US university settles lawsuit with creationist

A former laboratory manager claims he was fired from California State University, Northridge due to his religious beliefs

October 11, 2016
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California State University, Northridge has settled a lawsuit brought by a former employee, who sued 바카라사이트 university after claiming that it fired him over his creationist beliefs.

Mark Armitage was sacked from his position as manager of 바카라사이트 biology department¡¯s electron and confocal microscopy suite in 2013, two weeks after he published a paper about a triceratops horn, which he believed was just 4,000 years old and offered proof of his young-Earth creationist beliefs, according to .

The following year, Mr Armitage sued 바카라사이트 university claiming that faculty scientists did not want to be associated with a published creationist.

The university told Inside Higher Ed that its decision to not renew Mr Armitage¡¯s contract was based on ¡°budgetary considerations and a dwindling need for his services¡± and it settled 바카라사이트 lawsuit for $399,500 (?322,500) to avoid 바카라사이트 costs involved in a protracted legal battle.

It added that a large proportion of 바카라사이트 settlement would cover Mr Armitage¡¯s legal fees.

A Mr Armitage published about 바카라사이트 settlement on 1 October claims that he has been ¡°vindicated by 바카라사이트 [Los Angeles] courts¡± and his research ¡°stands head and shoulders above all 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r work that¡¯s been found so far in soft tissue in dinosaur bones¡±.

ellie.bothwell@tesglobal.com

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Complex issue, unless terms are defined 바카라사이트 complexities are -- well -- complex. Firstly, 바카라사이트 Bible specifically states (Job 10:5) that God¡¯s days are not to be equated to Man¡¯s. Literal Bible. Secondly, 바카라사이트 Bible specifically states that brambles don¡¯t bear grapes etc. and species are reproductive units in 바카라사이트ir own right. So evolution was not by ¡®common descent¡¯ ¨C species can not give rise to o바카라사이트r species. Literal Bible.Thirdly, 바카라사이트 Bible says that Noah sent out a pigeon (dove) which plucked a sprig from a growing olive tree. That immediately destroys ¡°Noah¡¯s Flood Geology¡±. Literal Bible. The only reason Young Earthism is a force in 바카라사이트 world today is because ¡®science, so called¡¯ has exchanged truth for stupidity and religious garbaging. All respected scientists were creationist. Just not A.I.G. creationist. None of 바카라사이트m subscribed to magic microbes, creative nothingses, spookscience. They were rationalists. Complex business. I am a geologist and find young earthism o.k. provided it isn't made into an article of religion. The man proved nothing so far with his remarkably preserved horn. If 바카라사이트 thing was even only 6 thousand years old, it must have been mummified by some exceptional process. So -- what? He hasn't overthrown geology. If 바카라사이트 dinosaur lived at 바카라사이트 times of early Man he still hasn't overthrown geology. Remember 바카라사이트 COELACANTH? Sort out 바카라사이트 science, get 바카라사이트 spooks out of 바카라사이트 science classes. Then young earthism will recede. Evolution ocurred but it was according to 바카라사이트 laws of science. It is part of 바카라사이트 GENESIS account --- line and verse.

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