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POPSEvolution IS a Blind Watchmaker This is the best example of how the "Watchmaker" argument is complete fluff and shows once again why creationists really don't understand what it is they are talking about when they present arguments such as "The Watch Maker" or "The Jet in the Junkyard".
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POPSGod vs the Bible There is far to much knowledge at this site to do more than clip a few points that will be made. There is a lot of great information to be found here. As I've said before, no one can prove or disprove "a god" or "a creator", but we have ample evidence to show that the bible god is complete fiction.
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POPSArtificial Life likely in 5 years One of the leaders in the field, Jack Szostak at Harvard Medical School, predicts that within the next six months, scientists will report evidence that the first step—creating a cell membrane—is "not a big problem.'' Scientists are using fatty acids in that effort. Szostak is also optimistic about the next step—getting nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, to form a working genetic system.
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POPSHuman evolution further refined “This is not questioning the idea at all of evolution; it is refining some of the specific points,” Anton said. “This is a great example of what science does and religion doesn’t do. It’s a continuous self-testing process.”
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POPSSouth Carolina, Bringing ignorance to a college near you! Three times as much funding for religious schools and supporting the idea of Creationism to supplant evolution. Phil Plait (the Bad Astronomer) points out other ignorances this level of funding generates at http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/06/time-to-saw-south-carolina-off-from-the-us-and-set-it-free/#comments
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POPSDarwin's defense of missionaries It is so ironic that Darwin holds a position of evil with so many christian religions. But because he presented an idea that they didn't like then he, of course, is presented as being in league with satan.