Archive for September, 2005
Putting the “Science” in Pseudoscience
Stefan Monsaureus - 29 September 2005
The New York Times reports that the venerable Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History has lent the patina of legitimacy to the creationists by hosting the premiere of the Discovery Institute’s propaganda film “The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe.” This film makes the argument that the hand of a creator [...]
Read More..>>The Closed Book of Judges
Stefan Monsaureus - 5 September 2005
As noted previously in “Rex Regnant Sed Non Gubernat” and “What Would Jesus Prescribe?,” abuses of conscious clauses have enabled the denial of healthcare and pharmaceutical services on religious grounds. Now comes a story from the New York Times on Sunday, 4 September 2005 titled “On Moral Grounds, Some Judges Are Opting Out of Abortion [...]
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