Only propaganda props up Darwin and science doesn't need him...
How often do Darwinists claim to have published evidence "falsifying YEC and ID science?" Then the same commenters will say that YEC and ID cannot be science because they are not testable! Then I ask them to test Darwinism...that is when they change the subject. Can you falsify something without testing?
Simple speaking, we cannot go back either 7,000 years when I believe God created the Universe nor 13.7 Billion years (approximately) when a Big Bang occurred. We have no home movies of God creating Adam from the dirt of the Earth nor some primordial soup being hit by lightning and coming to life (unless you can find some old Mud Monster comics from the 1960's). Origins science, such as it is, requires speculation and presuppositions.
So as an historical or forensic science, Origins science must propose solutions that could possibly account for the present circumstances. The Genesis account gives us the start to a finite Universe, the beginning of life and the problem of sin and death. The Noahic Flood explains the sedimentary rock layers and the multitudes of fossils. But it is those things we see today within organisms that seal the deal. Organisms are designed. Somebody had to design them. The Discovery Institute is happy to say that no one knows who designed life. But the Christian has a Bible account that gives credit to God.
But the whole Darwinist science is broken because the game is rigged. Go to Wikipedia and look for abiogenesis, for instance.
Wikipedia assumes that abiogenesis occurred even though it does not occur today and each of the processes this paragraph describes has been shown to have problems that cannot be resolved so that this entire paragraph is a fairy tale and yet it is what the students in the USA are taught. Nonsense!!!
Now I think that respectable science respects the Law of Biogenesis until it is broken and it has never been shown to be broken, so the ludicrous fairytale Darwinist proposals are unscientific and they have been debunked one by one. If you respect science, you say that the Law of Biogenesis falsifies classic Darwinism because every time you attempt any test to get life from non-life it fails!
Then we have a guy telling us that a program written on software by a software engineer and running on a computer designed both hardware and software to do certain functions - designed by intelligence, every bit of it, that this program proves that Darwinism works?! How can anyone miss the irony there? A designer programs a program that is supposed to produce information and then wonders why we shake our heads...Come back and see us when the program and computer and software program all evolve from random materials and we will talk! Darwinists have no respect for information theory, either.
Everything is secondary to the mad attempt to fool ordinary folks and convince them that Darwinism is scientific and proven. It violates scientific laws, folks, it is an unproven hypothesis and it's assertions are nonsensical.
As usual, the Big Lie often succeeds where the little lies fail. If you suggest that a Porsche 911 made itself, that it just came together when someone knocked a big stack of junk over at a junkyard, you would not believe them.
Yet a human being came from undirected random processes, a series of accidents, over the course of time?
- Darwinists have no idea where life comes from at all, there answers are all unsupported guesses.
- Darwinists have no idea where DNA came from for much the same reasons.
- The typical human cell is more complex and does far more operations per minute than the largest and busiest factory in the world.
- Humans have about 100 trillion cells in their body. Just the cells, not considering all parts of the systems and functions and emissions thereofe.
- Humans probably have 10 to 20 times as many microflora (like bacteria and fungi) living on them and in them, including 500 to 1000 species of bacteria in the digestive tract alone.
- Humans are packed full of information within those cells, much of it contained in the DNA, and a human DNA strand usually contains a gig of useful information as far as we know now.
- There are millions of intricately designed systems doing millions of different functions within your body as you read this post.
And you think all that just accidently happens when a few atoms bump into each other over the course of time? You call that SCIENCE????!!!!
Jerry Bergmann doesn't and it wasn't that long ago he basically proved it:
© 2006 by Jerry Bergman.
Abstract
It is commonly claimed that Darwinism is the cornerstone of the life sciences and that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” To evaluate this claim I reviewed both textbooks used to teach life science class at the college where I teach and those I used in my university course work. I concluded from my survey that Darwinism was rarely mentioned. I also reviewed my course work and that of another researcher and came to the same conclusion. From this survey I concluded that the claim “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” is not true.Introduction
The dean of American biology, Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900-1975), claimed that “evolution” is the cornerstone of biology and is central to understanding both living and extinct organisms (1973). His statement that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” has been repeated in thousands of articles in order to argue that Darwinism must have a central place in all areas of science education, including medicine, agriculture and biotechnology (for example, see Antolin and Herbers, 2001, p. 2379). A recent Google.com search revealed over 50,000 hits for this single quote. Consequently, Darwinists argue, evolution must be a central part of all public school and college life science classes. In the words of the National Academy of Science, evolution is “the most important concept in modern biology, a concept essential to understanding key aspects of living things” (1998, p. viii, emphasis mine). Prosser concludes that this claim is made becauseThe Origin of Species has had more influence on Western culture than any other book of modern times. It was not only a great biological treatise, closely reasoned and revolutionary, but it carried significant implications for philosophy, religion, sociology, and history. Evolution is the greatest single unifying principle in all biology (1959. p. 539).Dawkins opines that, without Darwinism, “biology is a collection of miscellaneous facts” and before children “learn to think in an evolutionary way” the information that students learn
will just be facts, with no binding thread to hold them together, nothing to make them memorable or coherent. With evolution, a great light breaks through into the deepest recesses, into every corner, of the science of life. You understand not only what is, but why. How can you possibly teach biology unless you begin with evolution? How, indeed, can you call yourself an educated person, if you know nothing of the Darwinian reason for your own existence? (2002, p. 58).The argument that evolution is central to biology has been around for a few years. For example the Scopes Trial decision quoted the following words penned by Dr. E. N. Reinke, professor of biology at Vanderbilt University: “The theory of evolution is altogether essential to the teaching of biology and its kindred sciences. To deny the teacher of biology the use of this most fundamental generalization of his science would make his teaching as chaotic as an attempt to teach ... physics without assuming the existence of the ether” (Scopes v. State of Tennessee. Opinion filed January 17, 1927 page 8). The ether idea has now been fully refuted, a fact that illustrates the fallibility of the biology claim.
Although Darwinists often talk about the central importance of “evolution” in gaining a basic understanding of the natural world, my research reveals that in the daily work of both scientific education and scientific research, evolution is rarely mentioned (or even a concern). This has been my experience as a research associate involved in cancer research in the department of experimental pathology at the Medical University of Ohio and as a college professor in the life and behavioral sciences for over 30 years. As Conrad E. Johanson, Ph.D. (Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Physiology and Director of Neurosurgery Research at Brown Medical School in Rhode Island) noted, in the world of science research on a day-to-day basis, scientists
rarely deal directly with macroevolutionary theory, be it biological or physical. For example, in my 25 years of neuroscience teaching and research I have only VERY rarely had to deal with natural selection, origins, macroevolution, etc. My professional work in science stems from rigorous training in biology, chemistry, physics, and math, not from world views about evolution. I suspect that such is the case for most scientists in academia, industry, and elsewhere (2003, p. 1).National Academy of Science Member and renown carbene chemist, Professor emeritus Dr. Philip Skell of Pennsylvania State University (see Lewis, 1992), did a survey of his colleagues that were “engaged in non-historical biology research, related to their ongoing research projects.” He found that the “Darwinist researchers” he interviewed, in answer to the question, “Would you have done the work any differently if you believed Darwin's theory was wrong?” that “for the large number” of persons he questioned, “differing only in the amount of hemming and hawing” was “in my work it would have made no difference.” Some added they thought it would for others (2003. p. 1). Of interest is Molecular, Cell and Development Biology majors at Yale University graduate school will no longer be required to take courses on evolution (Hartman, 1997). I have noted from my own research that many of the subscriptions to journals focusing on evolution at both the Medical University of Ohio and Bowling Green State University have been dropped (to both my frustration and over my objections).
I also interview several biology professors. Typical is Tony Jelsma, who obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1989 and did postdoctoral research for almost eight years before landing a position teaching at the Dept. of Biology, Dordt College (Sioux Center, IA. 51250). His B.Sc. (1983) and Ph.D. (1989) were both completed at McMaster University, just down the road from University of Guelph. He stated that he did not encounter Darwinism in his work or studies except in one undergraduate biochemistry class where he studied the abiotic synthesis of adenine. If his degrees were in biology instead of biochemistry, he would likely have been exposed to much more Darwinism material.
A Survey of Textbooks
Having taught biology, psychology and related courses at the college level for the past 30 years, I evaluated this claim by examining the content of the major textbooks that we have used to teach science courses. Most of the biochemistry/molecular biology, genetics, and cell biology texts we have used never, or hardly ever, mentioned Darwinism (see Appendix I). The only courses that covered it in any detail was Biology 101, Zoology and Anthropology (and even in these classes, in my experience, many instructors skip this section).Even those chapters labeled “evolution” often spend much time on non-evolution topics, such as basic genetics, human development, population genetics, and similar areas. None of the anatomy and physiology textbooks we have used ever mentioned evolution. The only reference to it in the microbiology texts we have used is the development of bacterial resistance (which is not a problem for intelligent design or even creationists. See Bergman, 2003).
Discussion
Judging by these textbooks, Darwinism is often totally ignored in most science classes. Based on my review of new textbooks, the evolution content, especially of introductory textbooks, is increasing, likely in response to the intelligent design and creationist movements. Because I have much interest in the subject, I usually cover it in more depth than, in my experience, is usual. Many of the instructors at the colleges where I have taught largely ignore the sections on evolution, partly because there is a great deal of other material that must be covered and something has to be cut—and many teachers elect to skip evolution because it is one of the least-important subjects in most majors. How many health care workers need to understand Darwinian theories? (No concern exists over the development of antibody resistance, something I stress in my microbiology class.) In short, at least judging by the major textbooks used, the often repeated claim about Darwinism being central to natural science is false.If, as Dobzhansky stated, “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” (1973 emphasis added), why is it rarely, if ever, mentioned in most natural science books? We usually use the leading college texts in each area (for example, the A&P text we use is the 10th edition of Hole, a standard text). And why is it a minor topic even in most introductory biology books that cover the subject in more depth than most all other courses except formal classes on evolution?
While developing a college-level course on evolution, I surveyed most 4-year colleges and universities in Ohio and many in Michigan. Biology majors at the schools surveyed were required to take only one class in evolution (and all schools surveyed used the same text, that by Freeman and Herron, a fairly good text that I also considered for my own evolution class, which is now being developed).
My experience also conforms to the results of the research in this area. Several studies have found that most future science teachers do not complete courses that focus on evolution as part of their training (Rutledge and Mitchell 2002; and Rutledge and Warden, 2000). Moore found that “many of todays high school teachers don’t recall hearing the word evolution in their college biology courses, apparently because many biology professors do not teach evolution (Moore, 2004. p. 864). I am now surveying college biology students and have found that most schools either skip the chapters on evolution, or cover them in only a class or two. About 30 percent cover both creation and evolution and 20 percent in the students words, “try to jam evolution down our throats” and succeed primarily in turning off students to biology (and often science as well).
Another problem is many who teach Darwinism objectively are accused of not teaching it at all when in fact they cover it in much more depth then most teachers (see Moore, 2004a).
Coverage of Darwinism in My College Science Course Work
I also reviewed all of my graduate and undergraduate college course work in science to determine the time spent on Darwinism in each class. The review includes course work taken at Wayne State University, Medical University of Ohio, Bowling Green State University, University of Wisconsin, Miami University (Oxford, OH), University of Toledo, University of California, Berkeley, and several other colleges. All hours were converted to quarter hours, and some classes are in process.The review of my own course work (over 1,000 quarter hours) completed at seven universities and five colleges conforms to my teaching experience. Except in courses devoted to evolution, the subject was rarely covered in science classes although it did come up occasionally in other classes (see Appendix II). I found that during my biology/natural science education, which entailed over eight years of full-time college, Darwinism was rarely mentioned. For my graduate degree in biomedical science, it never came up either in class or in the textbooks except to note that a gene was “evolutionary conserved” (meaning only that the gene sequence is very similar in most life forms, both advanced and primitive).
Because this is a topic in which I was very interested when in college, whenever it was discussed, I listened attentively (and would have remembered if it was discussed in the class). Based on detailed notes that I have retained, even the course that I took on evolution covered mostly the history of the creation-evolution conflict, genetics, animal breeding, and related topics. Darwinism actually was probably more often discussed in behavioral science classes and texts compared to natural science classes—and in these cases it was often assumed to be true. The evolutionary world view dominated, and Darwinism, including naturalism, was rarely questioned, even in my Bible as Literature class.
Dr. Scott Hanson also reviewed his course work at a major Canadian University, the results of which are found in Appendix III. The results of his survey were very similar to those found for my study.
The message that Darwinists convey to the public is often very different than what they recognize as true among themselves. Although they state to the public that, “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution,” most scientists can “conduct their work quite happily without particular reference to evolutionary ideas” (Witham, 2002, p. 43). One “notable aspect of natural scientists in assembly is how little they focus on evolution. It’s day-to-day irrelevance is a great ‘paradox’ in biology” (Witham, 2002, p. 43).
Darwinists “are loath to display publicly their internal divisions.” An exception is a challenge by mathematicians at Philadelphia's Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology that “drew evolutionists of some note.” The result of the conference was “the mathematicians and the biologist agreed to disagree” (Witham, 2002, p. 37). In short, the mathematicians believed that, in contrast to the evolutionists, it “seemed improbable that the mere shuffling of genes could yield such combinations as a DNA molecule of the human brain, or move through populations and produce dramatically new species” (Witham, 2002, p. 37).
The fact that presenting both sides may convince many students to reject the Darwinist side is a major motivation for the almost fanatic efforts by Darwinists to ensure that only one side of the controversy is taught. Eugenie Scott, in contrast to the empirical literature (and the experience of most teachers), argues that only pure unadulterated evolution should be taught (and should be taught as fact) because “using creation and evolution topics for critical-thinking exercises in primary and secondary schools is virtually guaranteed to confuse students about evolution.” Her real concern is that teaching both sides “may lead them to reject one of the major themes of science” i.e. Darwinism (Witham, 2002, p. 23). In this she is probably correct.
Conclusion
My review agrees with Adam S. Wilkins’ conclusions published in the journal BioEssays. Wilkins’ flips Dobzhansky’s quote upside down, concluding thatevolution occupies a special, and paradoxical, place within biology as a whole. While the great majority of biologists would probably agree with Theodosius Dobzhansky’s dictum that ‘nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution’, most can conduct their work quite happily without particular reference to evolutionary ideas. ‘Evolution’ would appear to be the indispensable unifying idea and, at the same time, a highly superfluous one (2000, p. 1051, emphasis mine).O’Leary adds that the reason why
evolution is “highly superfluous” is that, in reality, nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of biochemistry, which is what gives biology its place in the linked chain of sciences. Evolution is a form of history, a history that may or may not have happened as described in any current work on the subject (2004, p. 100).Many scientists are aware of the fact that Darwinism is largely ignored in science instruction. One good example provided by Dawkins involved an after lunch discussion with the teachers. He concluded that almost every teacher
confided that, much as they would like to, they didn’t dare to do justice to evolution in their classes. This was not because of intimidation by fundamentalist parents (which would have been the reason in parts of America). It was simply because of the A-level syllabus. Evolution gets only a tiny mention, and then only at the end of the A-level course. This is preposterous, for, as one of the teachers said to me, quoting the great Russian American biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky ..., Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution’ (2003, p. 58).This statement is ideologically not factual. Biology makes perfect sense without ever mentioning Darwinism. Likewise Shanks’ (2004 p. 228) claim that “evolutionary biology is the veritable glue that holds all the disparate branches of biological inquiry together and gives common focus to their collective endeavors” could hardly be true if it is not even covered in most science course work. Shanks argument that if you take away evolution “the biological sciences would degenerate into an incoherent collection of rudderless ships” is irresponsible because evolution is often not in either course work or textbooks. The problem is, as recounted in The Harvard Crimson:
Although the postmodern era questions everything else—the possibility of knowledge, basic morality and reality itself—critical discussion of Darwin is taboo. While evolutionary biologists test Darwin’s hypothesis in every experiment they conduct, the basic premise of evolution remains a scientific Holy of Holies, despite our absurd skepticism in other areas. Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins writes: “It is absolutely safe to say that, if you meet somebody who does not believe in evolution, that person is either ignorant, stupid, or insane.” Biologists continue to recite the worn credo, “the central, unifying principle of biology is the theory of evolution.” But where would physics be if Einstein had been forced to chant, “the central unifying principle of physics is Newtonian theory,” until he could not see beyond its limitations? (Halvorson, 2003, p. 4).My conclusion also agrees with Wells, who also concluded the claim
that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” is demonstrably false. A person can be a first-rate biologist without being a Darwinist. In fact, a person who rejects Dobzhansky’s claim can be a better biologist than one who accepts it uncritically. The distinctive feature and greatest virtue of natural science, we are told, is its reliance on evidence. Someone who starts with a preconceived idea and distorts the evidence to fit it is doing the exact opposite of science. Yet this is precisely what Dobzhansky’s maxim encourages people to do (Wells, 2000, p. 247).
Acknowledgments
I wish to thank Bert Thompson Ph.D., Jody Allen R.N. and Eric Blievernicht B.S. for their very helpful feedback on an earlier version of this article.References
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Appendix I
the Past 20 Years and their Evolution Coverage
| Text | Biological Evolution Content |
| 1. Introduction to Biology | |
| Biology (Sylvia Mader) McGraw Hill 6th edition.1998. | A total of 4 chapters cover evolution out of 51, occasionally mentioned in the other 47 chapters. |
| Life (Ricki Lewis, et al.) McGraw Hill 4th edition. 2002. | One unit on evolution (5 chapters outof 45), occ asionally mentioned elsewhere. |
| Essential Biology. Campbell, Reece, and Simon. Pearson. 2004 | Mentions Darwinism in almost every chapter, and one whole unit on evolution (unit 3, chapters 13 to 17 plus parts of chapter 18). |
| 2. Anatomy and Physiology | |
| Anatomy and Physiology (Hole, et al.) McGraw Hill 10th ed 2003. | None. |
| Principles of Anatomy and Physiology (Tortora and Grabowski) Harper Collins. 1996. | None. |
| 3. Biochemistry/molecular Biology | |
| Biochemistry, A Foundation (Peck Ritter) Brooks Cole. 1996. | A few sentences or very short paragraphs added, seemingly as an afterthought, in a few sections. |
| General, Organic, and Biochemistry (William Brown and Elizabeth Rogers) Brooks Cole 1987. | None. |
| General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (Sally Solomon) McGraw Hill. 1987. | None. |
| Foundations of Life: An Introduction of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. Third Edition. (Feigl, Hill, and Erwin Boschmann) Macmillan. 1991. | None. |
| Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. 2nd Edition. (McMurry and Castellion) Prentice-Hall. 1996. | None. |
| 4. Microbiology | |
| The Microbial Perspective (Nester, et al.) Saunders. 1982. | Mentioned only in relationship to bacterial resistance. |
| Microbiology (Jacquelyn Black) Wiley N.Y. 5th ed. 2002. | Microevolution briefly discussed (such as in the section of the development of bacterial resistance). |
| 5. Genetics | |
| Human Genetics (Ricki Lewis) McGraw Hill 5th ed. 2003. | Parts of 1 chapter out of 22, a few sections elsewhere. |
| 6. Zoology | |
| College Zoology (Richard Boolootian and Karl Stiles) Macmillan 10th edition. 1981. | One chapter (chapter 41, pp. 664-686); also mentioned in a few other places. |
| Zoology (Hickman et al.) McGraw Hill 12th edition. 2003. | Parts of 1 chapter and short sections in several other chapters out of 38 chapters. |
| 7. Anthropology | |
| Anthropology (Ember and Ember) Prentice-Hall 5th edition. 2003 | Parts of 5 chapters out of 22 chapters |
| Anthropology (Konrad Kottak) McGraw Hill 10th ed. 2003. | Major parts of 3 chapters and small sections of 2 other chapters out of 25 chapters |
| 8. Chemistry | |
| Fundamentals of Chemistry (Ralph Burns) Prentice-Hall 4th ed. 2003. | None. |
| Chemistry and Society (Jones et al.) New York: Saunders 5th ed. 1987 | None. |
| 9. Geology | |
| Essentials of Geology (Chernicoff and Fox) Houghton Mifflin 2nd edition. 2003. | Rarely mentioned. Coverage mostly in last chapter. |
| 10. Physical Science | |
| Physical Science Principles and Applications (Payne, Falls and Whidden) Dubuque, IA: Wm. C Brown. 1992. | None. (Mentioned only once on page 320 in reference to DNA.) |
Appendix II
| Number | Course Title (Credits.) | Darwinism Content |
| Biology/Science | ||
| BIO 0161 | Anatomy & Physiology I (5) | None |
| BIO 0162 | Anatomy & Physiology II (4) | None |
| BIO 0151 | General Biology I (6) | Some in chapter II of text (Kimball) |
| BIO 0152 | General Biology II (6) | All of chapter VII (p. 540-614) but was not covered in class |
| BIO 0507 | Genetics (4) | Mentioned briefly (the professor often mocked creationists) |
| BIO 0220 | Introduction to Microbiology (4) | None |
| BIO 0271 | Comparative Vertebrate Zoology (6) | Almost none |
| BIO 0509 | Evolution (4) | Topic of class, mostly covered history, genetics, and other topics that did not review evidence for the theory |
| BIO 137 | Surface Phenomena in Physical and Biological Systems (4) | None |
| PSY 0330 | Psychophysiology (4) | None |
| HYG 0281 | Individual Hygiene (3) | None |
| PER 0172 | First Aid (4) | None |
| SCE 3561 | Science in the Elementary Schools (4) | None |
| GEG 0652 | Field Study (4) | None |
| GEG 0390 | Directed Study (2) | None |
| PHY 0191 | Physics and Astronomy (4) | None |
| GSC 0156 | Physical Science/Chemistry (4) | None |
| GEO 0110 | World and Regional Geography (4) | None |
| GEO 0210 | Elements of Geography (4) | None |
| U420-100 | General Geology (4) | None |
| U640-100 | Meteorology (3) | None |
| U736-101 | Introduction to Philosophy (5) | Discussed very briefly in several units |
| U224-103 | General Chemistry I (4) | None |
| U224-104 | General Chemistry II (4) | None |
| CHM 698.0 | Organic Chemistry (3) | None |
| CHM 698 | Topics in Biochemistry Technology (3) | None |
| 20.879 | Basic and Advanced Light Microscopy (4) | None |
| PSY 0490 | Biology of Learning (4) | None |
| BIO 2805 | Substance Abuse (3) | None |
| U694-132 | Nutrition Today (4) | None |
| NV 0502 | Topics in Nutrition (8) | None |
| BIO 0332 | Nutrition and Health Habits (3) | None |
| BIO 0523 | Studies in Literature (Biological Evolution) (4) | Topic of class |
| BIO 0507 | Evaluation Concepts and Methods (Eugenics) (12) | Topic of class |
| BIO 0508 | Biometry (12) | None |
| BIO 0515 | Human Development (Brain & Communication) (8) | None |
| BIO 0521 | Holism, Concept: Its Origins and Implications (4) | None |
| BIO 0522 | Ecology (4) | None |
| BIO 0523 | Health and Healing Perspectives (4) | None |
| BIO 0507 | Parasitology (4) | None |
| BIO 0573 | Neuroscience (4) | None |
| BIO 0503 | Cell Ultrastructure (4) | None |
| BIO 0502 | Cell Biology (4) | None |
| MM 0311 | Materials and Methods (3) | None |
| MM 0512 | Doctoral Supplement: Materials and Methods (1) | None |
| IS 0542 | Ph.D. Diss. (noninvasive biology research/diagnostic tech.) (12) | None |
| 10.651 | Basic Science Interdepartmental Seminar (1) | Mentioned briefly |
| 03.521 | Recombinant DNA Methodology (2) | None |
| 156898.02 | Computed Tomography (4) | None |
| 03.673 | Research in Biochemistry (14) | None |
| 03.657 | Readings in Biochemistry (2) | None |
| 03.672 | Current topics in Biochemistry (3) | None |
| 03.672 | Current topics in Biochemistry (2) | None |
| 20.886 | Transmission Electron Microscopy (5) | None |
| 20.877 | Scanning Electron Microscopy (4) | None |
| 15.889.09 | Radiology: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (4) | None |
| CHM. 698 | Separation Science (3) | None |
| 20.611.01 | Human Genetics (3) | None |
| 15.898.02 | Computer Tomography (4) | None |
| 20.673 | Research, Biomedical Science (4) | None |
| 50.699 | Thesis Research (8) | None |
| 50.699 | Thesis Research (4) | None |
| 10.672 | Current Topics in Pathology (Cancer) (4) | None |
| IND1500 | Structure and Function of Normal Body (12) | None |
| IND1699 | Thesis Research (10) | None |
| CHM 699.7 | Research in Chemical Education.(1.5) | None |
| NERS 856 | Readings in Neural Science. (1.5) | None |
| DENT 656 | Readings in Oral Biology. (1.5) | None |
| PUBH689 | Independent Study in Environment Health. (4) | None |
| CHM 698.M | Risks and Choices (5) | None |
| OCCH 501 | Occupational Health (4) | None |
| CHM 699V | Industrial Chemistry follow-up (1.5) | None |
| PUBH 601 | Public Health Epidemiology (4) | None |
| OCCH 673 | Research in Occupational Health (4) | None |
| PUBH 603.01 | Advanced Epidemiology (4) | None |
| CHM 698.P | Foods and Flavors (3) | None |
| CHM 698.T | Science of Pyrotechnics (3) | None |
| PUBH 698 | Capstone Seminar (4) | None |
| HEAL 6600 | Health Behavior (4) | None |
| PUBH 605 | Intro to Environmental Health (4) | None |
| PUBH 696 | Public Health Internship (3) | None |
| CI 5950 | Foundations of Grant Writing (4) | None |
| PATH 620.10 | Principles of Toxicology (4) | None |
| PUBH 696 | Public Health Internship (1) | None |
| CHM 689 | Microscope (4) | None |
| PUBH 604 | Public Health Administration (4) | None |
| PUBH 515 | Principles of Environmental Health (4) | None |
| PUBH 550 | Public Health Microbiology (4) | None |
| CHM 629 | Chemical Aspects of Forensic Science (4) | None |
| CHM 628c | Pharmacology (4) | None |
| HEAL 6640 | Issues in Public Health (4) | None |
| OCCH 561 | Physical Agents (4) | None |
| OCCH 689 | Independent Study (Mutations)(4) | None |
| OCCH 510 | Human Systems and Occupational Diseases (3) | None |
| OCCH 640 | Environmental and Occupational Health Law (3) | None |
| CHM 689 | Safety (2) | None |
| CHM 689 | Artful Chemistry (3) | None |
| OCCH 505 | Principles of Occupational Safety (3) | None |
| OCCH 520 | Air Monitoring and Analytical Methods (4) | None |
| CHM 627 | Chemistry Research (5) | None |
| CHM 689 | Chemistry of Corrosion (3) | None |
| OCCH 699 | Thesis Research (4) | None |
| OCCH 535 | Human Factors and Ergonomics (3) | Several sections alluded to evolution as being a reason for back and other health problems |
| OCCH 525 | Chemistry of Hazardous Materials (3) | None |
| MAT 0151 | Comparative Mathematics (4) | None |
| ELE 3315 | Methods & Materials in Mathematics (4) | None |
| PSY 0310 | Statistical Methods (4) | None |
| EER 6660 | Field Studies in Research (4) | None |
| EER 9666 | Directed Research (4) | None |
| EER 7661 | Evaluation and Measurement (4) | None |
| EER 7664 | Fundamental Research Skills (4) | None |
| EER 9668 | Advanced Research and Experimental Design (4) | None |
| EER 7663 | Fundamentals of Statistics (4) | None |
| EER 8663 | Advanced Problems in Measurement (4) | None |
| EER 7665 | Computer Use in Research (4) | None |
| EER 8664 | Variance and Co-Variance Analysis (4) | None |
| EER 9666 | Research Problems (4) | None |
| EER 9669 | Doctoral Research (Evaluation and Research) (45) | None |
| Total hours: 549 | ||
| In my experience, Darwinism is often discussed in non-science classes. For this reason I also evaluated my nonscience course work, mostly in the behavioral science area. | ||
| Psychology | ||
| PSY 0251 | Introduction to Psychology (4) | mentioned in several chapters |
| PSY 0340 | Developmental Psychology (4) | briefly mentioned |
| PSY 0305 | Psychology of Perception (4) | none |
| PSY 0335 | Theories of Personality (4) | none |
| PSY 0310 | Statistical Methods Psychology (4) | none |
| PSY 0460 | Social Psychology (4) | briefly mentioned |
| EDP 3731 | Introduction to Study of Child (4) | briefly mentioned |
| PSY 0330 | Psychology of Adjustment (4) | none |
| PSY 0430 | Abnormal Psychology (5) | none |
| PSY 0111 | Industrial Psychology (3) | none |
| EDP 5745 | Child Psychology (3) | none |
| EDP 7735 | The Learning Process (3) | none |
| CP 7830 | Environment and Child Psy. (6) | none |
| CP 6831 | Intro. to Psychological Testing (3) | none except eugenics was covered unobtrusively |
| EDP 7741 | Human Developmental Psychology (4) | briefly mentioned |
| EDP 5741 | Mental Hygiene and Education (3) | none |
| EDP 7731 | Advanced Educational Psychology (6) | none |
| EDP 5742 | Juvenile Delinquency and Schools (3) | none |
| EDP 5745 | Adolescent Psychology (3) | none |
| EGC 7701 | Role of the Teacher in Guidance (3) | none |
| EGC 7704 | Case Problems in Guidance (3) | none |
| EGC 7705 | The Counseling Process (3) | none |
| EDP 7749 | Terminal Master Dissertation (4) | was encountered in my research. |
| PSY 0303 | Intro to Experimental Psychology (6) | briefly mentioned |
| PSY 0562 | Psychology of Influence (4) | none |
| PSY 0628 | Psychoanalytic Theory (4) | none |
| PSY 0330 | Psychophysiology (4) | briefly mentioned |
| PSY 0480 | Concept Dev. in Children (4) | none |
| PSY 0508 | Behavior Pathology I (5) | none |
| PSY 0509 | Behavior Pathology II (5) | none |
| PSY 0440 | Social Issues in Child Dev. (4) | none |
| PSY 0580 | Psy of Chiliastic Movements (4) | none |
| REH 0567 | Community Approach to Counseling (4) | none |
| PSY 0682 | Issues in EEOC Compliance (3) | none |
| REH 0558 | Psychosocial Aspects of Disability (3) | none |
| Total hours: 137 | ||
| Sociology | ||
| SOC 0251 | Introduction to Sociology (4) | none |
| SOC 0514 | Social Stratification (4) | none |
| SOC 0541 | Juvenile Delinquency (4) | covered briefly |
| SOC 0202 | Social Problems (3) | discussed in connection with biological theories of crime. |
| SOC 0506 | The Family (4) | covered in class, not in textbook |
| SOC 0600 | Methods in Social Research (4) | none |
| SOC 0616 | Industrial Sociology (4) | none |
| SOC 0508 | Race Relations in the U.S.A. (4) | none |
| SOC 0550 | Marriage & Family Problems (4) | none |
| SSC 0151 | Foundation of Modern Society, I (4) | covered briefly |
| SSC 0152 | Foundation of Modern Society, II (4 ) | covered briefly |
| EDS 7621 | Educational Sociology (3) | none |
| EDS 7623 | Intergroup Rel. Comm. & School (4) | none |
| POL 0511 | Public Opinion & the Political Process (4) | none |
| POL 0151 | American Government (5) | none |
| SOC 0460 | Social Psychology (4) | none |
| ECI 0251 | Basic Economics (5) | social Darwinism covered briefly |
| ANT 0210 | Introduction to Anthropology (5) | covered rather extensively in both reading and lectures. |
| SOC 0612 | Community (4) | none |
| SOC 0680 | Women and Institutions (4) | none |
| SOC 0670 | The Sociology of Homosexuality (4) | none |
| SOC 0540 | The Sociology of Education (4) | none |
| SOC 0561 | Corrections (4) | discussed in connection with biological theories of crime. |
| SOC 0599 | Master's Thesis (10) | none |
| SOC 0590 | Juvenile Delinquency (4) | none |
| SOC 0544 | Deviant Behavior (4) | none |
| SOC 0682 | Issues in Criminology (4) | none |
| SOC 0570 | Studies in Suicide 4) | none |
| SOC 0652 | Collective Behavior (4) | none |
| SOC 0504 | Development of Modern Sociology (4) | none |
| SOC 0680 | Ethnic Groups in America (4) | none |
| SOC 0562 | Criminal Law (4) | none |
| SOC 0523 | Sociology of Organization (4) | none |
| SOC 0525 | Demography (4) | covered as related to population problems. |
| SOC 0535 | Proseminar in Social Psychology (4) | none |
| SOC 0680 | Police and Community (4) | none |
| SOC 0580 | Social Gerontology (4) | none |
| SOC 0580 | World Poverty (4) | none |
| SOC 0580 | Theories of Social Problems (4) | none |
| SOC 0580 | Sociology of Sport (4) | none |
| SOC 0580 | Applied Social Research (4) | none |
| SOC 0502 | Modern Social Theory (4) | none |
| SOC 0460 | Family and Sex Roles (4) | none |
| SOC 0660 | Theories of Criminology (4) | none |
| SOC 0670 | Male Sex Roles (4) | none |
| SOC 0660 | Myth and Myth Making (4) | some coverage as related to world myths |
| Total hours: 191 | ||
| Education/Library Science | ||
| ED 3015 | Schools and Society (4) | none |
| SSE 4571 | Methods Social Stud. Ed. (4) | none |
| SSE 4572 | Student Teaching Seminar--High School (4) | none |
| ELE 3321 | Literature for Children (4) | none |
| ELE 4312 | Student Teaching (Elementary) (16) | none |
| SSH 4572 | Student Teaching (Secondary) (16) | none |
| SPE 5404 | Diagnostic Speech Improvement (3) | none |
| ELE 3317 | Methods & Materials of Lang. Arts Ed. (4) | none |
| EDP 3601 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed. (4) | covered both in the text and in class |
| LIB 0101 | Introduction to Library (4) | none |
| LIB 0103 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Material (5) | none |
| IT 5761 | Technology in Education (4) | none |
| Total hours: 72 | ||
| History | ||
| HIS 0201 | American Democracy to 1815 (4) | none |
| HIS 0202 | American Democracy 1815-1885 (4) | none |
| HIS 0110 | The World and the West-Foundations (4) | covered briefly |
| HIS 0120 | The World and the West 800-1700 (4) | covered rather extensively in both the text and classroom lectures. |
| HIS 0130 | The World and the West-Modern (4) | covered in relation to the Scopes trial. |
| Total hours: 20 | ||
| Other Course work | ||
| DRT 0111 | Lay Out Drafting (4) | none |
| DRT 0112 | Production Drafting (4) | none |
| ENG 0205 | Composition and Literature (4) | none |
| ENG 151 | English I (4) | covered indirectly. |
| ENG 152 | English II (4) | covered indirectly |
| ENG 261 | Public Speaking (4) | not covered |
| GER 0090 | German Ph.D. Reading Requirement German(6) | not covered |
| GRK 0101 | Elementary Greek (4) | not covered |
| ENG 0234 | English Bible as Literature (4) | covered in class discussions |
| ART 0156 | Art Appreciation (4) | not covered |
| PE 0134 | Handball (1) | none |
| PE 0135 | Archery (1) | none |
| PE 0136 | Bowling (1) | none |
Appendix III
| Course Title | Darwinism Content |
| Fundamental Chemistry | None |
| Organic Chemistry | None |
| Biochemistry | None |
| Introductory Zoology | Darwinism discussed or implied in text, at best a minor part of the course |
| Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | Text contained some discussion of evolution, assumed to be true |
| Biophysics I | None |
| Biophysics II | None |
| Calculus | None |
| Advanced Calculus | None |
| Introductory Statistics | None |
| Genetics | None |
| Electives | None |
| Preveterinary Year (Major course work only) | |
| Health Management I | None |
| Health Management II | None |
| Animal Nutrition | None |
| Veterinary Embryology | None |
| Year One, Doctor Veterinary Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph | |
| Veterinary Biochemistry | None |
| Veterinary Anatomy | None |
| Veterinary Physiology | None |
| Veterinary Histology | None |
| Veterinary Bacteriology | None (did mention antibiotic resistance) |
| Veterinary Virology | None |
| Veterinary Parasitology | None |
| Veterinary Medicine I | None |
| Veterinary Genetics | None |
| Health Management I | None |
| Clinical Medicine I | None |
| DVM Year Two | |
| Health Management II | None |
| Veterinary Pathology | None |
| Clinical Medicine II | None |
| Theriogenology | None |
| Veterinary Anesthesiology | None |
| Principles of Veterinary Surgery | None |
| Veterinary Epidemiology | None |
| DVM Year Three | |
| Clinical Pathology | None |
| Food Animal Medicine and Surgery | None |
| Bovine Medicine and Surgery | None |
| Equine Medicine and Surgery | None |
| Small Animal Medicine and Surgery | None |
| Surgical Exercises | None |
| Clinical Medicine III | None |
| Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery | None |
| Veterinary Clinical Rotations | None |
| Veterinary Internship | None |
Jerry Bergman has seven degrees, including in biology, psychology, and evaluation and research, from Wayne State University, in Detroit, Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. He has taught at Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo, Medical College of Ohio and at other colleges and universities. He currently teaches biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and human anatomy at the college level and is a research associate involved in research in the area of cancer genetics. He has published widely in both popular and scientific journals.
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Also you will want to check out the site below:
Take a look at Ian Juby's index page for his online representation of his Creation Museum. He has all sorts of interesting evidence and representations of tests that have been done. My page cannot display his properly so you want to go there!
Creation Science Museum of Canada
on Ian Juby's websiteIndex of displays in the virtual tour
These are displays, fossils and artifacts in the collection of the Creation Science Museum of Canada, each with a brief description. They are all available to come to your group or facility along with a presentation.
Display #1: The Bacterial Flagella
Display #2: Fossil Ammonite & design in nature
Display #3: The Hydroplate globe
Display #4: Fossil Replicas
Display #5: Archaeopteryx Lithographica cast
Display #6: Pot in coal
Display #7: Hammer in creataceous rocks (The London Artifact)
Display #8: Fossilized human finger in Cretaceous gravels
Display #9: Fast growing stalactites
Display #10: The Paluxy tracks, track #1, the "Becky" track
Display #11: The Paluxy tracks, track #2 & 3, the Burdic tracks
Display #12: The Hadrosaur skull with T-Rex bite marks
Display #13: The Tylosaur skull
Display #14: Hearts of organisms
Display #1: The Bacterial Flagella
Display #2: Fossil Ammonite & design in nature
Display #3: The Hydroplate globe
Display #4: Fossil Replicas
Display #5: Archaeopteryx Lithographica cast
Display #6: Pot in coal
Display #7: Hammer in creataceous rocks (The London Artifact)
Display #8: Fossilized human finger in Cretaceous gravels
Display #9: Fast growing stalactites
Display #10: The Paluxy tracks, track #1, the "Becky" track
Display #11: The Paluxy tracks, track #2 & 3, the Burdic tracks
Display #12: The Hadrosaur skull with T-Rex bite marks
Display #13: The Tylosaur skull
Display #14: Hearts of organisms