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| − | The '''National Center for Science Education''' (NCSE) is an [[atheism|atheistic]] creature of the US Congress, established as a non-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 '''National Center for Science Education''' (NCSE) is an [[atheism|atheistic]] creature of the US Congress, established as a non-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 are forms 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> |
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| − | 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]]''. |
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| | == NCSE, atheism and liberal Christianity == | | == NCSE, atheism and liberal Christianity == |
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| | ''See also:'' [[Atheism and liberal Christianity alliances]] | | ''See also:'' [[Atheism and liberal Christianity alliances]] |
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| − | The [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Eugenie C. Scott]] served as an Executive Director of the NCSE and considerable amount of her time was spent working with [[Liberal Christianity|liberal Christians]] as far as supporting the teaching of evolution in public schools. | + | The [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Eugenie C. Scott]] served as an Executive Director of the NCSE and a considerable amount of her time was spent working with [[Liberal Christianity|liberal Christians]] as far as supporting the teaching of evolution in public schools. |
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| | At the same time, the atheist and evolutionist [[PZ Myers]] wrote about NCSE favoring liberal Christianity: | | At the same time, the atheist and evolutionist [[PZ Myers]] wrote about NCSE favoring liberal Christianity: |