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 | 2007-FEB-22: Novel method of attacking evolution: Marshall Hall
of Cornelia, GA, believes that the earth is the center of the universe, that
the sun rotates around the earth, and that Genesis is literally true when it
says that God created the earth, its life forms, and the rest of the
universe in six days. He does not believe in the theory of evolution, and
wants it to be removed from the public school curriculums. Many conservative
Protestants have unsuccessfully claimed that Intelligent
Design or Creation Science are not based on religion and thus should be
taught there. Hall's approach is novel: it is to claim that the theory of
evolution itself is religious and thus should not be taught in
schools. He believes that a recently discovered book of Kabbala writings
from the 13th century CE talks about the Big Bang, a 15 billion year old
universe, and the theory of relativity. Hall suggests that Albert Einstein,
Carl Sagan and other Jewish scientists were influenced by the Kabbala
teachings and popularized the theory of evolution.
Bill Nigut, the Southeastern regional director for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in Atlanta objects to a memo circulated by state Representative Ben Bridges of Georgia which was based on Hall's writing. Nigut wrote and Email to Bridges saying: |
"Your memo conjures up repugnant images of Judaism used for thousands of years to smear the Jewish people as cult-like and manipulative. I am shocked and appalled that you would send this anti-Semitic material to colleagues and friends, and call upon you to repudiate and apologize for distributing this highly offensive memo."
Hall claims that there is nothing antisemitic in his writings because they deal with religion, not race.1
| 2007-JUN-19: Creation museum under attack by fellow creationists:
According to Knight Ridder Tribune Business News,
only three days after the Answers in Genesis AiG) new Creation Museum
was opened in Northern Kentucky, they were hit by a lawsuit. Creation
Ministries International (CMI) sued them in the Supreme Court of
Queensland, Australia. The suit allegedly claims that Answers in Genesis
stole subscribers for its magazine by claiming that the Australian group's
creation magazine was "no longer available." Ken Ham, the president of Answers in Genesis, said
A retired judge in Australia who investigated the conflict issued a 40 page report that blamed Answers in Genesis for the dispute. 2 |
| 2007-OCT-03: New science program to premiere on PBS: "Wired Science" is a new weekly science program, a joint effort of WIRED magazine and PBS. It will be seen on Wednesdays. See: http://www.pbs.org/ |
| 2007-OCT-17: LA: Senator withdraws grant to
conservative Christian group: Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
withdrew a $100,000 grant that he had earlier added to the appropriations
bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education. The grant was to be given to the Louisiana Family Forum,
an anti-evolution creationist religious group Americans United for Separation of Church and State
and the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), circulated a
letter protesting the Vitter earmark to the members of the Senate. Vitter
said in the Senate:
"The project, which would develop a plan to promote better science-based education in Ouachita Parish by the Louisiana Family Forum, has raised concerns among some that its intention was to mandate and push creationism within the public schools. That is clearly not and never was the intent of the project, nor would it have been its effect. However, to avoid more hysterics, I would like to move the $100,000 recommended for this project by the subcommittee when the bill goes to conference committee to another Louisiana priority project funded in this bill." Eugenie C. Scott, NCSE's executive director, responded: |
"Senator Vitter's defense of the earmark is obviously disingenuous, given the Louisiana Family Forum's record of fighting tooth and nail against evolution education. But I'm glad to see that, with the removal of his earmark, public funds are not going to be misused to mis-educate the children of Louisiana about the science of evolution." 3
References:
- Bridges' Cornelia cohort links evolution to Jews, says earth doesn't rotate," White Country News, Cleveland, GA, 2007-FEB-22, at: http://www.whitecountynewstelegraph.com/
- Andy Mead, "Creation Museum sued by fellow creationists," Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, 2007-JUN-19, at: http://www.romingerlegal.com/
- "Vitter earmark withdrawn," National Center for Science Education, 2007-OCT-18, at: http://www.ncseweb.org/
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Copyright © 2007 by Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Original posting: 2007-FEB-25
Latest update: 2007-OCT-22
Author: B.A. Robinson
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