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Charles Darwin, photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868
Courtesy Julia Margaret CameronI believe I have mentioned this film before - but have you ever seen the documentary "Flock of Dodo's"? It is a well made (imho) film that creatively and sometimes humorously, discusses the evolution vs. intelligent design debate. The thing that I find most interesting about this film is that it shows something that I think is important. While I may think people who support intelligent design or creationism are wrong, many scientists who argue with them act like uppity jerks. Its not likely a debate one side is going to "win" but we can all at least accept that and be civil.
Now, if you want to be ready to argue for evolution, Scientific American has put together a nice little web feature that covers the topics of creationism in the classroom, a state by state breakdown of the creationism in schools controversy, 15 answers to creationist nonsense (again, could be a bit less harsh in the language here) and a discussion about how scientists ought to approach religion and its followers.
Tags : Nearly 150 years later, members of the Anglican church push for an apology to Darwin
A British-based website has sprung urging the Anglican church of England to issue a formal apology for the church's treatment of Charles Darwin in the afternmath of his publishing the book "On the Origin of Species." This is a sure-fire topic to generate discussion, so have at it folks.
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