Christian think-tank Theos just released their report “Reclaiming Darwin”, a rallying-cry to religious people everywhere to reject creationist nonsense and enter into a dialogue to think about how science and religion coexist. Which would be an innocuous cause if it weren’t for the fact that …
The broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough is a recipient of religious hate mail, he has revealed. Speaking about his new documentary on Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, the 82 year-old said the letters told him “to burn in hell and good riddance”. Sir …
Picture: Kirktoons Regular readers are likely to know of the news released this morning regarding a poll by Ipsos MORI, which shows that “29% of science teachers believe that creationism should be ‘taught’ in schools”. Of course, this still means that 65% do not think …
It is quite unusual for scientific journals to investigate political matters, but this week the respected publication Science ran a discussion on the extent of creationist thinking in Islamic countries. As already discussed by our friends over at the Daily Dish, the report by Salman …
In this exclusive interview, Adnan Oktar - the man behind the pen name Harun Yahya – answers questions posed by our editor Milo Yiannopoulos and by Counterknowledge.com readers. He reveals how his profound Islamic faith has inspired his creationist beliefs, and answers some tough questions about Richard Dawkins, censorship …
This is the third installment of “Missing Links: overlooked arguments, faulty connections and flawed logic in the evolution debate”. In this series, Greg Stevens considers a selection of claims made on both sides of the evolution vs. creationism debate, exposing woolly thinking wherever he finds …
The Daily Telegraph reports today that one in three teachers recommend teaching creationism alongside evolution. Bonkers? I don’t think so. Nor did I think the resignation of Rev Professor Michael Reiss was to be applauded. In fact, it was a travesty: the Rev Professor merely suggested was that …
Adnan Oktar Adnan Oktar, the Turkish Muslim creationist who runs the dynamic Harun Yahya propaganda machine, has succeeded in blocking his fellow countrymen from accessing the website of Turkey’s third largest-selling newspaper. As the Guardian reports: A court ruled that Turkish web users should be …
As if being mauled by Counterknowledge readers wasn’t enough, now he’s had richarddawkins.net banned in Turkey for being defamatory and blasphemous. No, really. It will come as no surprise to long-time readers of this blog that the culprit is our old friend(s) Harun Yahya, whose …
Here’s a little light viewing. This YouTube video shows Richard Dawkins reading some of his hate mail, shortly before confronting the unbelievably smug Wendy Wright of Washington-based Concerned Women for America. The first sixty seconds are the most amusing; the last sixty the most disturbing. If you …