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Showing posts with label Creationism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creationism. Show all posts
Friday, May 31, 2024
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Evolution Is True (Full-Stop)
"Many of us are returning to work or school after spending time with relatives over the summer period. Sometimes we can be left wondering how on earth we are related to some of these people with whom we seemingly have nothing in common (especially with a particularly annoying relative).
"However, in evolutionary terms, we all share ancestors if we go far enough back in time. This means many features in our bodies stretch back thousands or even millions of years in our great family tree of life.
"In biology, the term "homology" relates to the similarity of a structure based on descent from a shared common ancestor. Think of the similarities of a human hand, a bat wing and a whale flipper. These all have specialist functions, but the underlying body plan of the bones remains the same.
"This differs from "analogous" structures, such as wings in insects and birds. Although they serve a similar function, the wings of a dragonfly and the wings of a parrot have arisen independently, and don't share the same evolutionary origin.
"Here are five examples of ancient traits you might be surprised to learn are still seen in humans today."
"However, in evolutionary terms, we all share ancestors if we go far enough back in time. This means many features in our bodies stretch back thousands or even millions of years in our great family tree of life.
"In biology, the term "homology" relates to the similarity of a structure based on descent from a shared common ancestor. Think of the similarities of a human hand, a bat wing and a whale flipper. These all have specialist functions, but the underlying body plan of the bones remains the same.
"This differs from "analogous" structures, such as wings in insects and birds. Although they serve a similar function, the wings of a dragonfly and the wings of a parrot have arisen independently, and don't share the same evolutionary origin.
"Here are five examples of ancient traits you might be surprised to learn are still seen in humans today."
Click on this link for all any reasonable person needs to fully accept evolution as a reality.
Friday, September 2, 2022
Creationism Vs Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis: the natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds. The prevailing scientific hypothesis is that the transition from non-living to living entities was not a single event, but an evolutionary process of increasing complexity that involved the formation of a habitable planet, the prebiotic synthesis of organic molecules, molecular self-replication, self-assembly, autocatalysis, and the emergence of cell membranes. Many proposals have been made for different stages of the process. (link)
Creationist Misrepresents Abiogenesis
This blog has posted several times on the subject (link). There is little doubt that, eventually, science will confirm it as a fact, as confirmatory evidence continues to mount. However, conservative Christians continue to hold unsupported dogma in defense of their anti-evolution beliefs. Click on the link below for a video exposing the bad arguments against abiogenesis:
Friday, June 24, 2022
Abiogenesis: Closer To Understand It
"Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began.
"For the study, published in Science Advances, the research team analyzed a fist-sized rock from Quebec, Canada, estimated to be between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years old. In an earlier Nature paper*, the team found tiny filaments, knobs, and tubes in the rock which appeared to have been made by bacteria.
"However, not all scientists agreed that these structures – dating about 300 million years earlier than what is more commonly accepted as the first sign of ancient life – were of biological origin.
"Now, after extensive further analysis of the rock, the team has discovered a much larger and more complex structure – a stem with parallel branches on one side that is nearly a centimeter long – as well as hundreds of deformed spheres, or ellipsoids, alongside the tubes and filaments." (link)
Saturday, May 15, 2021
The Case FOR And AGAINST Fine Tuning
"Arguments for fine-tuning: Physics has many constants like the charge of the electron, the gravitational constant, Planck’s constant. If any of their values were different, our universe, as we know it, would not be the same, and life would probably not exist."
Click on the link below for one of the best cases for fine-tuning of our reality. The bad news for theists: it's still not enough to put God in the gap of our knowledge.
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Intelligent Design And Science
"Intelligent design (ID), according to the Discovery Institute, is defined as follows:
"Much of the discussion on this question focuses on the specific point of whether or not ID can be falsified – can it theoretically be proven false by scientific evidence. ID proponents say yes, scientists generally say no."
- “Intelligent design holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection.”
"Much of the discussion on this question focuses on the specific point of whether or not ID can be falsified – can it theoretically be proven false by scientific evidence. ID proponents say yes, scientists generally say no."
Click on the link below for an analysis of this topic:
Monday, October 24, 2016
More Arguments From Ignorance To Attack Evolution
"While they differ on how much real Darwinian evolution really occurred
(Michael Behe, for instance, says he has no problem with “common
ancestry”), and whether the Earth is old or young, the IDers are united
in spending their time attacking evolutionists on nonscientific grounds
as well as emphasizing the things that evolution hasn’t yet explained,
all while ignoring the great sea of evidence for evolution around them."
One thing that neither the DI nor Ferguson deals with is the pervasive evidence for human physical evolution as seen in the fossil record.
One thing that neither the DI nor Ferguson deals with is the pervasive evidence for human physical evolution as seen in the fossil record.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The Disease Spreads
"We have both had encounters with creationists. They come in all shades
and represent all major denominations. They live in cities and in rural
areas. Some are well educated, some belong to the establishment, others
don’t. Some are well organized and well funded, others are not. Several
are dedicated to a cause, many as missionaries with the role of
spreading the word of divine creation as opposed to evolution; others
keep to themselves. But despite their differences, they have something
in common—they are all Europeans."
Creationism Invades Europe
Creationism Invades Europe
Sunday, February 14, 2016
What Religion Can Do To An Intelligent Person
It is astounding to think that this person was deciding legal disagreements at the highest level of the USA. Please also note, this is just one example of how his religious dogma interfered with science and justice.
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
The Word "Freedom" Is Misused By The Religious Right
Just like "Religious Freedom", "Academic Freedom" is a code word. Beware of the camel's nose under the tent.
The Purpose of “Academic Freedom” Laws is to Promote Creationism
The Purpose of “Academic Freedom” Laws is to Promote Creationism
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Friday, January 1, 2016
Evolution 2.0?
First there was Creationism. That was defeated decades ago. Then, there was Intelligent Design. That was defeated with the Kitzmiller vs Dover trial in 2005:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District.
Now the apologists are trying a new challenge to the consensus of the experts in evolutionary biology called Evolution 2.0:
http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Is-it-time-for-Evolution-2.0-Perry-Marshall-vs-PZ-Myers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District.
Now the apologists are trying a new challenge to the consensus of the experts in evolutionary biology called Evolution 2.0:
http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Is-it-time-for-Evolution-2.0-Perry-Marshall-vs-PZ-Myers
Friday, November 27, 2015
The Not So Intelligent Designer
This week's Humanist Hour podcast presented an interview with Abby Hafer, in which she talked about her new book, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not. The podcast was a clear and easy-to-understand refutation of Creationism and Intelligent Design. Enjoy.
http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/the-humanist-hour-178-dr-abby-hafer-on-unintelligent-design
http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/the-humanist-hour-178-dr-abby-hafer-on-unintelligent-design
Monday, June 8, 2015
Teach Creationism In Science Class?
"Creationism is presented as a sociopolitical controversy rather
than a scientific controversy. I emphasize that there is no question
about the validity of evolution as an explanatory model, and I present
creationism as a political or ‘denialist’ movement rather than a
competing theory with its own strengths and evidence. I then present
several common assertions from creationism (e.g., that there are no
transitional fossils), and refute them using scientific evidence. At the
same time, I explain several of the common logical fallacies that are
evident in creationist arguments. I encourage students to ask questions,
and force me to defend my statements. I then ask them to attempt to
generate hypotheses and tests of creationism. Their struggles with this
task lead them, logically, to the conclusion that many creationist
assertions are unfalsifiable and therefore nonscientific."
I agree with this approach, IF the teacher is skilled and knowledgeable with such. Other approaches don't seem to work very well against the "True Believers."
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/06/why_creationism_belongs_in_science_class.html
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2015/06/why_creationism_belongs_in_science_class.html
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