Posts Tagged creationism

Missing the Entire Thrust of the Argument

Posted by Rational Dreamer in creationism on May 19th, 2009

After a passable first attempt, and a merely “bleah” follow-up (a typical misrepresentation of what scientists claim about the Big Bang), Eric Hovind really hits rock bottom (pun intended) when it comes to his third “Creation Minute” video.  See if you can spot the howler:

Perhaps if you’ve never studied high school geography you might have missed it, but Hovind’s questioning of how the Colorado River could have flowed uphill for millions of years to carve out the Grand Canyon demonstrates a profound (and wanton) ignorance of proven geological processes.

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A Matter of Perspective

Posted by Rational Dreamer in creationism on April 24th, 2009

Don’t you just love creationists and their fancy toys?  As a matter of fact, this “Creation Minute” isn’t that bad as far as presentations go. It is remarkably accurate (for a creationist production) until you get to the very end when Eric Hovind (yes, the son of that jailbird Kent Hovind) quotes from the Bible about the Earth being “God’s footstool”.

Maybe it’s just me, but likening the Earth to the place where God rests his sweaty feet after a long, hard day of smiting isn’t exactly the best way to convey a sense of awe and wonder about the majesty of our home planet.

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Creationists Sue the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Posted by Rational Dreamer in politics, religion on April 22nd, 2009

Last year, the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) applied to have its “Master of Science” program officially recognized in Texas but was rejected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) which oversees all applications, who found that whatever it is the ICR Graduate School is teaching, it ain’t science.

Now they’re back, in full whine mode, and with a law suit claiming that their academic freedom and their constitutional right to free speech have been violated.  Not surprisingly their press release is laughable, and full of lies and distortions.
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