If punctuation is not used, or if it is misused, then a sentence or phrase can take on a number of meanings. Sometimes, this can cause amusing misunderstandings, as in the famous bad comma in the definition of the panda as an animal that “eats, shoots and leaves,” providing a mental image of the cuddly black-and-white animal discharging a submachine gun before exiting the building!
Sometimes, the absence of punctuation creates a deliberate ambiguity that is required for the author’s multiple meanings. That is the case with the title of this article. The title has also been used for a tee-shirt competition that we ran to coincide with Earth Day on Monday, April 22nd, 2013. Just to em... Continue Reading
In view of the controversy surrounding what the school board in Springboro, OH, is proposing vis-à-vis High School Biology education, it might be instructive to look at how Ohio’s existing science standards relate to the issue.
At the outset, it needs to be emphasized that, contrary to what evolutionists claim, Creation Today does not advocate the compulsory teaching of creation science in public schools. If such legislation were even possible, it would be inadvisable. Can one imagine the mess that would be created by atheist teachers being mandated to teach creation? Instead, what we an... Continue Reading