Is he endorsing creationism here?

My approach to attacking creationism is unlike the evolution lobby my approach to attacking creationism is to attack religion as a whole.

My approach to attacking creationism is unlike the evolution lobby.

In Charles Darwin s world, however, creationism set the rules for science.

It's just creationism under another name, rechristened I choose the word advisedly (Laughter)

Contemporary court cases often concern an allegedly new version of creationism, called Intelligent Design, or ID.

It's just creationism under another name, rechristened I choose the word advisedly for tactical, political reasons.

Contemporary court cases often concern an allegedly new version of creationism, called Intelligent Design, or ID.

So, whatever you think of creationism and I think it's crazy they did a great job.

It's just creationism under another name, rechristened I choose the word advisedly (Laughter) for tactical, political reasons.

But nothing more clearly demonstrates that science and creationism are polar opposites than the latter s assumption that disagreement signals failure.

Richard Dawkins points to religion as a source of violence (notably in The God Delusion ), and considers creationism a threat to biology.

Young Earth creationism (YEC) is the religious belief that the Universe, Earth and all life on Earth were created by direct acts of God during a relatively short period, between 5,700 and 10,000 years ago.

She was chosen, to borrow the commentators jargon, to energize the party base, which comprises hard liners suspicious of McCain s lack of enthusiasm for the causes that fire them up, such as creationism and a ban on abortion.

You can talk about creationism which I think wouldn't go down well with this audience, at least not from a view where you were a proponent of it or you can talk about optimisations, spelled the British way, with an S, instead of a Z.

You can talk about creationism which I think wouldn't go down well with this audience, at least not from a view where you were a proponent of it or you can talk about optimisations, spelled the British way, with an S, instead of a Z.

Rick Perry, the governor of Texas and an early frontrunner in the Republican primary, called it just a theory out there, while Romney himself has had to argue that it is consistent with creationism the idea that an intelligent force designed the universe and brought it into being.

My approach to attacking creationism is to attack religion as a whole, and at this point I need to acknowledge the remarkable taboo against speaking ill of religion, and I'm going to do so in the words of the late Douglas Adams, a dear friend who, if he never came to TED, certainly should have been invited.

My approach to attacking creationism is to attack religion as a whole, and at this point I need to acknowledge the remarkable taboo against speaking ill of religion, and I'm going to do so in the words of the late Douglas Adams, a dear friend who, if he never came to TED, certainly should have been invited.