{"id":2545,"date":"2017-02-02T17:34:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T22:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2017-02-02T17:34:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T22:34:04","slug":"we-need-to-be-wary-the-circus-is-coming-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2545","title":{"rendered":"We need to be wary. The circus is coming to town."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"circus\"<\/a>Last month we had intelligent design promoter Paul Nelson bumbling around in Florida<\/a> promoting a documentary. Now\u00c2\u00a0another famous intelligent design guru, Michael Behe, is barnstorming Florida<\/a> to show off a new documentary that’s all about him. He’ll be at the University of Central Florida tonight. Then he’ll move on to Clearwater and the University of South Florida Friday followed by Clearwater on Saturday. He’s tentatively scheduled to wrap up at\u00c2\u00a0Florida Gulf Coast University Monday. Interestingly, his presentation at a Naples church is meant for high school students only.<\/p>\n

The reason I point out these visits is because I spent years researching the ebb and flow of anti-evolution efforts in Florida. Any time creationists come knocking, their visits are followed by a flurry of creationist shenanigans involving textbooks, or some local school board, or the state legislature. The back to back visits by Nelson and Behe make me wary. Something is up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month we had intelligent design promoter Paul Nelson bumbling around in Florida promoting a documentary. Now\u00c2\u00a0another famous intelligent design guru, Michael Behe, is barnstorming Florida to show off a new documentary that’s all about him. 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