I have very little time this morning, but NAiG is about as bad as TO. Here is a partial list of articles in the "What's New" section of NAiG and a couple of comments by me after each:
Digit Numbering and Limb Development
PZ Myers debunks Jonathan Sarfati's avian digit claims 14 Oct. '04
this is only a link to a TO article. I have not yet read it, but it is not an original work for this website (not that that makes it wrong, but it does expose the link between the two sites.)
Tibetans show 'evolution in action'
A gene for well oxygenated blood is spreading in the Himalayas 14
Oct. '04
this is simple variation and the predominance of an allele that works. No one, BUT NO ONE is fighting natural selection as it occurs regarding simple variation. Therefore this is simply a red herring argument.
Designer Science At a High Price
"Barbara Forrest and Paul Gross recently have, in response to the anti-evolution program, produced a work, 'Creationism's Trojan Horse'... What Ms Forrest and Mr Gross describe as 'The Wedge' of the Dembski adventure is nothing less than a lavishly funded program to embargo a lot of books because they challenge the assertions in one book, the Bible. This is just silly." 14 Oct. '04
Intelligent Design does NOT go into theological realms. This is a complete deceit and a knowing one which is being propagated in an effort to eliminate the actual science involved in the intelligent design movement. Intelligent design uses the same type of examination forensics does to determine the possible cause for the clues left behind. It does not attempt to define that cause, but simply to state whether what we see is due to randomness and time or due to intentional design. Religion can pick up from there, but Intelligent Design supporters include Moslems, atheists, American Indians, Jews, Christians.... it most definitely is NOT a cover for any kind of creationism.
Racism and the Scopes Trial 14 Oct. '04
haven't read this and not sure what it is about. Will read it when we come back from a short trip next week or the week after, as we will have guests all next week!
Hugh Ross' Petroleum: God's Well-timed Gift 14 Oct. '04
From what I quickly scanned of the article, they may well be right. But I have a problem with Hugh Ross and his stand anyway. He tends to go theory first and them try to cram in data and imagination where they work. A lot like evolutionists!
By the way, Hugh Ross is NOT a member of AiG, and the two are quite at odds with one another. This website seems not to know that or not to care about presenting the truth about that in including material about Ross in its responses to AiG.
Feathered ancestor of T. rex unearthed 14 Oct. '04
except that these were not feathers.....
QED: dogma and reason can co-exist
QED means "quantum electrodynamics". It is not even necessary and is posited upon a complete range of 'what-if's'. Standard, old fashioned physics is quite fine and with the addition of the Zero Point Energy, has everything needed for interpreting the data. This is now referred to as SED, or Stochastic Electrodynamics. The math is much easier and the ideas do not depend upon IQ's beyond the reach of 99.99% of men! Again, I prefer data and logic to the sort of thing it seems this article espouses.
Back in a few days.