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NEWS ABOUT: creationism

creationism stories: 11 news summaries

Religious America Snubs Darwin Film: Producer

Brits 'can't imagine religion in America': Jeremy Thomas

Sep 12, 09 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The producer of a new film about Charles Darwin says he hasn't landed a US distribution deal because Americans can't stand the theory of evolution, the Daily Mail reports. Creation, the story of Darwin's struggle between reason and faith as he wrote The Origin of Species, has opened the Toronto... More »

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evolution • film • creationism • Charles Darwin

(Newser) - Facing broad new US regulations on emissions, big business wants to put the science behind global warming before a judge, the Los Angeles Times reports. “It would be evolution versus creationism,” says an executive for the US Chamber of Commerce, which is pushing the idea of a public... More »

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climate change • evolution • global warming • science • creationism • Environmental Protection Agency • emissions standards • big business • carbon emissions • Scopes monkey trial • US Chamber of Commerce

Evolution Education Under Fire in Texas

New textbooks could challenge theory, shape US curriculum

Mar 23, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Texas’ Board of Education votes this week on whether to teach a science curriculum that challenges evolution—and the result could affect schools across the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. Because Texas is such a huge market, textbook writers often design national material based on state standards. “This... More »

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education • evolution • Texas • creationism • God • intelligent design • curriculum

Vatican Makes Peace With Darwin

Church officials now
say evolution theory
fits with beliefs

Feb 11, 09 5:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The Vatican is clarifying that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is compatible with its doctrine after all, the Times of London reports. The Church never officially condemned Darwin, but his views have been controversial with some because they present a radically different image of the origins of species than what's... More »

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evolution • Catholic Church • Christianity • creationism • Vatican • intelligent design • Charles Darwin • theology

 Palin Resurrects 
 the Culture Wars 

Watchers agree they never left, but require an event, like Palin's candidacy, to reemerge

Sep 3, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The culture wars are heating up again, thanks to Sarah Palin’s staunch opposition to abortion and demonstrated fondness for firearms, Politico reports. Social issues have been largely absent from the campaign so far, with both candidates preferring to focus on the war and the economy. But Palin’s own... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • abortion rights • creationism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • culture wars • gun rights

Teacher
Who Branded Students Fired

He slammed evolution, burned crosses onto 8th-graders' arms

Jun 21, 08 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Ohio school board has voted unanimously to fire a science teacher who used an electrostatic device to brand 8th-graders with a cross, the AP reports. Science teacher John Freshwater, who says the marks were simply Xs, had been in trouble with the board before for teaching creationism, slamming evolution... More »

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creationism • school • branding • science education • middle school • teacher

Anti-Evolution Groups Change Texas Tactics

Curriculum may allow for Darwin's 'strengths and weaknesses'

Jun 4, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evolution opponents are adapting. Now that “intelligent design” and “creation science” have failed in court, the new catch phrase, the New York Times reports, is “strengths and weaknesses.” It might seem innocuous, but critics say it’s yet another tactic to undermine the teaching of evolution... More »

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education • evolution • Texas • creationism • intelligent design • Charles Darwin

Religion Remains Flashpoint With Huckabee

GOP candidate sounds off on creationism in schools, Romney's Mormon faith

Dec 5, 07 10:40 PM CST
(Newser) - A month before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee reacted with frustration when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools, the AP reports. Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister who has said he does not believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, said his personal views on religion... More »

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education • evolution • Iowa • presidential campaign • GOP • religion • creationism • Mike Huckabee • presidential politics • human evolution • campaign trail • Iowa caucus • public schools

Creation Geologists Rock World

They're well-credentialed and unafraid of data

Nov 25, 07 7:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Today's creationist geologists are not who the secular may think. Numerous and thriving, many hold advanced degrees from top universities, and are making evangelicals more open to scientific evidence. And they are experts for the nearly half of Americans who believe God created the Earth in the last 10,000... More »

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evolution • Christianity • creationism • Noah's Ark • geology • flood • fossil • Bible • Christian right • evangelicals • young earth

Muslim Creationists Damn Darwin

Turkish anti-evolution tract
distributed worldwide

Aug 2, 07 6:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Muslim group in Turkey is widely disseminating a 768-page tome that slams evolution and promotes Islam-inflected creationism, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Council of Europe has issued warnings—particularly to schools—against the "Atlas of Creation," which has been published in 80 countries and 59 languages. More »

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education • Islam • evolution • Turkey • creationism • Muslim • Charles Darwin • Council of Europe

Creationists Open History Museum

On the sixth day, God created dinosaurs,
says curator

May 24, 07 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A $27 million museum opening in Kentucky next week promises a different kind of take on natural history: a biblical one. At the Creation Museum, the Earth is 6,000 years old, evolution is a yarn, and dinosaurs were booked on Noah's Ark. More »

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evolution • religion • creationism • Kentucky • natural history • museum

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