http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/religion?feed=rss&pg=7 garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "religion" on Netvouz http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2004/ZZ/331_id_paper_continues_to_attract__9_10_2004.asp Three recent news articles describe the ongoing controversy about the publication of "intelligent design" advocate Stephen C. Meyer`s article "The origin of biological information and the higher taxonomic categories" in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Chris Mooney provides a pertinent comparison. NCSEWEB.org garoldstone Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:27:28 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/science/sciencespecial2/19evolution.html?emc=eta1 The official Vatican newspaper published an article this week labeling as “correct” the recent decision by a judge in Pennsylvania that intelligent design should not be taught as a scientific alternative to evolution. NYT Jan 19, 2006 garoldstone Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:26:00 GMT http://www.skepdic.com/intelligentdesign.html Intelligent design (ID) is an anti-evolution belief that asserts that naturalistic explanations of some biological entities are not possible and such entities can only be explained by intelligent causes. Advocates of ID maintain that their belief is scientific and provides empirical proof for the existence of God or superintelligent aliens. They claim that intelligent design should be taught in the science classroom as an alternative to the science of evolution. garoldstone Tue, 23 May 2006 18:02:42 GMT http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5007508&ampsourceCode=RSS Sternberg was the editor of an obscure scientific journal loosely affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, where he is also a research associate. Last year, he published in the journal a peer-reviewed article by Stephen Meyer, a proponent of intelligent design, an idea which Sternberg himself believes is fatally flawed. NPR 051110 garoldstone Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:08:40 GMT http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS02/601110428/1006/NEWS01 IndyStar.com (p)(f) garoldstone Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:02:46 GMT http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0602/S00443.htm Greens NSW Australia Education spokesperson John Kaye today released figures showing that 2,800 private school students in Newcastle and the Hunter valley are at risk of being taught Intelligent Design as science. He called on federal and state education ministers to withhold public funding until these schools agreed to quarantine science teaching from religious dogma. Feb 24, 2006 garoldstone Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:47:07 GMT http://www.mlive.com/news/statewide/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1141915206318170.xml&coll=1 The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and a Michigan science group promoting the teaching of evolution say proposed high school graduation requirements open the public school door to intelligent design and creationism. MArch 9, 2006 garoldstone Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:39:06 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/08/AR2005100801094.html?nav=rss_print/asection ... the latest account asserting that Bush once claimed a divine mandate to wage war in Afghanistan and Iraq has spawned headlines around the globe, in newspapers and over the Internet. Commentators have been especially ruthless in Europe, where Bush`s born-again Christianity is viewed with suspicion. Washington Post Oct 9, 2005 A12 garoldstone Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:48:52 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701695_pf.html Parents in federal court Tuesday described an atmosphere of intimidation and anger when school board members in Dover, Pa., last year decided to require high school biology teachers to read a statement that casts doubt on the theory of evolution. Washington Post September 28, 2005; A03 garoldstone Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:50:43 GMT http://iwtv.vmist.net/ religious garoldstone Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:29:49 GMT