{"id":1922,"date":"2009-11-18T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/dont-diss-darwin\/"},"modified":"2009-11-18T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T12:34:00","slug":"dont-diss-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/dont-diss-darwin.html","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Diss Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019ve been meaning to post on the NCSE\u2019s entertaining, banana-humor-filled response to Ray Comfort\u2019s tampering with Charles Darwin\u2019s On The Origin Of Species<\/i>. But Science and Religion Today<\/a> mentioning it reminded me. The NCSE site is called Don\u2019t Diss Darwin<\/a> and below is a taste of what is on offer there.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Perhaps in response, <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2009\/11\/ray_has_a_change_in_plans.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28Pharyngula%29&utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ray Comfort is apparently moving forward earlier with his distribution plans<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandreligiontoday.com\/2009\/11\/18\/darwin-short-and-sweet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steve Jones<\/a> seems like a more reliable person to listen to when it comes to Darwin\u2019s work. Meanwhile, lack of acceptance of evolution is increasingly <a href=\"http:\/\/timescolumns.typepad.com\/gledhill\/2009\/11\/too-many-muslims-reject-darwin-claims-muslim-academic.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an issue among Muslims<\/a>. And <a href=\"http:\/\/toshunka.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/we-need-humanities.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Toshunka<\/a> points to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/222791\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an article about the need for both the humanities and the sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-9031308707888326635?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been meaning to post on the NCSE\u2019s entertaining, banana-humor-filled response to Ray Comfort\u2019s tampering with Charles Darwin\u2019s On The Origin Of Species. But Science and Religion Today mentioning it reminded me. 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