by Bob Allen | Mar 28, 2008 | News
A Texas-sized battle is brewing within the State Board of Education over what must be included in public-school textbooks. Recently the 15-member board split over state’s English, language arts and reading curriculum standards, a debate that included charges of...
by Bob Allen | Feb 11, 2008 | News
An international group of scientists and theologians has issued a strong rebuke of “intelligent design,” a theory that has gained ground with conservative Christians, especially in the United States. “We believe that intelligent design is neither...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Jan 2, 2008 | Opinion
At a news conference in November 2005, Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, defended Darwin’s theory of evolution over and against Intelligent Design. “The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no...
by Bob Allen | Feb 15, 2007 | News
Don’t expect restaurant lines to rival Easter or Mother’s Day anytime soon, but more than 600 congregations last Sunday indicated plans to participate in Evolution Sunday, commemorating the 198th birthday of “On the Origin of Species” author...
by Bob Allen | Apr 6, 2006 | News
A year after coming to lead a highly touted center for science and theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, intelligent design advocate William Dembski is reportedly leaving to accept a teaching post at another Southern Baptist Convention seminary. Baptist...
