Darwin at 200: New report from Theos doesn’t ‘reclaim Darwin’ at all

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 …

Sir David Attenborough: creationists send me hate mail

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 …

‘Edge Media TV’ offers new home for conspiracy theories on satellite

Uh-huh. Charlie Brooker writes today about a new TV station crammed full of conspiracy theories, Edge Media TV, which broadcasts programmes with titles like Question Everything and Hidden Agenda, and a talkshow called Esoteria, which according to the host is “a SHOW, not a PROGRAMME …

New poll says 29% of science teachers believe creationism should be ‘taught’ in schools

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 …

Prestigious journal investigates the spread of Islamic creationism

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 …

“Darwinism is the life-blood of terror”: an interview with Adnan Oktar

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 …

Missing Links (3): ‘Not-so-intelligent design’

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 …

Islamic creationism arrives in the classroom. Why are we scared of debating it?

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 …

Islamic creationists score another sinister little victory

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 …

Poor Richard Dawkins

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 …