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  • adjective Opposing the teaching or espousal of evolutionary theories, often specifically the Darwinian theory of natural selection

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anti- +‎ evolution

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  • It is when a case goes pathological that it may become well-known, as in the cyclical antievolution of the Kansas state school board, the long-term antievolution advocacy of the Tangipahoa Parish school board, or the spectacular self-destruction of the Dover Area School District.

    The Panda's Thumb: Wesley R. Elsberry Archives 2010

  • It is the fourth antievolution bill of 2012, joining Indiana's Senate Bill 89 and New Hampshire's House Bills 1148 and 1157.

    Shawn Lawrence Otto: Missouri, The 'Stupefy Me' State? Shawn Lawrence Otto 2012

  • It's a page out of the antievolution playbook: using evolutionary biology's own literature against it, selectively quoting from the likes of Stephen Jay Gould to illustrate natural selection's downfalls.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Are you saying that there are members at an antievolution blog, who get to post their own threads, and they are pro-evolution?

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Price enjoyed some initial success helped in part by William Jennings Bryan's antievolution crusade during the 1920s, but his outsider status ensured that his impact on mainstream Protestantism would be limited.

    Matt J. Rossano: Creationism: That (Not So) Old Time Religion Matt J. Rossano 2011

  • It is the fourth antievolution bill of 2012, joining Indiana's Senate Bill 89 and New Hampshire's House Bills 1148 and 1157.

    Shawn Lawrence Otto: Missouri, The 'Stupefy Me' State? Shawn Lawrence Otto 2012

  • Price enjoyed some initial success helped in part by William Jennings Bryan's antievolution crusade during the 1920s, but his outsider status ensured that his impact on mainstream Protestantism would be limited.

    Matt J. Rossano: Creationism: That (Not So) Old Time Religion Matt J. Rossano 2011

  • The same was true of everybody else in the antievolution biz, from Young Earth Creationist Duane Gish to Old Earth Creationist Hugh Ross to every one of the ID gang at the Discovery Institute: Michael Behe, William Dembski, Jonathan Wells, and so on.

    An Ill Wind in Tortuca - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Like most of the lower echelon in the antievolution movement, Freshwater dibble-dabbles at pro-ID/YEC information without actually exploring too far lest it interfere with his buddy network evangelicizing.

    Freshwater: 2009 (but not the hearing) drags to an end - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • But I do find it entertaining to ponder what RevolutionMuslim would think if it knew the agenda and political associations of the folks who manufactured the antievolution arguments they use, and vice versa.

    RevolutionMuslim.com...and evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2010

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  • Here's a good reason to move away from Louisiana if you have children in school. Or not.

    Sometimes I wonder if our country doesn't have a collective death wish.

    July 1, 2008

  • Jeez.

    July 1, 2008

  • I weep for the future.

    On a possibly bright side, I used to teach science in Louisiana. For the first two years, I taught out of the same text I had used in middle school - it was 20+ years old by the time they replaced it. Perhaps by the time parishes get around to adopting new texts, this nonsense will be forgotten.

    July 1, 2008

  • *facepalm*

    July 1, 2008

  • That's it. There's nothing for it but for us smarty-pantses to start breeding quicker than those other folks. Who's with me?!

    July 2, 2008

  • Sorry, I'm out.

    July 2, 2008

  • Wow. Your place or mine?

    July 2, 2008

  • Can I just contribute genetic material? If so, count me in.

    July 2, 2008

  • Pro, lots of smart people don't want to procreate. That's no excuse for not populating the planet with smart pro-evolutionists. Science has ways. Now--are you with me?! *makes puppy eyes*

    July 3, 2008

  • Uh oh. Not the puppy eyes.

    July 3, 2008

  • Who needs puppy eyes? You had me at "breeding."

    July 3, 2008

  • Ah, skip you're a hoot and a holler!

    July 3, 2008

  • More evidence that chained_bear is probably right: How Ignorant Are We?.

    July 3, 2008

  • Gee, I hope I ovulate soon...

    July 3, 2008

  • HAHAHA!

    July 4, 2008

  • Geez. Mood killer...

    July 4, 2008

  • Has anyone seen Mike Judge's Idiocracy? Not a great movie overall, but the first 3 minutes are priceless - demonstrating just how the idiots are outbreeding the intelligent. Ah, here it is on YouTube.

    July 4, 2008

  • WTF double post

    July 4, 2008

  • Exactly my point, arby. Come on everyone!! Let's contribute genetic material to the gene pool! *dives in*

    July 4, 2008

  • I have no problem contributing genetic material, I just don't want anything to do with the resulting spawn. My friends in college used to call me the Replicator because all I want to do is replicate my DNA.

    C_b, too bad we're both female and thus can only combine efforts via the help of Frankensteinian Science!

    July 4, 2008

  • It's funny this comment just came up, right after I read this comic! :)

    Hey, nothing wrong with some occasional replicating. Just like in Star Trek.

    July 21, 2009