Society for the Study of Evolution
The Society for the Study of Evolution promotes the study of organic evolution.
Tag: intelligent design
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is an online community of pro-evolutionists who scorn the intelligent design camp’s idea of a designer by ascribing the designer the personality of a giant ball of pasta. Adherents are known as “Pastafarians.” Bobby Henderson runs the site.
Creation Research Society
The Creation Research Society is an Arizona-based organization of scientists and laypeople committed to what it calls “scientific special creation.” Board members are listed on the website.
A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism
A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism is a website where scientists can sign a document stating that they question the claims of Darwinism and call for further inquiry into it and other theories. The list includes scientists from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; the Russian, Hungarian and Czech national academies; and universities such as Yale, Princeton, Stanford, the […]
“An Evolving Debate about Evolution”
See “An Evolving Debate about Evolution,” resources from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Pew package includes background on the evolution controversy and how that has played out in legislation and policies in various states. Pew also has a graphic showing how members of different faiths view evolutionary theory.
“A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash”
Read an Aug. 23, 2008, New York Times story about a Florida high school teacher approaching the subject of evolution in his science class.
“The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom”
Scientific American’s January 2009 issue was dedicated to a discussion of the implications of Darwin and evolution.Read an article it included by the National Center for Science Education’s Glenn Branch and Eugenie Scott about teaching evolution in public schools.
“On Evolution, Biology Teachers Stray From Lesson Plan”
As this New York Times story reports, a study published in the January 2011 edition of Science magazine found that just 28 percent of biology teachers consistently teach the evidence for evolution; 13 percent explicitly advocate creationism.
“What Has Changed Since the First Evolution Weekend?”
Read a Feb. 11, 2011, column posted by the website Science + Religion Today about an increase in congregations embracing the observance of Evolution Weekend since it first started in 2006.