Entries from August 2008

August 28, 2008

Jesus On A Tiny Wing And A Worthless Prayer

Image-of-Jesus stories make the American media, especially this local news station (where there’s a poll), appear trite and superficial. And they make the American public appear credulous and superstitious. In this case, appearances aren’t deceiving. No wonder people don’t believe lions mutate into zebras overnight.  
Also, I find it particularly disturbing when people think all of nature is here for the benefit of the human [...]

August 19, 2008

Top 15 Visitor Complaints Received By The Kentucky Creation Museum

15. Intelligent Design video game didn’t count toward college credit as promised
14. Line for Richard Dawkins piñata too long
13. Kirk Cameron wouldn’t stop hugging me, even after my wife complained
12. Social-Darwinism lecture hit too close to home
11. Animatronic Einstein sounded identical to animatronic Fred Flintstone. Or was it the other way round?
10. Snack bar ran [...]

August 17, 2008

John McCain, The Creationism Enabler

Remember the Alamo… I mean the 2007 Republican Debate.
McCain states in the video that he believes in evolution, but then adds that the “hand of god” can be seen in the Grand Canyon at sunset. In essence he gives a non-answer; he sits his ass on the fence. It’s almost as [...]

August 15, 2008

Edu-macating Canada… Hey!

According to a new poll, about 58% of Canadians accept evolution while 22% think the human race was “created in their present form within the last 10,000 years”. The rest are unsure. What’s surprising is that the frozen, bacon munchers to the north are only slightly more scientifically literate than Americans. (A previous poll indicated 53% of Americans accept [...]

August 5, 2008

The Montauk Monster Eats Human Brains For Lunch

It looks like the mystery of the Montauk Monster is solved. It’s a decomposing raccoon with missing teeth and missing fur. But what’s fascinating about the story of the monster is that it inspired such imaginative stories and outrageous speculation.
What is it in our human minds that makes us choose the unknown over the known. [...]

August 2, 2008

Attack Of The Killer Ant T-Shirt

Do you want to wear a big ant on your chest? The first Darwin Report T-Shirt is available at CafePress.
One of the greatest, most fascinating, invertebrate animals in the world has to be the Leafcutter Ant. There are about 40 species of this social insect and all of them make their living by growing a [...]

August 1, 2008

The Lone Skeptic

Watch the video and try to spot the skeptic.
America has decayed into a state of gullibility. Example, CNN’s Larry King now dedicates many of his shows to subjects like the paranormal and UFO’s. Recently, he interviewed half a dozen UFO “witnesses” and “experts”, and one lone skeptic, Dr. Seth Shostak, an [...]