Sir John William Dawson: A Great Canadian Creationist
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of September 1999 by Richard Peachey November 19, 1999, will mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Canada’s greatest creationist scholar: Sir John William Dawson (1820-1899). Dawson was an internationally known scientist and educator who served as principal of
The Peppered Moth Story: Prime Example of Evolution?
With a special Appendix: University of Chicago evolutionist Jerry Coyne on his discovery of the many flaws in this “icon of evolution”! (following the conclusion of this article) by Richard Peachey IMPORTANT NOTE: The argumentation in the article below requires updating in light of new experimental work by lepidopterist Michael
Is Evolution Really So Central to Biology?
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of March 2010 by Richard Peachey A well-beloved mantra of the secular scientific establishment is: “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.” This was the title of a classic article by geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973 [Mar.]. The
Do Examples of “Microevolution” Provide Support for Macroevolution?
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of September 2005 Introduced by Richard Peachey Is it legitimate to extrapolate from instances of small-scale change (such as those found in peppered moths, Darwin’s finches, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria) to large-scale changes of the sort that would allow protists to
The “Big Bang” Explains Nothing!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of December 2005 Introduced by Richard Peachey An excerpt from Alex Williams and John Hartnett. 2005. Dismantling the Big Bang. Green Forest, AR: Master Books. pp. 59f. The theoretical astrophysicist, Professor Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University, in his best-selling book
How Darwinism Contributed to Modern Views on Abortion, Infanticide, and Euthanasia
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of June 2008 Introduced by Richard Peachey A specialist in modern German history argues that evolutionary thinking contributed significantly to our current “culture of death”! All quotations are from Richard Weikart. 2004. From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and
The “Science” of Paleoanthropology (Human Fossils) — Exposed!
Introduced by Richard Peachey In this article, an evolutionary paleoanthropologist describes the subjectivity and questionable science inherent in his own discipline! All quotations are from Roger Lewin. 1997. Bones of Contention. 2nd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Page number references from this book are given at the beginning of
“Flat Earthers” — A Half-Baked Charge Against Creationists!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of March 2009 by Richard Peachey
Major Twentieth Century Theories of Evolution: The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis and Punctuated Equilibrium
by Richard Peachey The two modern theories differ over the tempo (timing) and mode (mechanism) of evolution. Natural selection is of primary importance for Neo-Darwinists, but not for those who hold to Punctuated Equilibrium. The two views also disagree on the relationship of macroevolution to microevolution. 1. The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis
Can Scientists Create “Life” in a Test Tube?
by Richard Peachey In what many consider to be a classical “origin of life” experiment, Stanley Miller synthesized some amino acids (building blocks of proteins) from a circulating mixture of gases hypothesized to represent Earth’s primordial atmosphere. Miller used an electrical spark to simulate a lightning-like energy source. Although this