Like paper cuts from wrapping presents and the sound of small children screaming in the laps of mall Santas, anti-God advertisements seem to have become a Christmas tradition. Their messages range from benign to disrespectful, and even confusing.

If Charles Darwin could see today's best examples of evolution, would he be elated or depressed?

The idea of evolutionary descent with modification holds that all the various kinds of living organisms arose through some natural step-by-step process—a concept that many have believed since Charles Darwin popularized it in 1859. That story has become less believable, however, since scientists discovered molecular machines.

Mainstream cosmology holds that the orderliness found throughout the universe came from chaotic beginnings. In this scenario, matter and energy were flung outward and then gradually coalesced into structured celestial and terrestrial systems.

In 2008, public science education and academic freedom enjoyed a victory with the passing of the Louisiana Science Education Act.¹