Judge Jones and the ACLU

A Comparison of Judge Jones’ Opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover with
Plaintiffs’ Proposed “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law”

Judge Jones relied heavily on quotations from the ACLU. The fact that the ACLU has not accused him of plagarism demonstrates that the ACLU allowed Jones to use its comments on ID virtually verbatim. This calls into question the independence of the American Judicial system and is damaging to the ACLU cause again ID.

Just one quote from a paper written by the Discovery Institute.

""" In fact, 90.9% (or 5,458 words) of Judge Jones’ 6,004-word section on intelligent design as science was taken virtually verbatim from the ACLU’s proposed “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” submitted to Judge Jones nearly a month before his ruling. Judge Jones even copied several clearly erroneous factual claims made by the ACLU. The finding that most of Judge Jones’ analysis of intelligent design was apparently not the product of his own original deliberative activity seriously undercuts the credibility of Judge Jones’ examination of the scientific validity of intelligent design. """

Read on>>> http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=1186

Ekklesia tries to undermine Intelligent Design Initiative

Date: 28th November 2006
It is with regret that we report that Ekklesia, who claim to be a Christian ‘think tank’ have worked to undermine an excellent initiative by Truth in Science. Truth in Science sent copies of the DVD Unlocking the Mystery of Life into every secondary school in the country so that school children can consider the evidence for Intelligent Design alongside evolution as allowed by the National Curriculum. However, this initiative has come in for some vigorous criticism by the British Humanist Association (BHA), and from Ekklesia who joined with the BHA to lobby the Government Minister.
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The logical fallacies and dangers of Dawkins’ atheism

Originally posted on CSM - Date: 9th November 2006
Richard Dawkins has been promoting his new book The God Delusion with missionary zeal, stating that he wants to convert young people to atheism. But to make his case for atheism Dawkins is guilty of using fallacious logic. So what are the Dawkins’ fallacies that young people should be aware of?
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Truth in Science - letters in The Times

Truth in Science - letters in The Times

Both Prof. Andy McIntosh and Richard Buggs from Truth in Science have letters published in The Times over the weekend.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-2392177,00.html

Richard invites critics to identify any errors on their website.

Andy suggests their critics are seeking to brainwash the next generation into humanism and notes that children should be taught how to think not what to think, and be exposed to an honest debate.

More on Dikika girl.

Despite the evolutionary slant put on the find of Dikika girl by the popular media, this latest find instead provides strong evidence that Lucy and her kind were in fact apes and not some ancestor of human beings...the study also found that the once fluid filled semicircular canals of the inner ear were distinctly like that of the chimpanzee, and not like a human at all. As these canals are crucial for balance, it therefore demonstrates that Dikika girl was more at home in the trees than on the ground, and therefore bipedal locomotion would not have been the norm. The means of locomotion on the ground of Australopithecus afarensis would have been much closer to that of an ape than human being.

When this evidence is added together it shows that it in many important respects Dikika girl and the Australopithecus afarensis species as a whole should now be considered to be typical of apes and not a transitional form. Although in previous finds the shape of the pelvis has indicated some morphology that is different from modern apes, the presence of an ape-like semi-circular canal and general upper body shape demonstrates that the means of locomotion of Australopithecus afarensis is more ape-like than previously claimed. Dikika girl provides strong evidence that Australopithecus afarensis should now be identified as a species of ape.
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Truth in Science ruffles feathers

A new organisation has recently appeared in the UK challenging the official science education policies because some of the evidence presented as fact can be shown to be false. Oops.

http://www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/

Check out the evidence (or lack of ) for evolution.

http://www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/category/18/52/65/

Salem A baby for Lucy?

Anyone interested in understanding the truth about Lucy and other Australopithecus afarensis should read this article from Creation Ministries International.
The ‘Lucy Child’More good news for creationists by Carl Wieland
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/4654

Although 'Lucy' has some aspects of physiology that show possible bipedal locomotion, in all important ways Lucy and her child are very much like an ape. Lucy has a similar brain size to an ape, a chimp like hyoid bone, curved finger bones used for knuckle walking and climbing and ape like shoulder bones.

Read the full article for more.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/4654

Beaver-like mammal from the middle Jurassic of China

Palaeontologists have recently uncovered an aquatic mammal from the middle Jurassic, Jiulongshan Formation of Northeast China. Although it has many similarities with modern mammals such as the beaver and the otter, it has been placed in the order Docodonta because of the shape of the teeth and the fact that the evolutionary paradigm prevents identification as a modern mammal in this period.

Once again the fossil layers of China are throwing the evolutionary paradigm into chaos with mammals very similar to modern forms popping up in deeper layers than previously thought possible. As creationists we believe that this is only to be expected, that although some species have become extinct, the direct ancestors of modern animal kinds must have been present on the pre-Flood period. Although palaeontologists have placed these animals in different orders than modern mammals, the degree of similarity suggests that this different classification is driven more by the dogma of evolution rather than major differences in form between the animals.

For full story read the article here.

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