Good news from Texas

There IS some good news about the anti-evolution insanity rampant in this country. A Federal court in Texas slammed the Institute for Creation Research. ICR had whined because the state had denied them the certificate they need to issue a master's degree in science education from their graduate school. In the decision, Dr. Gerald Skoog is quoted as saying that the proposed ICR Master of Science program “integrates selective scientific data that gives credence to [the framework of Biblical creationism], but ignores, or circumvents, a large body of scientific data that erodes and shatters the foundation of this framework.”

For those of you who insist the Bible is literally true on every subject, read this again: "a large body of scientific data that erodes and shatters the foundation of this framework." Get it? Your viewpoint is NOT supported by the evidence of the world. Either your interpretation is wrong, or the whole Bible is wrong, or your God is a trickster to plant so much evidence that contradicts a literal interpretation of His Book.

The court also says: "It appears that although the Court has twice required Plaintiff to re-plead and set forth a short and plain statement of the relief requested, Plaintiff is entirely unable to file a complaint which is not overly verbose, disjointed, incoherent, maundering, and full of irrelevant information."

Well, if they could reason clearly they wouldn't be creationists, so this description of their statement is not a surprise. By the way, to make myself clear, I am not saying that creationism per se, the belief in a higher power or consciousness that created or manifests this universe, is wrong. I do insist that a literal reading of the Bible's book of Genesis is NOT supported by the evidence of the world and is in fact FALSIFIED by it. That's just the way it is, like it or not, make of it what you will.

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As I reported back in February, a famous author contacted me about a page I have on my web site about the Red Baron's Fokker Triplane. I corresponded with Dale Titler, author of The Day the Red Baron Died, and eventually asked if he would autograph a copy of his book to me. There were some delays from my end, but I finally received it yesterday.