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Candace Cameron Bure: Creationism is ‘compatible’ with science

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Bill Nye to discuss evolutionary science being left out of schools

Bill Nye: The Earth is Really, Really Not 6,000 Years Old

Bill Nye (The Science Guy) comments on a previous Big Think video in which he denounces the teaching of creationism to America’s students. Bill Nye is the author of Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation.

Pope Is Trying To Have His Cake And Eat It Too

“All In” with Chris Hayes, MSNBC, 10-28-2014

Prof Alice Roberts Ban creationism in school science

There is a role for discussing creationism in religious studies at schools, but it has “no place in science education”, according to the academic and television presenter Prof Alice Roberts.

In her personal film, she said there should be more debate on the issue’s role in schools, as she fears “creationism has the potential to ruin a scientific education”.

One Sixth Grader’s Bully? – His Ignorant Bible-Thumping Teacher

“The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a school board in Louisiana, alleging officials at one of its schools harassed a sixth-grader because of his Buddhist faith and that the district routinely pushes Christian beliefs.

The lawsuit was filed against the Sabine Parish School Board Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Shreveport on behalf of Scott and Sharon Lane and their three children. According to the complaint from the ACLU and its Louisiana chapter, the Lanes enrolled their son — a lifelong Buddhist of Thai descent — in Negreet High School and he quickly became the target of harassment by the school’s staff.

“Public schools should be welcoming places for students of all backgrounds,” said Marjorie Esman, executive director of the ACLU of Louisiana. “No child should be harassed and made to feel like an outsider in his own classroom, and students should not have to endure school officials constantly imposing their religious beliefs on them while they are trying to learn.”

The Richard Dawkins Interview

On September 24th, Richard Dawkins’ new book, “An Appetite For Wonder: the Making of a Scientist” released worldwide.

Four days later in Washington DC, Dawkins sat down for a one-hour conversation with Seth Andrews to talk about a variety of subjects…including childhood, music, evolution, apologist “fleas,” Christopher Hitchens and the memoir itself.

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Apostacon was my first specifically Pastafarian event, and it went very well. It was held at the Ramada Plaza Omaha Hotel & Convention Center in Omaha Nebraska on 2013/09/22. If you're in that area, and you're bringing your kids, check out the arcade and the giant indoor water park downstairs.
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