As a former biochemist and rational person, I see lots of problems with evolution. Not the least of which is that many people doubt the biblical narrative because they believe in the myth of Darwinian origins. Here’s a quick brain dump of why I think...
As a former biochemist and evolutionary skeptic, I am not surprised at how often I see news headlines saying things like “new discovery forces scientists to rethink evolution.” But you might be surprised, thinking that evolution is a fact, or “as sure as gravity.” But...
As per the neato animation below, modern science thinks all living dogs came from one ancestor, the grey wolf. This is, of course, congruent with both Darwinian theory of origins AND creationism, but especially with the latter. Why? Created Kinds or “Baramins” Christianity teaches that...
I am glad to see the resurrection of Bloom County, one of the best comics of all time (behind, perhaps Calvin & Hobbes, Dilbert and the Peanuts). Today’s comic deals with the failure of our cosmological models in understanding the expansion of the universe. Scientists have...
Inspired by Matthew Scmitz , Artur Rosman, and a great list from 2005, and to celebrate Banned Books Week, I came up with my own list of books I wish were never written, and who’s reading can only bring misery. These are the times I...
Are you an idea junkie? Me too. Edge.org is an association of high-level scientists and thinkers that ponder the big questions. One of their activities is their Annual Question, which is posed to their elite members. This has led to a book series, including the...
The relationship of faith and science is controversial, and there are perhaps 5 simple philosophic positions you can take: 1. Science Trumps Religion (EMA) That is, science alone can answer not only questions of the physical world, but of ethics and morals as well. Religion is...
Young earth creationists (YEC) have long maintained that the earth and universe are very young (less than 10K years old!) primarily based on their reading of the creation story and genealogies of Genesis 1 in the Bible. In order to make this jive with science,...
