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Discovery Institute is branching out into online teaching courses. Here are their first offerings, a couple are free:
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That doesn't make it any more palatable (imho).
Also, access apparently expires after 365 days. So you don't even get permanent access. Double yikes.
Meanwhile here are a bunch of 100% free university courses on biology and evolution: Educational resources for learning about biology and evolution
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Since there are two free courses, perhaps your distaste has to do more with Intelligent Design than the price?
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It's a combination.
ID hasn't proved itself scientifically. Just the fact that one of the courses is from Meyer claiming to "investigate the evidence for ID" is a huge red flag. I've read Meyer's works and he doesn't really present evidence for intelligent design. Rather, he makes his argument primarily by arguing against evolution and (incorrectly) assumes design is the null hypothesis.
In fact, just looking through the lecture topics for his course, only 3 out of 34 are labeled as the "positive case for intelligent design". And if it's anything like his latest book, Darwin's Doubt, where he devoted only one chapter to the subject, I suspect it will be highly disappointing.
Quite honestly, this just seems like a cash grab from the DI.
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No need to take a course in it.
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Not really they much of a surprise given that (at least to my understanding) Christians are commissioned to spread Jesus' teachings.
Edit: ah, I thought they were giving them for free. Where in the Bible did Jesus charge people to learn his message? I must have missed that bit.
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I really did not rmember that at all. But I guess that must be why so many Christians admire 'supply-side' Jesus.
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I have the Syllabus outline here.
The Wedge Document | National Center for Science Education
It's quite far reaching, but I can't seem to find the required reading section.
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The same old "evolution = atheism" lie, in more elaborate prose. If you really want to know what the Discovery Institute is about, take a crack at their manifesto, The Institutes of Biblical Law by the late R. J. Rushdooney.
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Hmm, it might not be too bad. I could use $147 dollars. How many classes do I have to sit through before they pay me?
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Oh, then it is going to have to be a hard no. They would have to pay me a heck of a lot more than that. Minimum wage in my area alone is close to fifteen dollars per hour.
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I think it is a proof of concept. Anyone paying 150 bucks for this can clearly proudly boast that he or she has totally missed evolution.
Maybe for a bit of extra they will supply you with certificate of that.
Maybe for a bit of extra they will supply you with certificate of that.
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How can I buy the truth if someone isn't selling it? If the seller is immoral enough to break this rule, why would I encourage them and how can I trust it is actually the truth they're hawking?
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The online part of the courses is free, but the courses require you to purchase textbooks and workbooks. That's not really free, is it?
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