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State Police Proselytized during K9 Training at Ark Park; No Word on How Dogs Reacted

Mar 4, 2025 | Adam Witherspoon, Adolf Hitler, AiG Finances, Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, Bill Gruppen, Bodie Hodge, Chris Carpenter, Christian Nationalism, Cindy Gruppen, Culture War, Dan Phelps, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, K9 Training, Ken Ham, Kentucky State Police, Livingston Security Solutions, Marty Buffenbarger, Nutramax Laboratories, Officer Charity, Russell Coleman, Ryan Rought, Sexual Humanism, TACTICA Ministries, Tri-State Freethinkers, White Christian Nationalism, Wokeness | 1 comment

by Dan Phelps Note: This article originally appeared at Panda’s Thumb. We are pleased to republish it here with the author’s and editor’s approval. Back in 2020, the Kentucky State Police (KSP) were embroiled in a controversy after it was discovered that a training...

Before he was House speaker, Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court. Here’s what that episode reveals about his politics.

Dec 12, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bodie Hodge, Carl Weinberg, Christian Nationalism, Climate Change, Conservative Evangelicals, Creation Museum, Culture War, Evolution, Freedom Guard, House Speaker, John Fea, Ken Ham, Marxism, Mike Johnson, Public Religion Research Institute, Red Dynamite, Righting America, School Shootings, Secularism, Social Evolution, Statement of Faith, Tax Breaks, The Lie, Young Earth Creationism | 2 comments

by William Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson takes questions from reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Speaker of the House Mike...

Leading Creationist Organisation Appoints Conspiracy Theorist To Key Position

Jun 20, 2023 | 3 Quarks Daily, Adam and Eve, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Abortion, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Australian Question Lobby, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Black Lives Matter, Bodie Hodge, Boris Johnson, Chief Ministry Officer, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Economics of Climate Change, Evolution, Fossil Fuels, Gender Roles, Great Reset, Heartland Institute, Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Science, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, Ken Ham, Martin Iles, Paul Braterman, Rhetoric, World Economic Forum, Young Earth Creationism | 9 comments

by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...

Two Peas in a Pod: QAnon Conspiratorialism and Young Earth Creationism

Mar 16, 2022 | American Exceptionalism, Answers in Genesis, Anti-Vaxxers, Ark Encounter, Bodie Hodge, Climate Change, Climate Skeptics, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Fox News, Insurrection, January 6, 2021, Ken Ham, One America News, Paul Braterman, Public Religion Research Institute, QAnon, Religion and Politics, Republicans, Righting America, Secularism, The Coming Storm, The New York Times, Trey Smith, Trump Supporters, White Evangelicals, Young Earth Creationism | 1 comment

by William Trollinger Doug Jensen gestures to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Jensen, 41, of Des Moines, Iowa, was jailed Jan. 9 on federal charges, including trespassing and disorderly conduct...

Red Dynamite: Creationism, Culture Wars and Anticommunism in America: An Interview with Carl Weinberg (a.k.a., the perfect post for Labor Day)

Sep 6, 2021 | American Creationism, Answers in Genesis, Anticommunism, Bodie Hodge, Butler Act, Carl R. Weinberg, Clarence Darrow, Conservative Evangelicals, Creationism, Culture War, Darwin, David Goldstein, Donald Trump, Evolution, Frederick Engels, George McCready Price, Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Science, J. Frank Norris, John Scopes, Karl Marx, Ken Ham, Labor Battles, Martha Moore Avery, Marxism, Red Dynamite, Religion and Science, Robert Jeffress, Satanism, Science, Scopes Trial, Secularism, Social Evolution, Socialism, William Bell Riley, William Jennings Bryan, Young Earth Creationism | 0 comments

by William Trollinger Book Cover for Carl R. Weinberg’s Red Dynamite: Creationism: Culture Wars, and Anticommunism in America (2021, Cornell University Press) Carl R. Weinberg is Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor...