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It is a very worrying trend,’ he said, ‘and I think a lot of it has come over from [[United States|America]] and [[Australia]].’<ref>http://creation.com/growth-of-creation-science-in-uk-worries-prof-dawkins</ref>}}

It is a very worrying trend,’ he said, ‘and I think a lot of it has come over from [[United States|America]] and [[Australia]].’<ref>http://creation.com/growth-of-creation-science-in-uk-worries-prof-dawkins</ref>}}

== Creationist Grassroots activism - Question evolution! campaign ==

== Young earth creationist grassroots activism - Question evolution! campaign ==

''For more information please see:'' [[Question evolution! campaign]]

=== Enthusiastic student response to the Question evolution! campaign ===

The [[Question evolution! campaign]], launched by the [[Bible|biblical]] [[creation]] organization [[Creation Ministries International]], is a worldwide "[[grassroots|grass-roots]] movement to challenge the anti-[[Christianity|Christian]] [[dogma]] of [[evolution]]".<ref>[http://creation.com/question-evolution Question evolution! campaign]</ref> The focus of the Question evolution! campaign is on 15 questions that evolutionists cannot answer.<ref>[http://creation.com/question-evolution Question evolution! campaign]</ref> The ''15 Questions that evolutionists cannot answer'' can be found [http://creation.com/15-questions HERE]. The campaign will be primarily conducted in the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[Europe]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Singapore]] and [[South Africa]].<ref>http://creation.com/question-evolution</ref>

''See also:'' [[Enthusiastic student response to the Question evolution! campaign]]

In May of 2011, [[Creation Ministries International]] and the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] decided to jointly initiate a question evolution campaign which encourages to students and others to "question the evolutionary [[pseudoscience]] peddled to them" and to wear anti-evolution clothing and pass out Question evolution! tracts within their schools and community. The Traditional Values Coalition is a [[church]] [[lobby|lobbying]] organization that lobbies for over 43,000 [[United States|American]] churches.  

Since the 1960s particularly, evolutionary [[pseudoscience]] has been force fed public students which many students resent.  

=== Question evolution! campaign and Texas ===

The Question evolution campaign has received some enthusiastic student response.

''See also:'' [[Question evolution! campaign and Texas]]

Below are two students comments in the popular Christian YouTube channel [[Shockofgod]] about the [http://creation.com/15-questions 15 Questions that evolutionists cannot satisfactorily answer]:

[[File:286px-Map of USA TX.svg.png|right|thumbnail|400px|[[Texas]] is a very influential state in the [[United States]] when it comes to [[biology]] textbooks.<ref>http://www.utne.com/Politics/Right-Wing-Activists-Rewrite-US-Textbooks-6418.aspx</ref>  A supporter of [[Creation Ministries International]] with a large Christian YouTube audience has declared he is going to aggressively promote the [[Question evolution! campaign]] in Texas.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbmAn3M8r0I</ref>

Amanda2324 writes at YouTube: "LOVE THESE QUESTIONS!!! Like I'm in Physical Geography and Logic & Critical Thinking classes, and the teachers always mention something that either directly or indirectly refers to evolution. I may bring a copy of these with me to my classes from now on..."[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofNcpTKpNZM]

<small>(graphic obtained from [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_TX.svg Wikimedia commons],  username:Huebi  , Title of picture:Map of USA with Texas highlighted, see: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_TX.svg license agreement])</small>]]

The popular [[Christian]] [[YouTube]] producer, [[Shockofgod]], has vowed to promote the Question evolution! campaign "full throttle" in the state of [[Texas]] due to its large influence on textbooks throughout the United States.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbmAn3M8r0I</ref> Shockofgod is an ex-[[atheism|atheist]] and his channel features many anti-[[atheism]] videos. His YouTube videos have cummulatively received millions of views since his YouTube channel's inception.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/user/shockofgod</ref>

On June 20, 2011, Shockofgod said a team of volunteers was going to shortly start calling Texas churches and ask them to get involved in the Question evolution! campaign.<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/06/question-evolution-campaign-massive.html</ref> On June 23, 2011, it was announced that the volunteer team would start contacting Texas churches on June 24, 2011.<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/06/question-evolution-campaign-starting-in.html</ref> In addition, a volunteer wrote: "I am so excited. I am going to get the t-shirt, tracts, and walk around my city!"<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/06/question-evolution-campaign-starting-in.html</ref> On July 3, 2011, it was reported that a Question evolution! campaign volunteer contacted about 65 churches in the state of [[Texas]] in one week. <ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/07/question-evolution-volunteer-reported.html</ref>

MrCody writes at YouTube: "I wished you told me this back in February when i was being taught about evolution. I wished i could have asked my teacher all those just to make her feel stupid."[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofNcpTKpNZM]

{{cquote|The politicized textbooks would be a problem just inside Texas, but economic factors have given the state a huge influence over textbooks throughout the country. Unlike many other states, Texas makes the decisions on a state level on what books local school districts can buy. So when the state makes a decision on what books to purchase for its 4.7 million high schoolers, publishers take notice. The only bigger market for textbooks in the country is [[California]], a state whose budget is in such disarray, it announced that it won’t be buying new books until 2014. In the meantime, an anonymous industry executive told Washington Monthly, “publishers will do whatever it takes to get on the Texas list,” even if that means caving in to right-wing activists.<ref>http://www.utne.com/Politics/Right-Wing-Activists-Rewrite-US-Textbooks-6418.aspx</ref>}}

Texas is expected to purchase $1 billion in textbooks in 2012-13.<ref>http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/texas-influence-on-textbooks-could-wane-336909.html</ref>

[[File:Shockofgod.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|Logo for the [[Shockofgod]] YouTube channel]]

''See also:'' [[2 million Question Evolution! tracts goal of campaign fan]]

In addition, Shockofgod has challenged Texas YouTube atheists [[Matt Dillahunty]] and [[AronRa]] to answer the 15 questions for evolutionists which are featured in Creation Ministries International's Question Evolution campaign.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbmAn3M8r0I</ref>

The popular YouTube video producer [[Shockofgod]] is an ex-[[atheism|atheist]] and his channel features many anti-[[atheism]] videos.  His YouTube videos have cumulatively received millions of views since his YouTube channel's inception.

=== Wide coverage planned relating to Christian web properties ===

On September 18, 2011 Shockofgod released a video entitled ''Evolutionists stumped confused & dumbfounded by 15 questions''. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofNcpTKpNZM Evolutionists stumped confused & dumbfounded by 15 questions]</ref>

In that video, Shockofgod indicated he is going to move forward again and again with the Question evolution! campaign until 1,000,000 Question Evolution! tracts are in people's hands and then continue to move forward until 2,000,000 tracts are in people's hands.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofNcpTKpNZM Evolutionists stumped confused & dumbfounded by 15 questions]</ref>

On July 9, 2011, it was declared: ""We have decided to pull out all the stops to advance the

See also:

=== Question evolution! campaign and the United Kingdom ===

 

*[[Question evolution! campaign and Texas]]

On July 3, 2011, it was announced that an effort to advance Creation Ministries International's Question evolution! campaign in the [[United Kingdom]] is going to start within a week. <ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/07/question-evolution-volunteer-reported.html</ref> A team of grassroots volunteers indicated that it is important to advance this anti-evolution campaign in the UK since England is the birthplace of Darwinism.<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/07/question-evolution-volunteer-reported.html</ref> As indicated earlier, the Question evolution! campaign is a worldwide campaign.

*[[Question evolution! campaign and the United Kingdom]]

== Creation Science and Genetic Programs and Biological Information ==

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