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A Review of Ken Ham’s The Lie: Unravelling the Myth of Evolution/Millions of Years, and Why We Need to Pay Attention

Oct 22, 2024 | 29 Evidences for Evolution, 3 Quarks Daily, Answers in Genesis, Apocalypticism, Biblical Authority, Biblical Literalism, Biblical Marriage, Carl Weinberg, Christian Nationalism, Christian Schooling, Church and State, Conservative Evangelicals, Conservative Ideology, Cornwall Alliance, Creation Ministries International, Creation Science, Creationism, Critical Race Theory, Dispensational Premillennialism, Donald Trump, E. Calvin Beisner, Evangelical History, Evolution, Flood Geology, Gay Marriage, Heartland Institute, Henry Morris, Heritage Foundation, Historical Science, History of Science, Homeschooling, Index of Creationist Claims, Institute for Creation Science, Intersectionality, John C. Whitcomb, Ken Ham, LGBTQ+ Identity, LGBTQ+ Rights, Man-made Climate Change, Marriage, Mike Johnson, Observational Science, Paul Braterman, Presuppositionalism, Project 2025, Red Dynamite, Religion and History, Safe Schools, Scientific Creationism, Secularism, Social Justice, Statement of Faith, The Bible and Modern Science, The Genesis Flood, The Lie, Tolerance, Wokeness, Young Earth Creationism | 3 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...

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...

Charles Darwin was Responsible for the Vietnam War?

Mar 14, 2023 | Adolf Hitler, Answers Research Journal, Capitalism, Carl Weinberg, Charles Darwin, Communism, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Darwin-to-Vietnam trope, Darwin's Plantation, Evolution, George McCready Price, Henry Morris, History, Jerry Bergman, Ken Ham, My Lai, Racism, Red Dynamite, Righting America, Slavery, Socialism, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, Western Colonialism, Young Earth Creationism | 5 comments

by William Trollinger Photo taken by United States Army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle on March 16, 1968 in the aftermath of the My Lai massacre showing mostly women and children dead on a road. Image via Wikimedia...

Balderdash?: A Response to Richard Weikart’s review of Red Dynamite

Aug 17, 2022 | Adolf Hitler, American Creationism, Answers in Genesis, Anticommunism, Blackjewel LLC, Capitalism, Carl R. Weinberg, Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, Conservatism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Darwin, Darwin-to-Hitler Trope, Discovery Institute, Donald Trump, Eugenics, Evolution, EvolutionNews, Fundamentalism, George McCready Price, God's Empire, Henry Ford, Henry Morris, History, History and Politics, Intelligent Design, J. Frank Norris, Karl Marx, Racism, Red Dynamite, Religion and History, Religion and Politics, Religion and Science, Richard Weikart, Trump Supporters, Wedge Document, William Bell Riley | 0 comments

by Carl R. Weinberg Carl R. Weinberg is Teaching Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Indiana University Bloomington, where he is also the Director of the PACE Institute for Role-Immersive...

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...