Comments on Blag Hag: Quick skeptical update

This email was forwarded around the department tod...

2009-11-19T14:43:05.507-08:00

This email was forwarded around the department today:

Guess this means IU is one of the 50 most atheistic universities!
There is an evangelical Christian group handing out copies of Origin of Species on campus today (Thursday). (corner of 7th and Woodlawn near the IMU). It is the actual book but it has a “special introduction”.

Here’s the YouTube video on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN9zpf5cT0M

Noretta Koertge

I went by 7th and Woodlawn twice today during my perambulations about campus and didn't see them. The weather is kinda shitty today, so maybe they didn't stick around for very long.

Alas, I guess I won't get my extra special copy of the Origin. :(

They did show up at OU, except on Tuesday the 17th...

2009-11-19T13:14:29.213-08:00

They did show up at OU, except on Tuesday the 17th a day earlier than Ray's early date. They truly fear discussion and criticism.

Sili, Ham and the dinosaur represent religion and...

2009-11-19T10:37:35.694-08:00

Sili,

Ham and the dinosaur represent religion and creationists in the war between science and religion. We are at the beginning of the battle. Religion has the upper hand. Squid and PZ represent science. We are in disadvantage at the beginning.

Why is Ham on top?

2009-11-19T09:46:08.723-08:00

Why is Ham on top?

Got a copy of the book this morning on the Purdue ...

2009-11-19T08:52:12.275-08:00

Got a copy of the book this morning on the Purdue campus. They are handing them out.

@Wes They were actually handing out copies of Comf...

2009-11-19T07:01:40.734-08:00

@Wes
They were actually handing out copies of Comfort's book at IU when Dawkins had his talk. I'm not sure what the organization was that was doing it, but a bunch of us ended up getting super pre-release copies. Lucky us D:

I have yet to hear from the University of Oklahoma...

2009-11-19T05:46:50.938-08:00

I have yet to hear from the University of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State University if it was passed out there, but I don't think so. I know it was passed out at the University of Texas, Austin. I think that was the closest to me.

I'm at IU in Bloomington, and I didn't see...

2009-11-19T00:27:04.657-08:00

I'm at IU in Bloomington, and I didn't see anyone handing out Comfort's book.

From what I was able to gather from comments at PZ's two threads on the topic, the only Indiana schools hit so far are University of Southern Indiana and Ivy Tech in Indy, which is strange. Indiana has three top 100 schools (Notre Dame, IU, Purdue), and yet apparently not one of them was targeted.

my my - you are quite fetching in your secular app...

2009-11-19T00:06:22.668-08:00

my my - you are quite fetching in your secular apparel

For some reason, I've had dreamed about the sa...

2009-11-18T22:55:49.917-08:00

For some reason, I've had dreamed about the same squid fighting the same dinosaur many times. Each dream is different slightly but the ending is always the same. The squid always wins because it's more adaptive and feisty.

One of their sites said they'd be hitting us h...

2009-11-18T20:54:10.739-08:00

One of their sites said they'd be hitting us here before they took it down, and I noticed some flyers from a campus group that was planning to protest, but I didn't see them anywhere (of course, I was rather busy... I was up until around 4 AM last night finishing up a microprocessor design and didn't get out much today as a result). I'll keep my eyes open tomorrow.

I'm not sure if he moved it up for all schools...

2009-11-18T20:37:23.095-08:00

I'm not sure if he moved it up for all schools, or schools who voiced that they are doing something. I didn't see anyone distributing books at University of Illinois today, I'm hopoing there'll be someone around tomorrow. If there is, I can pick you up a copy, Jen :)

OMG SHUT UP MEANIE FACE

2009-11-18T20:21:36.265-08:00

OMG SHUT UP MEANIE FACE

OMG Jen, your face is so fat! XP

2009-11-18T20:19:28.745-08:00

OMG Jen, your face is so fat! XP

wow! love the shirt! I want one!

2009-11-18T19:42:50.530-08:00

wow! love the shirt! I want one!

Awesome. I really need to get the heart squid. Ro...

2009-11-18T19:42:37.984-08:00

Awesome. I really need to get the heart squid.
Robert B / @RobsterFCD

That shirt is full of win =DDD

2009-11-18T19:41:59.587-08:00

That shirt is full of win =DDD

Love this picture!

2009-11-18T19:11:24.946-08:00

Love this picture!

So there's no word on whether they will be han...

2009-11-18T19:06:44.310-08:00

So there's no word on whether they will be handed out at any point?

PZ's never looked more busty.

2009-11-18T19:05:08.012-08:00

PZ's never looked more busty.