[podcast]http://www.mindsetcentral.com/mp3/daily/062612.mp3[/podcast]
Topics covered on today’s episode of Mind Set Daily
“Fundamentalist schools are using Nessie to disprove evolution”
Schoolchildren in Louisiana are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real in a bid by religious educators to disprove Darwin’s theory of evolution.
These private schools follow a fundamentalist curriculum including the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) programme to teach controversial religious beliefs aimed at disproving evolution and proving creationism.
Link: How American fundamentalist schools are using Nessie to disprove evolution
“The Big Bang Didn’t Need God to Start Universe, Researchers Say”
Our universe could have popped into existence 13.7 billion years ago without any divine help whatsoever, researchers say. That may run counter to our instincts, which recoil at the thought of something coming from nothing. But we shouldn’t necessarily trust our instincts, for they were honed to help us survive on the African savannah 150,000 years ago, not understand the inner workings of the universe.
Link: The Big Bang Didn’t Need God to Start Universe
