IF THEY WEREN'T LOSING THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO LIE (via Brian Boys):

Field Museum exhibit tells evolution story (TARA BURGHART, 3/27/06, AP)

A new exhibit at The Field Museum examines life in everything from the Precambrian to the Quaternary periods, but it's opening during a period when the theory of evolution is under attack by supporters of so-called "intelligent design."

Museum officials say that the timeliness is a coincidence - work began on "Evolving Planet" four years ago, and it replaces an exhibit that touched on many of the same themes.

But if there is any doubt about where the exhibit falls in the debate, it closes with a quote from Charles Darwin, who concluded that species evolve over time.

The "intelligent design" movement challenges Darwin's theory, contending that organisms are so complex that they must have been created by some kind of higher authority.

Though the story focusses more on the exhibit as a response to critics of Darwinism, it's funnier to note how Ms Burghart there presents inaccurate depictions of both Darwinism and ID.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 27, 2006 9:55 AM