Talk:Creation science fair

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It is disingenuous to make the claim that science fairs make no mention of the scientific method in their rules. It is unacceptable to imply that an assumed rule (of course the scientific method is applied at science fairs!!!) implies non conformance. One cannot legitimize an illegitimate endevour by semantic trickery. I say remove the last sentance, whose only purpose is to obfuscate the issue and attempt to lend credibility by sideways logic.

Yes, it is clear that there is a misunderstanding below. Those with little notion of what science is perhaps should not presume to speak for it. -lake_conrad

...you will not find strict guidelines on scientific procedure in the science portion of this fair [1] - Hephaestos 03:33, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I may be misunderstanding exactly what your point is. I looked at the rules for several "mainsteam" science fairs at [2], [3], [4], and [5]. Of these four I quickly found, only one specifically had any requirement about following the scientific method, and the other three did not. In other words, not specifically saying anything about the scientific method is true of science fairs in general, and isn't something singular about creation science fairs.

Next, I looked at the rules for the creation science fair at [6], and noted that the explicitly do contain a description of the scientific method.

In other words, both mainstream and creation science fairs may or may not include requirements about the scientific method in their rules. -BuddhaInside


The fourth link is a parody, if almost too clever to work. See the following:

The "National Association of Christian Game Theoreticians" does not exist. The portrait photos have been Photoshopped. Notice the struck-out Evanescence on the list of "bands we like" (in the context of the parody, it's referring to the band's move out of the Christian rock into the "mainstream"). Trust me, it's fake! Some of the other sites linked to are most definitely real, though.--Robert Merkel 06:04, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

The references above are full of people debating whether or not it is a parody, but there still isn't a definitive conclusion. Those pages you cite still have their share of people saying "it looks real to me". -BuddhaInside
The "League of Women Boycotters", "Hoppy the Kanga-Jew", the lyrics to "Wicky Wacky Wicca Chick"? Oh, and by the way, see if you can find a physical address or any vague indication of the location of the people involved, or an independant site that mentions any of them (except by linking back to the site in amazement). Or you could try this site, which has a bunch of Christians getting very worked up about what they regard as an offensive parody. Or you could try this atheist who got a huge giggle from the whole thing. --Robert Merkel 14:30, 15 Sep 2003 (UTC)

[edit] The fourth link is down.

The Fellowship Baptist Creation Science Fair is now a randomly generated advertisement page.

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