Does Thinking of Death Make Intelligent Design More Appealing?

Discovery News reported on recent research that suggested people who believe in intelligent design theory (IDT) and reject evolutionary theory (ET) as an explanation for the origins of life do so not necessarily because of religious views, but because they are in need of psychological security.1


Bill Would Prevent Texas Colleges from Discriminating against Evolution Doubters

A bill recently introduced to the Texas House of Representatives would protect faculty and students at public colleges in the state from discrimination for holding views antithetical to Darwinian evolution.

The proposed addition to the education code states:


Academic Freedom Up for Vote in Home of Scopes

Tennessee…home of the legendary Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925…will be voting on legislation that evolutionists lament will "force creationism" into public science classrooms.

House Bill 368 would protect "a teacher from discipline for teaching scientific subjects in an objective manner."1 It states:


Bill Nye the Evolution Guy

"The main idea in all of biology is evolution," Bill Nye recently told Popular Mechanics.1 He was responding to the results of a Penn State survey of U.S. high school biology teachers, only 28 percent of whom advocated teaching evolution.


Survey Results: Evolution Weak in Public Schools Despite Dover

Pennsylvania State University political scientists recently published a report in the journal Science titled "Defeating Creationism in the Courtroom, But Not in the Classroom."

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