BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "creationism" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:39:32 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Book Wins Award For Making Evolution Accessible To Kids; America Bans Book http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/book-wins-award-for-making-evolution-accessible-to Really America? Written by Daniel Loxton for children ages 8-13, “Evolution” recently won the Lane Anderson Award in the children's category.

Published in his home country of Canada in 2010, Loxton approached several American publishers but was shut out by every one of them. The excuse was always some variation of "The topic is too controversial," or too much of a "hot topic" for American children.

Loxton and Discovery News believe the stone-walling is due to the mistaken belief that "[t]o those who dispute evolution, this smacks of indoctrination, not science education," since the book is aimed specifically at children instead of the reading populace at large.

This isn't terribly shocking considering as late as 2006 up to 1/3 of Americans dismissed evolution out of hand. This despite the fact that, at least for Catholics, the Pope declared evolution to be real and compatible with the faith back in 1996.

Just because U.S. publishers won't touch this book with a ten foot pole doesn't mean all hope is lost. You can still Buy It Here if you are so inclined.

Evolution is the process that created the terrible teeth of Tyrannosaurus rex and the complex human brain, clever enough to understand the workings of nature. Young readers will learn how a British naturalist named Charles Darwin studied nature and developed his now-famous concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest. And how modern-day science has added to our understanding of the theory of evolution.

Can something as complex and wondrous as the natural world be explained by a simple theory? The answer is yes, and now Evolution explains how in a way that makes it easy to understand.

— Book Description

Source: kidscanpress.com

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]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/book-wins-award-for-making-evolution-accessible-to Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:33:13 -0400 <b>Really America?</b> Written by Daniel Loxton for children ages 8-13, "Evolution" recently won the <a href="http://www.laneandersonaward.ca/">Lane Anderson Award</a> in the children&#39;s category. donnad nonadult nonadult Published in his home country of Canada in 2010, Loxton approached several American publishers but was shut out by every one of them. The excuse was always some variation of "The topic is too controversial," or too much of a "hot topic" for American children. Loxton and <a href="http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution-book-110916.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1">Discovery News</a> believe the stone-walling is due to the mistaken belief that "[t]o those who dispute evolution, this smacks of indoctrination, not science education," since the book is aimed specifically at children instead of the reading populace at large. This isn&#39;t terribly shocking considering as late as 2006 up to 1/3 of Americans <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060810-evolution.html">dismissed evolution</a> out of hand. This despite the fact that, at least for Catholics, the Pope declared evolution to be real and compatible with the faith back in <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/religion/faith/statement_01.html">1996.</a> nonadult Just because U.S. publishers won&#39;t touch this book with a ten foot pole doesn&#39;t mean all hope is lost. You can still <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1554534305/?tag=buzz0f-20">Buy It Here</a> if you are so inclined. nonadult Evolution is the process that created the terrible teeth of Tyrannosaurus rex and the complex human brain, clever enough to understand the workings of nature. Young readers will learn how a British naturalist named Charles Darwin studied nature and developed his now-famous concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest. And how modern-day science has added to our understanding of the theory of evolution. Can something as complex and wondrous as the natural world be explained by a simple theory? The answer is yes, and now Evolution explains how in a way that makes it easy to understand. nonadult Will Toy Dinosaurs Send Your Kid To Hell? http://www.buzzfeed.com/cbz3000/mom-is-worried-that-toy-dinosaurs-will-send-her-ch-7xu Since dinosaurs are obviously the work of the devil, when a friend gives this woman's child a bag of toy dinosaurs, it means only one thing: The kid's going to grow up to be a godless evolution-believer. Damn all this science!!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/cbz3000/mom-is-worried-that-toy-dinosaurs-will-send-her-ch-7xu Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:32:14 -0400 <b>Since dinosaurs are obviously the work of the devil, when a friend gives this woman&#39;s child a bag of toy dinosaurs, it means only one thing: The kid&#39;s going to grow up to be a godless evolution-believer. </b> Damn all this science!! cbz3000 nonadult What Your Taxes Pay For http://www.buzzfeed.com/tima/what-your-taxes-pay-for-6au

God will decide when the world will end. And other insights on climate change based on the infallible words of the Bible. Yay government!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/tima/what-your-taxes-pay-for-6au Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:20:27 -0400 God will decide when the world will end. And other insights on climate change based on the infallible words of the Bible. Yay government! tima nonadult Richard Dawkins Reads His Hate-mail http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/richard-dawkins-reads-his-hate-mail-6y

Richard Dawkins receives a crapton of hate-mail from Creationists.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/ries/richard-dawkins-reads-his-hate-mail-6y Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:56:11 -0400 Richard Dawkins receives a crapton of hate-mail from Creationists. ries nonadult