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[[File:Union jack.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|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 [[Charles Darwin|Darwinism]].<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/07/question-evolution-volunteer-reported.html</ref> The [[Question evolution! campaign]] is a worldwide campaign.
[[File:286px-Map of USA TX.svg.png|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> In June of 2011, a team of [[Creation Ministries International]] volunteers started promoting the [[Question evolution! campaign]] in Texas.<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/06/question-evolution-campaign-massive.html</ref><ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/06/question-evolution-campaign-starting-in.html</ref> In addition, a group of volunteers indicated they will promote the campaign in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/07/question-evolution-volunteer-reported.html</ref>
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The theory of '''evolution''' is a [[Naturalism|naturalistic]] [[theory]] of the [[history]] of life on earth (this refers to the theory of evolution which employs [[methodological naturalism]] and is taught in schools and universities). Merriam-Webster's dictionary gives the following [[definition of evolution]]: "a theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations..."<ref>[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/evolution Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, Definition for "evolution"]</ref> Currently, there are several [[theories of evolution]].
The theory of '''evolution''' is a [[Naturalism|naturalistic]] [[theory]] of the [[history]] of life on earth (this refers to the theory of evolution which employs [[methodological naturalism]] and is taught in schools and universities). Merriam-Webster's dictionary gives the following [[definition of evolution]]: "a theory that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations..."<ref>[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/evolution Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, Definition for "evolution"]</ref> Currently, there are several [[theories of evolution]].
[[Image:Stephen Meyer.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Dr. [[Stephen Meyer]] published an article favoring [[intelligent design]] in a peer reviewed science journal which had traditionally only published material advocating the evolutionary position.<ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=1489</ref>]]
[[Image:Stephen Meyer.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Dr. [[Stephen Meyer]] published an article favoring [[intelligent design]] in a peer reviewed science journal which had traditionally only published material advocating the evolutionary position.<ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=1489</ref>]]
:''See main articles: [[Creation science]], [[Intelligent design]], and [[creationism]]''
:''See main articles: [[Creation science]], [[Intelligent design]], and [[creationism]]''
Creation scientists and [[intelligent design]] advocates state the [[genetic code]] ([[Deoxyribonucleic acid|DNA]] code), genetic programs, and biological information argue for an intelligent cause in regards the origins question and assert it is one of the problems of the theory of evolution.<ref name="waltbrown-scientificcreation">Dr. [[Walt Brown]], Center For Scientific Creation, [http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/LifeSciences18.html Codes, Programs, and Information]</ref><ref>
Creation scientists and [[intelligent design]] advocates point out that the [[genetic code]] ([[Deoxyribonucleic acid|DNA]] code), genetic programs, and biological information argue for an intelligent cause in regards the origins question and assert it is one of the many problems of the theory of evolution.<ref name="waltbrown-scientificcreation">Dr. [[Walt Brown]], Center For Scientific Creation, [http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/LifeSciences18.html Codes, Programs, and Information]</ref><ref>
* [[Answers in Genesis]], [http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/infotheory.asp Information Theory Questions and Answers]
* [[Answers in Genesis]], [http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/infotheory.asp Information Theory Questions and Answers]
* [[William Dembski]], [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=118 Intelligent Design as a Theory of Information]</ref>
* [[William Dembski]], [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=118 Intelligent Design as a Theory of Information]</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>
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>
== Question evolution! campaign and the United Kingdom ==
=== Wide coverage planned relating to Christian web properties ===
On July 9, 2011, it was declared: ""We have decided to pull out all the stops to advance the
[http://creation.com/question-evolution Question evolution! campaign] Besides continuing to contact churches in the key biology textbook state of Texas, by the end of September 2011: the major Christian websites, blogs and YouTube channels will be contacted."<ref>http://shockawenow.blogspot.com/2011/07/contacting-major-christian-websites.html</ref>
=== Question evolution! campaign and the United Kingdom ===
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.
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.
''For more information please see: [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]] and [[Evolutionary racism]] and [[Atheism and Evolution]]''
''For more information please see: [[Social effects of the theory of evolution]] and [[Evolutionary racism]] and [[Atheism and Evolution]]''
[[Image:Hitlerspeech.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Adolf Hitler]]]]There have been significant and negative social ramifications of the adoption of the theory of evolution. The theory has been foundational to [[Social Darwinism]], [[Nazism]], [[Communism]], and [[racism]].<ref>
[[Image:Hitlerspeech.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Adolf Hitler]]]]There have been significant and negative social ramifications of the adoption of the theory of evolution. The theory has been foundational to [[Social Darwinism]], [[Nazism]] and [[Communism]] and has also been a source of racism.<ref>
* http://www.icr.org/article/454/
* http://www.icr.org/article/454/
* http://www.creationism.org/csshs/v09n1p04.htm
* http://www.creationism.org/csshs/v09n1p04.htm