Evolution

Tas Walker on March 29th, 2010

Anyone who publishes a rebuttal to any of Dawkins’ books will be branded as a flea. From his own site:
Many “parasitic” authors have released books which use Richard’s name or titles to sell their own books …
So any critique is dismissed as “parasitic”.
The latest book given that status is Jonathan Sarfati’s The [...]

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Tas Walker on March 9th, 2010

I wrote a note to a couple of the politicians who appeared on last night’s Q and A.
I saw you on Q & A last night and I appreciate the way you tried to stand up to Dawkins’ attacks on the Christian faith.
I thought it was interesting that not one person on the panel could [...]

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Tas Walker on March 9th, 2010

Perhaps there is a journalist in Australia who is brave enough to ask it.
Why won’t he debate creationists?
If he is so sure of his science as he continually says, and creationists are so ignorant and ill informed, then why not have it out once for all? Even some of his fans from his web [...]

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Tas Walker on March 8th, 2010

I’ve previously mentioned how the media give Richard Dawkins a dream run, never questioning or probing his assertions about evolution. They just lap it up. Seems like ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) is falling in line with the long tradition—making sure that the champion fighter against ignorance and creationism is not asked any difficult questions on [...]

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Tas Walker on March 7th, 2010

At last there is a debate. At last the cards have been put on the table. That’s the really fantastic thing about Richard Dawkins latest book, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. He is actually discussing evidence.
Which is why Dr Jonathan Sarfati jumped at the opportunity. In his book, The Greatest Hoax [...]

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Tas Walker on February 20th, 2010

BBC reports, 20 February 2010, the President of the US National Academy of Sciences saying that the recent controversies surrounding climate research have damaged the image of science as a whole.
“There is some evidence that the distrust has spread,” Dr Cicerone told BBC News. “There is a feeling that scientists are suppressing dissent, stifling [...]

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Tas Walker on February 13th, 2010

The Huffington Post ran an article on Five Reasons Why Evolution Is Important. It’s by Steven Newton, Public Information Project Director for the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), and was run on 12 February to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 201st birthday.
Newton gives five medical examples of natural selection and claims that proves “evolution” is [...]

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