In hmolscience, John Rennie (1959-) is an American science writer and editor noted for his 17 Jun 2002 Scientific American article “15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense” — a reaction to the Mar 2002 Ohio Board of Education move (Ѻ) to have creationism or intelligent design, per initiative of the Discover Institute, taught alongside evolution, and to publications of creationists, such as American law professor Philip Johnson, author of Darwin on Trial (1991) — wherein he attempts to tackle the top arguments used by opponents of evolution, which sparked the Rennie creationism fiasco; the article has since become one of the most read and downloaded (Ѻ) articles in the history of ScientificAmerican.com. [1]
Atheism
Rennie, himself, seems to be an atheist, such as characterized by William Dembski (2008), who refers to his “atheistic approach to science”. (Ѻ)
In 2008, Rennie, during a Christmas holiday, visiting his wife’s family in southern Indiana, took a trip to the Creation Museum with his father-in-law Larry, described (Ѻ) as “not only an avowed and combative atheist but seems to have taken it as a personal goal to try to bring down the Catholic Church during his lifetime as one step toward the total elimination of all religion”. Here, to interject, being that "religion", derived from the Latin legare, "that which binds", is but a term for a binding system of belief of a social system, the attempt at a total elimination of religion, is akin to an attempt at a total elimination of a binding system, which paramount to the supposition of an unbound system, i.e. a system lacking binding force, which seems to be a theoretical impossibility. Religion, in other words, will morph.
Quotes
The following are noted quotes:
“Embarrassingly, in the 21st century, in the most scientifically advanced nation the world has ever known, creationists can still persuade politicians, judges and ordinary citizens that evolution is a flawed, poorly supported fantasy.”
— John Rennie (2002), “15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense” [1]
Education
Rennie completed his BS in biology at Yale in 1981, after which he worked as a science writer and researcher at Harvard Medical school, then became editor of Scientific America from 1994 to 2009. [2]
References
1. Rennie, John. (2002). “15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up” (aud), Scientific America, Jun 17.
2. About – JohnRennie.net.
External links
● John Rennie (editor) – Wikipedia.
● Home – JohnRennie.net.
