You may have noticed that I didn’t update this site for the last week and a half. The reason is not because I forgot, but because WordPress.com was completely blocked for all users in Turkey.
Why, you may ask? Well, there is a very silly man in Turkey named Adnan Oktar, a leading figure in Islamic creation science. I used the word “science” very loosely because he makes crackpot American creation scientists who argue that Satan left dinosaur bones on earth 6,000 years ago to trick humanity look like Neils Bohr. He has also published an 800-page book called “The Atlas of Creation,” full of glossy pages that “prove” the truth about the natural word can be found in the Qu’ran. His minions have distributed his book all over America and have actually stuck it in the mailboxes of scientists in universities throughout the states.
Anyway, this month Mr. Oktar stumbled across some stuff on a WordPress blog about him that he found to be “libelous” (read about it here). So he did the sensible thing and got his lawyer to file a complaint with the Turkish Court of First Instance in order to block access to WordPress for everyone in Turkey.
Dang, who knew crackpot Islamic creationists couldn’t take a joke? But the important thing is the site is back up now. Feel free to leave comments that talk smack about Mr. Oktar below.
about the book…
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/18/healthscience/17book.php?page=2
I’m a little disappointed i didn’t receive the book in my mail box.
And here’s a line from the article that Greg posted:
“In fact, there is no credible scientific challenge to the theory of evolution as an explanation for the complexity and diversity of life on earth.”
That is simply not true. There are several. The debate (if one can get away with calling it that without being censored) is nauseatingly politicized.