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New Scientist has pulled ‘How to spot a hidden religious agenda’ article…

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

For apparent legal reasons, the article:  ’How to spot a hidden religious agenda’ I linked to in this post has been pulled by New Scientist.  This is very odd. 
They wrote this on the link to the article:
New Scientist has received a legal complaint about the contents of this story. At the advice of our lawyer it has [...]

Good article: How to spot a hidden religious agenda

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Over at New Scientist by Amanda Gefter:
As a book reviews editor at New Scientist, I often come across so-called science books which after a few pages reveal themselves to be harbouring ulterior motives. I have learned to recognise clues that the author is pushing a religious agenda. As creationists in the US continue to lose court [...]

Why Intelligent Design is not Science

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Not everyone I speak to is familiar with the notion of ‘Intelligent Design’. When asked, I often cut to the chase and say that Intelligent Design (ID) is just another form of Creationism but in disguise. Or in other words, ID omits the Biblical story of Creation and asserts that a Designer created life. Proponents [...]