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,...
On one of my favorite cartoon sites, ASBO Jesus, a recent cartoon led to a long discussion, which led to a discussion of the historicity of Genesis. Here’s my summary. Q: what is it about the writing of genesis that leads you to think it...
In my post Is Genesis Metaphorical or Historical?, commenter Floss asked the question that forms the title of this post. Here’s my short answer. 1. It is important to interpret literature according to its literary type If I read, for instance, a parable or metaphor as...
One of the more informative podcasts I listen to regularly is Issues Etc. Recently, they interviewed Joel Heck, who’s written a very inexpensive book entitled In the Beginning, God: Creation from God’s Perspective, which examines the questions surrounding the historicity and interpretation of Genesis. I...
In a stunning press release, Intelligent Design group The Group for Order and Design In Science (GODIS) has proposed that the structure of the HIV virus could not have arisen by natural processes, and was therefore engineered. “Our calculations are quite revealing,” stated Rex Numero,...
Dr. Frank Wright, President and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters, has provided a simple and straightforward, if not simplistic speech about how truth is resisted and suppressed, or what he calls “the politics of opposition.” I’ve summarized below, his video embedded at bottom. Here’s...
