North American Geology. It’s complicated. I’m pretty sure Amanda and I were abducted by aliens this morning. This is not the first time for me. I was abducted with two others about 20 years ago in Southern Maine while looking for antiques, back when you could still get them cheap even in antique stores (inexpensive [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Creationism’
Louisiana, please try to do better
September 14th, 2011
Greg Laden Even Democrats in Louisiana are, well, not very well informed or progressive.
“No Dinosaurs in Heaven”
September 9th, 2011
Greg Laden The latest film by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Greta Schiller “No Dinosaurs in Heaven” will be screened September 26 at 6:30 pm at the Black Box Theater on the Healdsburg High School campus. Schiller’s film explores the issue of creationists who earn science degrees in order to present their anti-evolution beliefs in the classroom. Schiller is [...]
Why do newspapers still publish anti-evolution crank mail?
September 2nd, 2011
Greg Laden Bigfoot is not real, yet there are many believers. And some of these believers write letters to the editors of local newspapers. No one has ever been abducted by aliens. Alien abductees certainly write letters to newspapers. I knew a guy who could see and hear scenes from ancient times on the surfaces of [...]
Should a teacher be sued for describing creationism as “superstitious nonsense”?
September 1st, 2011
Greg Laden Steven Newton has an interesting piece on the case of James Corbett, who was sued for “improper disapproval of religion in violation of the Establishment Clause. In 2009, a judge considered Corbett’s statements and found only one — that creationism is “superstitious nonsense” — to be an “improper disapproval of religion in violation of the [...]




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