'Intelligent Design,' the relabeled, repackaged form of American creationism, has always had a problem. It just can't seem to produce any evidence. — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
Suppose we were to teach creationism. What would be the content of the teaching? Merely that a creator formed the universe and… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Evolution as a process that has always gone on in the history of the earth can only be doubted by those who… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Society would not tolerate legislation declaring that the theory that the sun circles the earth be given equal time with the theory… — Robert E. Ornstein Copy Share Image
You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Prove to me that you are not a figment of my imagination. Am I a computer simulation? Does the door swing both… — Jessica Park Copy Share Image
“Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The theory that the biosphere was created without evolution, a few thousand years ago, is ruled out by overwhelming scientific evidence. To… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
We should all oppose - as Darwin did - views manifestly in conflict with the evidence, such as creationism... But we shouldn't… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“This matter of how best to interpret the term "day" in Genesis 1 is not one over which evangelical believers should quarrel;… — John Christian Wenger Copy Share Image
“About 4,400 years ago 8 people stepped off Noah’s ark. According to the United Nations Population Growth Statistics, the world’s population grows… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
“Forget the buildings and the monuments. Let the softness of dark come in, all those light-years between stars and planets. Cities were… — Lydia Millet Copy Share Image
“Why, these men would destroy the Bible on evidence that would not convict a habitual criminal of a misdemeanor. They found a… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Creationists reject Darwin's theory of evolution on the grounds that it is "just a theory". This is a valid criticism: evolution is… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
If the students don't want to learn about evolution, they shouldn't be in the course. A biology course that teaches creationism is… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
“It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Living organisms were not independently created, but have descended and diversified over time from common ancestors. And thus, no other biological theory… — Tommy Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In a Bloomberg poll, 88% of respondents said that Wall Street bonuses should either be banned outright or taxed at 50%. Just… — Felix Salmon Copy Share Image
The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
And to think of this great country in danger of being dominated by people ignorant enough to take a few ancient Babylonian… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
“Every being, created by God and unspoiled by man, is perfect, strictly defined and autonomous, entirely complete and at the same time… — Danail Hristov Copy Share Image
I have encountered a few 'creationists' and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide whether they… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me… — Allan Sandage Copy Share Image
Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at… — Guy Consolmagno Copy Share Image
You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really un-evolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges,… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
It is as though nature is a wonderful symphony that science sits in awe of. It looks closely at each player, how… — Kyle Hill Copy Share Image
Contrary to the popular notion that only creationism relies on the supernatural, evolutionism must as well, since the probabilities of random formation… — Chandra Wickramasinghe Copy Share Image
“Creationism doesn’t belong as a comparative to anything even remotely connected to reality, and by passing it off as anything other than… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
“That's something we all want to know, isn't it? Is there a "purpose" to our form and substance? Or are we simply… — Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Copy Share Image
For myself, as, no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
The only truly new ideas [the right] has come up with in the last twenty years are (1) supply side economics, which… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“That scientifically savvy philosopher Daniel Dennett pointed out that evolution counters one of the oldest ideas we have: 'the idea that it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Darwin theorized that mankind (both male and female) evolved alongside each other over millions of years, both reproducing after their own kind… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“If we are merely a chance product of ‘random happenstance’ and nothing more, doesn’t it strike you as a bit odd that… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I was vaguely aware that same of those around me thought that this pairing of explorations was contradictory and I was headed… — Francis S. Collins Copy Share Image
This is not to deny that there are versions of theism that do conflict with evolutionary biology. Young Earth Creationism is an… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image