Did the National Science Teaching Association Just Muzzle … Darwin?

Intelligent Design the Future

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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What happens when someone tries to present to the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Charles Darwin’s top arguments against his own theory? Herman Bouma, founder of the National Association for Objectivity in Science, knows from personal experience. As he relates to host Casey Luskin on this ID the Future, he recently had a poster presentation on the topic accepted for an NSTA conference, but then a defender of Darwinian orthodoxy rushed in and spiked it. Bouma describes the censored presentation and the Kafkaesque back and forth he says he had with the organizer, who ultimately shut him down. Bouma warns of what has been described as the “Censorship Industrial Complex,” but he also says he hasn’t given up trying to Read More ›

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0:00.0	I. D. The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.4	Is there free speech today to challenge Darwin in science education?
0:16.2	I'm Casey Laskin with ID the Future and today we have on the show with us
0:20.4	Herm Bama who holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin
0:24.8	Madison and a jurist doctor from the University of Texas Austin School of Law.
0:29.9	Herm has been a licensed attorney in Washington, D.C. and worked in international tax law and federal income tax law for over 40 years.
0:38.0	In 1998, he formed the National Association for Objectivity and Science, whose primary purpose is to promote the balanced teaching
0:45.7	of evolution in secondary schools and universities.
0:49.2	So Hermann, it's great to have you on the show with us today.
0:52.1	Thank you, Casey. It's great to be here to join you in this
0:55.1	podcast. Yeah I've been looking forward to this conversation. Now right now it is the end of
1:00.3	March 2023 and we just recently posted a very short wonderful article
1:06.4	you wrote titled the top 10 scientific arguments against Darwin's theory
1:10.9	according to Darwin himself we posted this on evolution news and it's a wonderful
1:16.2	little document that actually quotes Darwin admitting problems with his own theory and many of these
1:22.0	problems remain true to this very day.
1:25.2	And before we get into the real story we want to talk about here in this podcast term, can
1:29.7	you just tell us about maybe how did you come up with the idea to write this little article and can you give
1:34.6	us what or two of your favorite examples of those top 10 arguments against his own theory
1:39.6	that Darwin himself admitted?
1:41.1	Sure I'd be happy to Casey.
1:43.0	About any five or six years ago, I was trying to think of an idea a way to talk to strong supporters
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