No Answers in Genesis
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No Answers in Genesis is an organization founded by Australian atheist and skeptic John Stear, a retired civil servant, to defend the theory of evolution, and, more specifically, to counter young Earth creationist arguments put forward by Answers in Genesis.
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[edit] Website
The purpose of the organisation's website is to rebut creationist arguments against evolution. Stear states that the site is meant for educational purposes as well as to illustrate the problems with Young Earth Creationism.
[edit] Criticisms
The website has been criticised by Answers in Genesis for focusing some discussions on the qualifications of AiG's founders and scientists, as well as many of AiG's supporters, instead of rebutting the material presented. Critics have pointed out the lack of scientific qualifications of Stear and many of the other contributors, emphasizing that many of AiG's articles are by scientists with Ph.D.s, including some in biology or geology.[citation needed]
[edit] Widely cited
The site is quoted by such websites as the talk.origins archive as well as by broadcasting organisations such as BBC News[1], the Geological Society of America[2] and the Australian Skeptics. It was also recommended as a resource for the National Conference on the Teaching of Evolution (NCTE)[3], a conference supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.) , the University of California Museum of Paleontology, and the Geological Society of America and organised by the Paleontological Society, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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[edit] References
- Cited (along with AiG) as teaching resource for philosophy course at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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