely, many high school biology teachers report that they simply avoid the topic of evolution, so as not to provoke controversy,” he said. Hanken said he attributes the American public’s unwillingness to fully accept evolution partly...