May 8, 2024 | Answers in Genesis, Bay Area Skeptics, Creationism, Culture War, Duane Gish, Gish Gallop, QAnon |
Please join us Thursday evening for our virtual presentation for the Bay Area Skeptics! Our host is the remarkable Eugenie Scott, who was the long-time director of the National Center for Science Education, and who is the inventor of the term “Gish Gallop” (Gish being...
Dec 26, 2023 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Right, Creation Ministries International, Creationism, Evolution, Glenn Branch, Jeffrey Dahmer, Kent Hovind, Lionel Dahmer, National Center for Science Education, Ronald Numbers, Young Earth Creationism |
by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...
Aug 22, 2023 | Alien vs. Predator, Apocalyptic Rhetoric, Barbara Forest, Biblical Literalism, Category Mistake, Christian Right, Climate Change, Creation Science, Creationism, George McCready Price, Henry Morris, Intelligent Design, Ken Ham, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Left Behind, Mary Oliver, N. T. Wright, Of Pandas and People, Poetry, Rapture Ideology, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Robert Burns, Rodney Kennedy, Rowan Williams, Science, Supreme Court, Troping |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which...
Aug 8, 2023 | Biblical Interpretation, Copia, Creation Science, Creationism, Dinosaurs, Diorama, Discovery Center for Creation and Earth History, Duane Gish, Emma Frances Bloomfield, Fossils, Garden of Eden, Gish Gallop, Grand Canyon, Historical Science, Immersion, Institute for Creation Science, Interruption, Museums, Noah's Ark, Quantity vs Quality, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Rotation, Sensory Evidence, Southern Communication Journal, Visual Rhetoric |
by Emma Frances Bloomfield Today’s post comes from our colleague Emma Frances Bloomfield, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who studies the intersection of science, religion, and politics from a rhetorical...
Jul 17, 2023 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Argumentation, Conservative Evangelicals, Creationism, Donald Trump, Frans van Eemeren, Jennifer R. Mercieca, Jerry Bergman, Ken Ham, McCarthyism, Rob Grootendorst, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
Mar 22, 2023 | 3 Quarks Daily, Abortion, Abraham, Answers in Genesis, Architect Magazine, Ark Encounter, Artistic License, Biblical Authority, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Biblical Marriage, Bigamy, British Museum, Climate Change, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Gay Marriage, Greta Thunberg, Henry Morris, Historical Science, Inerrancy, Irving Finkel, Issac, Jacob, Marriage, Monogamy, Noah's Flood, Observational Science, Paul Braterman, Rebecca, Righting America, Sarah, Science, The Climate Book, The Genesis Flood, The Long War Against God, Young Earth Creationism |
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...