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The Tampa Bay Times reports: A bill that would allow school districts to teach Florida students alternatives to concepts deemed “controversial theories” — such as human-caused climate change and evolution — has been filed in the state Legislature. The group that wrote the bill, the Florida Citizens Alliance, says the bill is needed because curriculum currently taught in Florida schools …

The Arizona Republic reports: The Arizona Department of Education hopes to make changes to science standards, which will affect K-12 districts and charter schools. The changes include removing the word “evolution” in some areas and describing it as a “theory” in others. Some educators and scientists are outraged by the change. In the draft, the word “evolution” is crossed out …

This week famed primatologist Jane Goodall told a British newspaper of watching a years-long battle between two groups of chimpanzees which only ended when the last of the losing side had been killed. Goodall concluded, “War always seemed to me to be a purely human behaviour. I’ve come to accept that the dark, evil side of human nature is deeply …

Politico report: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt dismissed evolution as an unproven theory, lamented that “minority religions” were pushing Christianity out of “the public square” and advocated amending the Constitution to ban abortion, prohibit same-sex marriage and protect the Pledge of Allegiance and the Ten Commandments, according to a newly unearthed series of Oklahoma talk radio shows from 2005. …

The Huffington Post reports: A new display going into the creationist Noah’s Ark attraction in Kentucky shows what appears to be gladiator-style fights involving humans, giants and a dinosaur. Ken Ham, founder of the group that runs the attraction, tweeted images of the new diorama on Thursday. The dinosaur is visible in the far right of the first image, which …

“Evolution is illogical. A human needs a number of very complex, interdependent systems to live and survive. Systems like the nervous, digestive, circulatory, skeletal, and muscular systems must be in operation at the same time which means they could not have evolved independently over millions of years. “For evolution to be true, that would mean that the intricacy of the …

As The Friendly Atheist observes, creationists are going to have a “collective aneurysm” as today’s Google Doodle marks the 41st anniversary of the discovery of Lucy, “the most ancient early human — or hominin — ever found.” Lucy is believed to have lived over three million years ago, or about three million years longer than the world has existed according …

Banana man Ray Comfort is planning to give out thousands of DVDs and t-shirts to promote his latest hate movie at a Kim Davis rally he is planning for Monday. He’ll also be flying a banner plane over the Rowan County Courthouse. Via press release: In addition to 2,000 DVDs for give-away, Executive Producer Ray Comfort is providing 500 T-shirts …

Some YouTube commenters don’t think he really answered the question regarding “evolutionary sense.”

Via Raw Story: In the video embedded below, fundamentalist Christian home-school mom and conservative cultural critic Megan Fox — no relation to “Transformers” actress Megyn Fox — visits the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and purports to “audit” the museum for its “liberal bias.” In the description of the 30 minute video she uploaded to YouTube to document …

“‘Marriage’ between homosexuals has never been sanctioned by God. Marriage is God’s institution and He said it is between a man and a woman. Two men or two women cannot be married. So when gays are ‘joined together in holy matrimony,’ it is as meaningless as a man being married to his dog or cat, hoping for God’s blessing on …

“I’m shocked at the countless hundreds of millions of dollars that have been spent over the years in the desperate and fruitless search for extraterrestrial life. Of course, secularists are desperate to find life in outer space, as they believe that would provide evidence that life can evolve in different locations and given the supposed right conditions! The search for …

Fifteen PHD scientists say God created the world.

Gallup reports: More than four in 10 Americans continue to believe that God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago, a view that has changed little over the past three decades. Half of Americans believe humans evolved, with the majority of these saying God guided the evolutionary process. However, the percentage who say God was not involved is …

It was totally by accident. Via Raw Story: A New Orleans Fox affiliate blames a technical glitch that interrupted Sunday’s episode of “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.” WVUE-TV abruptly cut to a news promo, seat belt public service announcement, and commercials just as host Neil deGrasse Tyson was discussing how climate change millions of years ago influenced the primate-to-human evolutionary process. …

From Ken Ham’s Answers In Genesis: A Christian girl, Rachel Whitaker (Jordan Trovillion) goes off to college for her freshman year and begins to be influenced by her popular Biology professor (Harry Anderson) who teaches that evolution is the answer to the origins of life. When Rachel’s father, Stephen Whitaker (Jay Pickett) senses something changing with his daughter, he begins …

Breitbart spins the incident: A University of Connecticut professor went on a wild tirade on the Storrs campus Tuesday, claiming he came from an ape as he confronted a Christian gospel presentation that included discussion on evolution. Christian evangelist Don Karns of Hampton, Virginia, said Boster approached him as he was holding a sign about evolution, mocked him, and then …

The Associated Press has polled Americans about their scientific beliefs: Just 4 percent doubt that smoking causes cancer, 6 percent question whether mental illness is a medical condition that affects the brain and 8 percent are skeptical there’s a genetic code inside our cells. More — 15 percent — have doubts about the safety and efficacy of childhood vaccines. About …

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