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| − | There exists widespread suppression of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]], ideas which offer alternative explanations of origins than do the various [[theories of evolution]]. | + | There exists widespread suppression of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]], ideas which offer alternative explanations of origins than do the various [[theories of evolution]]. ''See also [[liberal censorship]]''. |
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| | The movie ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'' with [[Ben Stein]] released in April 2008 exposes the suppression of alternatives to evolution. | | The movie ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'' with [[Ben Stein]] released in April 2008 exposes the suppression of alternatives to evolution. |
| | + | Scientist and professor Jerry Bergman documents additional instances of suppression in "Slaughter of the Dissidents."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6rzaM_BxBk&index=64&list=PLT8IFvbAQauhBny_7LoWat_ZrjXx159Y7 Slaughter of the Dissidents with Dr. Jerry Bergman - Origins]</ref> |
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| | == Ideology == | | == Ideology == |
| | The motivation for suppressing views opposed to evolution includes anti-theistic ideologies. | | The motivation for suppressing views opposed to evolution includes anti-theistic ideologies. |
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| − | Richard Lewontin:{{QuoteBox|We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.<br /><br />It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our ''a priori'' adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.<ref>Lewontin, Richard, Billions and billions of demons, ''The New York Review'', p. 31, 9 January 1997, quoted in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/703/ Amazing admission], ''Creation'' 20(3):24, June 1998.</ref>}} | + | Richard Lewontin:{{QuoteBox|We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.<br /><br />It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our ''[[a priori]]'' adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.<ref>Lewontin, Richard, Billions and billions of demons, ''The New York Review'', p. 31, 9 January 1997, quoted in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/703/ Amazing admission], ''Creation'' 20(3):24, June 1998.</ref>}} |
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| − | Atheist professor Jerry Fodor, on attempts to question the theory:{{QuoteBox|I think there’s the sense that if you think that there’s something wrong with the theory you’re giving aid and comfort to intelligent design people. And people do feel very strongly about whether you want to do that.<ref>http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/22/what_darwin_got_wrong_jerry_fodor/</ref>}} | + | Atheist professor Jerry Fodor, on attempts to question the theory:{{QuoteBox|I think there’s the sense that if you think that there’s something wrong with the theory you’re giving aid and comfort to intelligent design people. And people do feel very strongly about whether you want to do that.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120101183024/http://www.salon.com/2010/02/23/what_darwin_got_wrong_jerry_fodor/ What Darwin Got Wrong], ''Salon'' website</ref>}} |
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| | == Vilification == | | == Vilification == |
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| | However, the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] protested, as Bolhuis had been "teaching about" both creation and evolution. | | However, the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] protested, as Bolhuis had been "teaching about" both creation and evolution. |
| | Subsequent media pressure resulted in the decision to not give Bolhuis the award.<ref>Bergman, 1984, pp.25 & 26.</ref> | | Subsequent media pressure resulted in the decision to not give Bolhuis the award.<ref>Bergman, 1984, pp.25 & 26.</ref> |
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| | + | ==== Raymond Damadian ==== |
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| | + | Secular journalist Rick Weiss, writing in Smithsonian Magazine (Dec. 2003) suggests Raymond Damadian was denied a [[Nobel Prize]] for inventing MRI because of his belief in young earth creation.<ref>'''Creation Evolution Headlines''', February 9, 2004, David F. Coppedge. Was the Nobel Denied to a Creationist?[https://crev.info/2004/02/was_the_nobel_denied_to_a_creationist/]</ref> In addition to denying Damadian the prize, they censored any mention of him in their accompanying notes on the MRI invention. |
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| | ==== Lloyd Dale ==== | | ==== Lloyd Dale ==== |
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| − | Lloyd Dale was an award-winning and highly-qualified high school teacher in South Dakota who was fired in 1980 for teaching about both evolution and creation.<ref>Bergman, 1986, p.61.</ref> | + | Lloyd Dale was an award-winning and highly qualified high school teacher in South Dakota who was fired in 1980 for teaching about both evolution and creation.<ref>Bergman, 1986, p.61.</ref> |
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| | ==== Forrest Mims ==== | | ==== Forrest Mims ==== |
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| | ==== Michael Reiss ==== | | ==== Michael Reiss ==== |
| − | Rev. Professor Michael Reiss, an evolutionist, called for schools to teach students ''about'' creationism,<ref>Simpson and Gray, 2008; Halloway, 2008(b)</ref> and this resulted in him being forced to resign from his part time job as Director of Education at the [[Royal Society]].<ref>Beckford, 2008; Halloway, 2008(b).</ref> | + | Rev. Professor Michael Reiss, an evolutionist, called for schools to teach students ''about'' creationism,<ref>Simpson and Gray, 2008; Halloway, 2008(b)</ref> and this resulted in him being forced to resign from his part-time job as Director of Education at the [[Royal Society]].<ref>Beckford, 2008; Halloway, 2008(b).</ref> |
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| | + | ==== Mark Armitage ==== |
| | + | Armitage published evidence of surviving soft tissue from a dinosaur upsetting the Darwinist timetable that they went extinct 65 million years ago. Rushing into his office in a rage, the supervisor summarily terminated him. Interestingly, this occurred after his publication in a secular peer-reviewed journal, though he had discussed the results openly for a long time previously.<ref>Armitage, M.H. and K.L. Anderson. 2013. Soft sheets of fibrillar bone from a fossil of the supraobital horn of the dinosaur Triceratops horridus. Acta Histochemica 115:603-608.</ref> Mark's case is unusual in that the administrators settled to avoid a certain loss.<ref>October 4, 2016. '''Creation Evolution Headlines''', October 4, 2016. David F. Coppedge, ''Mark Armitage Wins Legal Victory''.[https://crev.info/2016/10/mark-armitage-wins-legal-victory/]</ref> The Intelligent Design community also commented on these events.<ref>''Armitage “creationist” settlement: Science vs religion?'', '''Uncommon Descent''', October 6, 2016[https://uncommondescent.com/creationism/armitage-creationist-settlement-science-vs-religion/]</ref> |
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| | + | ==== Günter Bechly ==== |
| | + | Günter Bechly is a distinguished paleontologist, specializing in fossil dragonflies, exquisitely preserved in amber for tens of millions of years. After revealing his support for the theory of intelligent design, he was pushed out as a curator at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany.<ref>Wikipedia Erases Paleontologist Günter Bechly, David Klinghoffer, '''Evolution News''', October 10, 2017,[https://evolutionnews.org/2017/10/wikipedia-erases-paleontologist-gunter-bechly/]</ref> |
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| | + | ==== Legislative Solutions ==== |
| | + | A number of states passed laws to prevent discrimination against dissenters from Darwin. Unhappily a recent effort in S. Dakota failed.<ref>Uncommon Descent. "Darwin fans: We censor in order to oppose censorship", February 23, 2017[https://uncommondescent.com/science-education/darwin-fans-we-censor-in-order-to-oppose-censorship/].</ref> |
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| | + | ==== Pervasive Discrimination in the Academy ==== |
| | + | New PhD Thesis Documents Discrimination against Creationists in Academia: A Look at the History and Claims of Anti-Creationists.<ref>"New Evidence for Discrimination Against Christians in Academia", July 17, 2020 | Jerry Bergman[https://crev.info/2020/07/discrimination-against-christians-in-academia/].</ref> |
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| | === Accreditation affected === | | === Accreditation affected === |
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| | When creationists proposed<ref>The Causeway Creation Committee, [http://www.causewaycreation.com/Objectives.html Objectives]</ref><ref>Heneghan, Tom, [http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/11/30/creationists-claim-the-giants-causeway/ Creationists claim the Giant’s Causeway], Reuters Blogs, 30th November, 2007.</ref> that a new visitor's centre at the [[Giant's Causeway]] geological formation in [[Northern Ireland]] should include the creationist explanation of its formation<ref>Walker, Tas., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2016 A giant cause], ''Creation'' 27(2):28–34, March 2005.</ref> alongside the secular view, anti-creationists objected, wanting only their view to be made available to visitors.<ref>Zalasiewicz, Jan, and Bazley, Tony, [http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/page3473_en.html Giant's Causeway - myth and reality], ''Geoscientist'' 18.4, April 2008.</ref><ref>Walker, Tasman, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5729 Call to censor public information at the Giant’s Causeway, UK] 3rd May, 2008 (Creation Ministries International).</ref> | | When creationists proposed<ref>The Causeway Creation Committee, [http://www.causewaycreation.com/Objectives.html Objectives]</ref><ref>Heneghan, Tom, [http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2007/11/30/creationists-claim-the-giants-causeway/ Creationists claim the Giant’s Causeway], Reuters Blogs, 30th November, 2007.</ref> that a new visitor's centre at the [[Giant's Causeway]] geological formation in [[Northern Ireland]] should include the creationist explanation of its formation<ref>Walker, Tas., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/2016 A giant cause], ''Creation'' 27(2):28–34, March 2005.</ref> alongside the secular view, anti-creationists objected, wanting only their view to be made available to visitors.<ref>Zalasiewicz, Jan, and Bazley, Tony, [http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/page3473_en.html Giant's Causeway - myth and reality], ''Geoscientist'' 18.4, April 2008.</ref><ref>Walker, Tasman, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5729 Call to censor public information at the Giant’s Causeway, UK] 3rd May, 2008 (Creation Ministries International).</ref> |
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| | + | ==== Suppression of Scientific Evidence ==== |
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| | + | David Coppedge chronicles Robert Service's misrepresentations and distortions of peer reviewed dinosaur soft tissue evidence in a recent issue of the peer reviewed journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]''.<ref>''AAAS Tries to Downplay Dinosaur Soft Tissue''. '''Creation Evolution Headlines''', September 19, 2017 | David F. Coppedge[https://crev.info/2017/09/aaas-tries-downplay-dinosaur-soft-tissue/]</ref> |
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| | + | Susan Mazur, an American journalist (Huffington Post) who has been covering the antics of the Darwinian establishment for most of a decade, was disinvited from a scientific congress (Netherlands).<ref>This evolution meeting must be significant: Suzan Mazur has been disinvited… again! '''Uncommon Descent''', October 23, 2017.[https://uncommondescent.com/evolution/this-evolution-meeting-must-be-significant-suzan-mazur-has-been-disinvited-again/]</ref> |
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| | === Attempts to prevent creationists being heard === | | === Attempts to prevent creationists being heard === |
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| | As the talk was about to start, the protesters unfurled banners, one with the German for "Creationists, go to hell!" and another with a foul expression, then started chanting and blowing whistles to prevent the talk from going ahead. | | As the talk was about to start, the protesters unfurled banners, one with the German for "Creationists, go to hell!" and another with a foul expression, then started chanting and blowing whistles to prevent the talk from going ahead. |
| | Police were called by the organizers, but the two, then five, officers were ignored by the protesters, who were only removed after another 20 police officers arrived, allowing the talk to go ahead an hour late.<ref>Wieland, 2008</ref> | | Police were called by the organizers, but the two, then five, officers were ignored by the protesters, who were only removed after another 20 police officers arrived, allowing the talk to go ahead an hour late.<ref>Wieland, 2008</ref> |
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| | + | == See also == |
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| | + | *[[Scientific consensus and evolutionary belief]] |
| | + | *[[Darwinism]] |
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| | {{Creation_vs._evolution}} | | {{Creation_vs._evolution}} |
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| | * Anon., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1248/ Scientific American refuses to hire creationist], ''Creation'' 13(2):16–17, March 1991. | | * Anon., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1248/ Scientific American refuses to hire creationist], ''Creation'' 13(2):16–17, March 1991. |
| | * Anon., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3470/ Revolutionary Atmospheric Invention by Victim of Anti-creationist Discrimination], 1997? <!-- date based on most recent references in article. --> (Creation Ministries International). | | * Anon., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3470/ Revolutionary Atmospheric Invention by Victim of Anti-creationist Discrimination], 1997? <!-- date based on most recent references in article. --> (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Barnes, Peter, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5405/ The early chapters of Genesis and evolution], 13th November, 2007 (Creation Ministries International) | + | * Barnes, Peter, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5405/ The early chapters of Genesis and evolution], 13 November 2007 (Creation Ministries International) |
| − | * Beckford, Martin, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/2971456/Royal-Society-scientist-loses-post-in-row-over-creationism-in-schools.html Royal Society scientist loses post in row over creationism in schools] ''Telegraph'', 16th September, 2008.</ref> | + | * Beckford, Martin, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/2971456/Royal-Society-scientist-loses-post-in-row-over-creationism-in-schools.html Royal Society scientist loses post in row over creationism in schools] ''Telegraph'', 16 September 2008. |
| | * Bergman, Jerry, The Criterion, Onesimus, Richfield Minnesota, 1984, ISBN 0-932903-01-0. | | * Bergman, Jerry, The Criterion, Onesimus, Richfield Minnesota, 1984, ISBN 0-932903-01-0. |
| | * Bergman, Jerry, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1784/ Contemporary suppression of the theistic worldview], ''Journal of Creation'' 9(2):267–275, August 1995. | | * Bergman, Jerry, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1784/ Contemporary suppression of the theistic worldview], ''Journal of Creation'' 9(2):267–275, August 1995. |
| − | * Bergman, Jerry, [http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=97 A Story of Two Professors] ''Impact'' 372, 1st June, 2004. | + | * Bergman, Jerry, [https://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=97 A Story of Two Professors] ''Impact'' 372, 1 June 2004. |
| | * Buckna, David, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3486/ Do Creationists Publish in Notable Refereed Journals?] (Creation Ministries International). | | * Buckna, David, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3486/ Do Creationists Publish in Notable Refereed Journals?] (Creation Ministries International). |
| | * Gentry, Robert V., Creation's Tiny Mystery, Earth Science Associates, Knoxville Tennessee, 1986, ISBN 0-9616753-1-4. | | * Gentry, Robert V., Creation's Tiny Mystery, Earth Science Associates, Knoxville Tennessee, 1986, ISBN 0-9616753-1-4. |
| − | * Grigg, Russell, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5126/ Darwinian thought police strike again], 12th June 2007 (Creation Ministries International). | + | * Grigg, Russell, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5126/ Darwinian thought police strike again], 12 June 2007 (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Halloway, Andrew, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5626 Expelled: New movie exposes persecution of anti-Darwinists], 15th February, 2008 (Creation Ministries International). | + | * Halloway, Andrew, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5626 Expelled: New movie exposes persecution of anti-Darwinists], 15 February 2008 (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Halloway, Andrew, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/6047/ Reiss resigns as Royal Society stifles debate on evolution], 23rd September, 2008 (Creation Ministries International). | + | * Halloway, Andrew, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/6047/ Reiss resigns as Royal Society stifles debate on evolution], 23 September 2008 (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006220 The Branding of a Heretic], ''Opinion Journal'', 28th January, 2005. | + | * Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006220 The Branding of a Heretic], ''Opinion Journal'', 28 January 2005. |
| − | * Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/klinghoffer200508160826.asp Unintelligent Design] National Review Online, 16th August, 2005. | + | * Klinghoffer, David, [https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/klinghoffer200508160826.asp Unintelligent Design] National Review Online, 16 August 2005. |
| − | * Klinghoffer, David, [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/733rlosv.asp Tenure Trouble], The Weekly Standard, 6th August, 2007. | + | * Klinghoffer, David, [https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/733rlosv.asp Tenure Trouble], The Weekly Standard, 6 August 2007. |
| − | * McVay, James, [http://www.rsternberg.net/OSC_ltr.htm Office of Special Counsel "Pre-Closure Letter"], 5th August, 2005. | + | * McVay, James, [http://www.rsternberg.net/OSC_ltr.htm Office of Special Counsel "Pre-Closure Letter"], 5 August 2005. |
| − | * Paull, Roger, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5788 Censoring intelligent design], 27th May, 2008 (Creation Ministries International). | + | * Paull, Roger, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5788 Censoring intelligent design], 27 May 2008 (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Sheppard, Pam, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3593/ The Smithsonian/Sternberg controversy], 22nd August, 2005 (Creation Ministries International). | + | * Sheppard, Pam, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3593/ The Smithsonian/Sternberg controversy], 22 August 2005 (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Simpson, Aislinn, and Gray, Richard, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/2798162/Creationism-should-be-taught-in-science-classes-says-expert.html Creationism should be taught in science classes, says expert] ''Telegraph'', 12th September, 2008. | + | * Simpson, Aislinn, and Gray, Richard, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/2798162/Creationism-should-be-taught-in-science-classes-says-expert.html Creationism should be taught in science classes, says expert] ''Telegraph'', 12 September 2008. |
| | * Sternberg, Richard, [http://www.rsternberg.net/ Richard Sternberg's home page] | | * Sternberg, Richard, [http://www.rsternberg.net/ Richard Sternberg's home page] |
| − | * Walker, Tas., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5053/ Chemists in stew about intelligent design], 24th April, 2007 (Creation Ministries International). | + | * Walker, Tas., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5053/ Chemists in stew about intelligent design], 24 April 2007 (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Wieland, Carl, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/6182 ‘Go to hell, creationists!’], 30th December, 2008 (Creation Ministries International). | + | * Wieland, Carl, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/6182 ‘Go to hell, creationists!’], 30 December 2008 (Creation Ministries International). |
| − | * Williams, Robyn, [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2003/798387.htm The Steve Project] The Science Show, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, broadcast 8th March, 2003. | + | * Williams, Robyn, [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2003/798387.htm The Steve Project] The Science Show, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, broadcast 8 March 2003. |
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| | == Notes == | | == Notes == |