Posts Tagged ‘evolution’

Still more on evolution

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

I read the drepessing statistic today that only 58% of people across Canada will support the notion of evolution. Actually, it’s 58% more or less consistently across Canada, except in Alberta, our little bit of Jesusland here in the heart of Canada, where the number is 38%. (Note: it’s not an accident that our current [...]

The tabs, they must be closed.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

You know the drill–some things that I found worthy of some comment:

I quite liked Julie Rehmeyer’s short piece on the math scholars who accidentally solved an astrophysics problem. It’s got all the good stuff: pure math, astrophysics (come on, “gravity lensing” just sounds cool, even without any context), serendipity, and above all a good science [...]

Midweek Miscellany

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

It is very hard for me to imagine that Guinness cupcakes could be anything but super yummy. Make me some–I’ll be your friend.

While we’re talking about food, I’ve got to say that enough is enough. I consider myself at least something of an epicure, so I believe that there are such things as quality olive [...]

The correct answer is 7 (or “God did it”).

Monday, March 10th, 2008

The ass hamsters are at it again, this time in Oklahoma, where House Bill 2211 has just passed the state House of Representatives. If you don’t want to read the Bill, here’s the summary from the Edmond Sun:
The bill requires public schools to guarantee students the right to express their religious viewpoints in a public [...]

Religion Bashing For Thursday

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

OK, let’s close some tabs.
First off, let’s start with our old friend, the head Inquisitioner, Pope Benedict.

It appears he’s been a naughty fellow.
A BBC documentary has exposed that Pope Benedict XVI, aka Cardinal Ratzinger, played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests.
In 2001, while he was a [...]

Apparently I need to move back to Ontario…

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

… just to slap argue some sense into some people.
Look at this:
Creationism raised as Ont. election issue
TORONTO — Publicly-funded religious schools would be allowed to teach creationism and other theories, says Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory.
Speaking to reporters at the a Jewish day school in Thornhill, Ont., on Wednesday, Mr. Tory defended his plan to [...]