| − | The '''National Center for Science Education''' (NCSE) is a creature of the US Congress, established as a not-for-profit organization. It advocates teaching the [[theory of evolution]] in [[U.S.]] [[public school]]s, to the exclusion of [[scientific creationism]] and [[intelligent design]], which it erroneously contends is a form of [[creationism]]. The NCSE acted as a consultant for the plaintiffs in the 2005 [[Kitzmiller vs. Dover Trial]] <ref> Eugenie C. Scott, "Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction", Greenwood Press, 2009 </ref> | + | The '''National Center for Science Education''' (NCSE) is an [[atheism|atheistic]] creature of the US Congress, established as a not-for-profit organization. It advocates forcing the teaching the [[theory of evolution]] in [[U.S.]] [[public school]]s, to the exclusion of [[scientific creationism]] and [[intelligent design]], which it erroneously contends is a form of [[creationism]]. The NCSE acted as a consultant for the plaintiffs in the 2005 [[Kitzmiller vs. Dover Trial]] <ref> Eugenie C. Scott, "Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction", Greenwood Press, 2009 </ref> |
| | The NCSE is responsible for "[[Project Steve]]", a propaganda campaign based on a logically-fallacious ''[[Logical fallacies#Proof by numbers|argument ad populum]]''. | | The NCSE is responsible for "[[Project Steve]]", a propaganda campaign based on a logically-fallacious ''[[Logical fallacies#Proof by numbers|argument ad populum]]''. |