{"id":1452,"date":"2011-12-18T21:27:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2011-12-18T21:29:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:29:22","slug":"why-we-still-have-to-take-creationism-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1452","title":{"rendered":"Why we still have to take creationism seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"

In her talk at the recent Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism, NCSE executive director Genie Scott explores why we still have to take creationism seriously<\/a>in the U.S and in our state of\u00c2\u00a0Florida. This is a great video,and highlights the reasons why we at the Florida Citizens for Science should remain ever vigilant.\u00c2\u00a0 As Dr Scott points out in her talk, the creationist movement is not going away any time soon. I’m sure we can expect another attack on real science this coming year. Let’s be ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In her talk at the recent Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism, NCSE executive director Genie Scott explores why we still have to take creationism seriouslyin the U.S and in our state of\u00c2\u00a0Florida. 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And it would\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Alert"","block_context":{"text":"Alert","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":398,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=398","url_meta":{"origin":1452,"position":4},"title":"Creationism is taught in Florida?!","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"An article in today's Florida Today focuses on what evolution in the public schools means to Brevard County. The majority of quotes in the story are outstanding, and, quite frankly, reality based. Here's a sample. 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