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    1. Blake Stacey, OM says

      19 July 2007 at 12:43 pm

      Edit: “makes my jealous”.

    2. Blake Stacey, OM says

      19 July 2007 at 12:45 pm

      And, of course, I can’t spell either.

      Sigh. Time for lunch.

    3. Peter McGrath says

      19 July 2007 at 12:55 pm

      You are known to think ‘Cthulu akhbar’, so you’ll have to wait for it the second hand shops. Shouldn’t be long.

    4. Tom @Thoughtsic.com says

      19 July 2007 at 12:55 pm

      I guess at a cost of rationality, dignity, and $300, they can’t afford to send you their paraphernalia.

    5. Scotty B says

      19 July 2007 at 12:58 pm

      It’s a jealous. It’s company policy not to imply ownership in the event of a jealous. We use the indefinite article: “A jealous”. Never “Your jealous”.

      Scotty B

    6. Tim Tesar says

      19 July 2007 at 1:09 pm

      The entire “Atlas of Creation” is available online in PDF format. But the content is just recycled “Creation Science”, so why bother? The stolen pictures sure are pretty, though.

    7. Caveat says

      19 July 2007 at 1:15 pm

      In other news, which I’m sure the BibThump gang will trumpet:

      http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070719.wpaleobrit0719/BNStory/Science/home

    8. Chris Thompson says

      19 July 2007 at 1:16 pm

      Wait a second. Shouldn’t Islamic creationists favor those who AREN’T smooth-cheeked?

    9. Rey Fox says

      19 July 2007 at 1:29 pm

      I think PZ might be referring to that part of the brain responsible for critical thinking, known to the mushy-minded as “the jealous”. As in “your just jealous”.

      (I sure wish they’d complete their sentences, though. What about my jealous?)

      To “make” one’s jealous then, might be to engage it. There’s probably better ways to do it, like presenting somene with an actual problem to solve, but a “what’s wrong with this picture” puzzle might work too.

      (I have a feeling that the typo will be corrected by the time I finish this comment)

    10. ladyvonkulp says

      19 July 2007 at 1:35 pm

      Color fossils? KEWL!!!!!!!!! Although I suppose, if they’re all plants anyway, they can be whatever color they like.

    11. tony_the_anti-christ says

      19 July 2007 at 1:36 pm

      I have it on *good authority* that fundamentalist islamists enjoy those who are baby-faced and favor them with special attention

      now I need to go gargle my mind.

      back later.

    12. Steven says

      19 July 2007 at 1:38 pm

      Cmon PZ, being jealous of a person with a copy of that book is the literary equivalent of being jealous of someone infected with an STD.

    13. twincats says

      19 July 2007 at 1:43 pm

      Wait a second. Shouldn’t Islamic creationists favor those who AREN’T smooth-cheeked?

      If the Islamic creationists are using facial hair as a criterion for getting their book, perhaps they feel that men who shave are more in need of their propaganda than men who don’t.

    14. Skip Huffman says

      19 July 2007 at 1:47 pm

      I wonder how this sort of “morphological similarity proves creation” will react to this report about the ubiquity of species that can only be distinguished by genetic analysis.

      And why does the bible never mention Ham checking each creature Daddy was loading on the ark to make sure that all ten species of skipper butterfly were included.

      http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12293&feedId=online-news_rss20

    15. tony_the_anti-christ says

      19 July 2007 at 1:52 pm

      If you add the book to your library, do you need to hire an orang-utan as librarian?

    16. Nick Anthis says

      19 July 2007 at 2:04 pm

      Whatever, Mr. Second Hottest Male Science Blogger. No excuses.

      I should mention, though, that the book was sent to my boss, to whom–just between you and me–the “smooth-cheeked and lovely in their online portraits” description may not apply as much.

    17. Jsn says

      19 July 2007 at 3:07 pm

      Don’t fret PZ. Any way you slice it, it’s still baloney.

    18. Meade says

      19 July 2007 at 3:08 pm

      Of course, the Atlas begins by asserting that Darwin’s theory described the evolution of life from non-living matter. Darwin’s hypothesis (now a theory) proposed a mechanism that explained observed decent-with-modification within popultations (natural selection), not the origin of life. The very first paragraph of the very first page of this document is thus based upon a falsehood. And it just goes downhill from there.

    19. Brian W. says

      19 July 2007 at 3:14 pm

      Jealous means that you’re afraid of losing something you already have.

      Envy means you want something someone else has.

      Get it right!

    20. Christian Burnham says

      19 July 2007 at 4:15 pm

      Did you know that no-one has ever found the missing link between an alligator and a squirrel? (Atlas of Creation p41)

      There’s a nice pic of an alligator morphing Manimal-style into a squirrel with a big X through it and the word ‘FALSE’ printed in big red letters over it.

      Well- I’ll be. I’m converting to Islam tomorrow.

    21. mirshafie says

      19 July 2007 at 4:17 pm

      I’ve always found that Muslims were more open-minded about science and biology than the other “Book” religions. (As long as it doesn’t mention mammal reproductive organs, before university levels at least). I guess there are weirdos everywhere, eh.

    22. qedpro says

      19 July 2007 at 5:29 pm

      when you were speaking about the open minded muslims were you referring to the ones who killed people over cartoons. Don’t you just love those “rational” people.

    23. kmarissa says

      19 July 2007 at 5:39 pm

      Brian W., “jealous” can also mean “hostile toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage.” So he can be envious and jealous.

    24. Skeptic9 says

      19 July 2007 at 7:41 pm

      At least the Mos didn’t plagarise the 6000 year geology from the Creos when they picked up the ‘kinds’zoology.
      You can find more “goodies” with Darwin’s microscope (a replica, I hope) than you can in the Koran.

    25. octopod says

      19 July 2007 at 8:35 pm

      To #11: especially Adnan Oktar. At least that’s what I hear. I’d read the news stories myself but I don’t read Turkish, so I rely on a buddy, and he can barely say the guy’s name without spitting.
      Oh, sorry, “Harun Yahya”.

    26. wrpd says

      19 July 2007 at 8:57 pm

      This Atlas of Creation book is just a ruse, trying to distract us from the real question: who is hotter: PZ or Nick? My vote is for Nick.

    27. Nick Anthis says

      20 July 2007 at 4:54 am

      I think wrpd is on to something here.

    28. Shawn Wilkinson says

      20 July 2007 at 5:19 am

      You mean, Atlas is just a chewbacca defense?

      In the words of Darth Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    29. Gerdien de Jong says

      20 July 2007 at 5:39 am

      I’ve got the thing too.
      Note chapter 15, documenting cooperation with the American Institute of Creation research.
      Note too: the first chapter of the Appendix:
      THE COLLAPSE OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION

      THE REAL IDEOLOGICAL ROOT OF TERRORISM:
      DARWINISM AND MATERIALISM

      There, the legend to the photo of the burning Twin Towers is:
      No matter what ideology they may espouse, those who perpetrate terror all over the world are, in reality, Darwinists. Darwinism is the only philosophy that places a value on–and thus encourages–conflict.
      and in the text:
      For this reason, if some people commit terrorism using the concepts and symbols of Islam, Christianity or Judaism in the name of those religions, you can be sure that those people are not Muslims, Christians or Jews. They are real Social Darwinists. They hide under a cloak of religion, but they are not genuine believers. Even if they claim to be serving religion, they are actually enemies of religion and of believers. That is because they are ruthlessly committing a crime that religion forbids, anFor this reason, the root of the terrorism that plagues our planet is not any of the divine religions, but in atheism, and the expression of atheism in our times: “Darwinism” and “materialism.”d in such a way as to blacken religion in peoples’ eyes.

      You can check this on internet.

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