Arizona Professor Is Being MOBBED By Christian Conservatives For DARING TO SHOW THIS SLIDE In Class [View all]

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A biology teacher who describes himself as “an open-minded skeptic” opened a discussion on evolution versus creationism with an image which has sent local Christian Conservatives into a vexatious rage. Arizona State University lecturer Christofer Bang teaches biology and ecology courses, specializing in evolution and plant biology. During a recent class, he provoked the ire of pro-creation students and local community members be presenting this slide as an opening gambit in a debate the relative merits of evolution and creationism. According to reports, Bang began his lecture by showing a slide titled “Evolution vs. Creationism.” The slide featured two cartoons—one depicting Charles Darwin with the words “genetics,” “adaption,” and “natural selection,” along with images of an ape-like creature gradually evolving into a man. The other, a cartoon Jesus creating a man, with the words “zap!” and “magic!” It just so happens that a creationist in his class took issue, snapped a photo of the slide with his camera phone and speedily dispatched it to creationist noise-makers Campus Reform.

“Quite a few students in the lecture hall were bothered by the picture, and it didn’t contribute to the lecture besides adding spite,” the student said.

http://christiannews.net/2014/12/15/arizona-biology-teacher-mocks-jesus-biblical-creation-in-lecture-slide/

Sandy Leander, manager of media relations for ASU’s School of Life Sciences, told Campus Reform that the slide was intended to stimulate discussion about evolution and creation:

“The image you are referring to is on the title page of a PowerPoint and sets the stage for a discussion about the extremes of the public discourse on evolution/creationism,” she stated.

Bang is a perfect poster boy for ‘liberal scum’ from the point of view of pitch fork brigades like Campus Reform, because he has a zero tolerance policy for fairy tales.



Christian News Net decided to scour his twitter feed and claimed that because it “features Tweets mocking pro-life groups, Fox News, and various conservative political figures”, then he could not possibly be an open-minded, skeptical thinker. And well, this entry from his personal blog, where Bang says he tries to cultivate “sound skepticism” in his students – that made them all pretty mad too:

“In my teaching, I try to engage students using examples from familiar surroundings to increase their awareness of nature,” he states. “We are constantly exposed to examples of bad science in media, so by exposing flaws in ‘sciency’ products I try to teach my students sound skepticism and critical thinking.”


https://sites.google.com/site/chbangsite/christofer-bang

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