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ORGANIZATIONS AND SITES
Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design
In many cases, more information can be found by
clicking on the "[+]" symbol, which
provides a link to more detailed references on
Wikipedia or other websites.
Evolution and Religion
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Christianity and
Evolution (Theistic-Evolution). "I have
prepared this information so that you may learn about evolution
from one Christian's perspective." (Nov 16, 2005) |
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National Academy of Sciences:
Science and Creationism. This an open book
copy of the
book
by the same name. |
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National Center for Science Education (NCSE): Defending the
Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools. "NCSE
defends the teaching of evolution in public schools. We are a
nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice
to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific
creationism" out. NCSE is the only national organization to
specialize in this issue." (Nov 16, 2005) [+] |
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Society of Ordained
Scientists (SOSc).
"To express both the commitment of the church to the
scientific enterprise and our concern for its impact on the
world." (Dec 6, 2005) Founded by theistic evolutionist
Arthur Peacocke, the SOSc works to reduce the conflict between
science and faith. |
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Wikipedia:
Creation-evolution Controversy.
"The creation-evolution controversy...is an ongoing
dispute in the public arena about the origins of the universe,
the Earth, life, or humanity. The opposing viewpoints are
represented by those who support religious origin beliefs...and
those who support the natural history accounts of the sciences
of astronomy, geology and biology." (Nov 16, 2005) |
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Wikipedia:
Creation and Evolution in Public Schools.
"The legal status of creation and evolution in public
education is the subject of a great deal of debate in legal,
political and religious circles, mainly in the United States."
(Nov 16, 2005) |
Evolution and Natural Selection
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Evolution Wiki:
Evolution Education.
"The Evolution
Education Wiki is a free, reader-built encyclopedia of
evolution, biology, and origins. It is inspired by the
Talk.Origins Archive and the Wikipedia project.
EvoWiki's goal is to promote general evolution education,
and to provide mainstream scientific responses to the
arguments of creationism and other antievolutionists."
(Nov 16, 2005) |
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PBS:
Evolution: A Journey
into Where We're from, and Where We're Going.
"The Evolution project is a seven-part, eight-hour television
broadcast series, an extensive Web site, a far-reaching
educational outreach initiative, and a HarperCollins companion
book by acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer." (Nov 16,
2005) |
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UC Berkeley:
Understanding Evolution.
"Understanding Evolution is a non-commercial, education
website, teaching the science and history of evolutionary
biology. This site is here to help you understand what evolution
is, how it works, how it factors into your life, how research in
evolutionary biology is performed, and how ideas in this area
have changed over time."
(Nov 16, 2005) |
Creationism
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Answers in Genesis:
Upholding the Authority of the Bible from the Very First Verse.
"We proclaim the absolute truth and authority of
the Bible with boldness. We relate the relevance
of a literal Genesis to the church and the world today
with creativity. We obey God’s call to deliver the
message of the Gospel, individually and collectively."
(Nov 16, 2005) [+] |
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Fixed Earth:
The Non-Moving Earth and Anti-Evolution Page.
"Read all about the Copernican and Darwinian Myths (and
their many ramifications all the way to Big Bangism!)" (Nov
17, 2005) A site
advocating a version of modern geocentrism. [+] |
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Institute for Creation Research (ICR): Revealing the Truth
of Creation. "We
believe God has raised up ICR to spearhead Biblical
Christianity's defense against the godless and compromising
dogma of evolutionary humanism" (Nov 14, 2004). [+] |
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The Talk.Origins Archive:
Exploring the Creation/Evolution Debate. "Talk.origins
is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and
debate of biological and physical origins. Most
discussions in the newsgroup center on the
creation/evolution controversy, but other topics of
discussion include the origin of life, geology, biology,
catastrophism, cosmology and theology."
(Nov 16, 2005)
Talk.origins also maintains the
Evolution Wiki. |
Intelligent Design
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ACLU:
FAQs on Intelligent Design
and
Religion in Schools.
Notoriously secular legal organization that, among other
things, fights against religion and Intelligent Design in
public schools. |
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Access Research Network (ARN):
Providing Accessible Information on Science, Technology
and Society from Intelligent Design Perspective.
"Through our publications and product offers, we give
you the infomation [sic] you need to orient yourself in
today's scientific and technological world and make
informed decisions. But science and technology are
only half the picture. We put science topics in
perspective by looking at related political, ethical and
philosophical issues--so you can get a well-rounded
understanding of the hot issues." (Nov 16, 2005) [+] |
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Center for
Science and Culture (CSC): Challenging Darwin's
Theory of Evolution and Promoting Intelligent Design.
"Started in 1996, the Center for Science and Culture
is a Discovery Institute program which: supports
research by scientists and other scholars challenging
various aspects of neo-Darwinian theory; supports
research by scientists and other scholars developing the
scientific theory known as intelligent design; supports
research by scientists and scholars in the social
sciences and humanities exploring the impact of
scientific materialism on culture; encourages schools to
improve science education by teaching students more
fully about the theory of evolution, including the
theory's scientific weaknesses as well strengths."
(Nov 16, 2005) [+] |
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The Design
Inference Website: The Writings of
William A. Dembski |
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The Discovery Institute:
Making a Positive Vision of the Future Possible. "The
Institute discovers and promotes ideas in the common
sense tradition of representative government, the free
market and individual liberty." (Nov 16, 2005) The Institute is also the
parent of the pro-Intelligent Design CSC. [+] |
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The Foundation for
Thought and Ethics (FTE): Restoring the Freedom to
Know with Enriching Curricula. "The Foundation for Thought and Ethics
is working to restore the freedom to know to young
people in the classroom, especially in matters of
worldview, morality and conscience, and to return the
right of informed consent to families in the education
of their children." (Nov 16, 2005)
Books published by FTE include Intelligent Design texts
Pandas and People
and
Design of Life. [+] |
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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
Design Arguments for the Existence of God.
"Design arguments are empirical arguments for God’s
existence. These arguments typically, though not always,
proceed by identifying various empirical features of the
world that constitute evidence of intelligent design and
inferring God’s existence as the best explanation for these
features..." (Nov
29, 2005) A reference site including information on
various design arguments. |
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Intelligent Design Network (IDN): Seeking Objectivity in
Origins Science. "Intelligent
Design Network, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that
seeks institutional objectivity in origins science."
(Nov 16, 2005) |
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