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Philosophy, Science & Christianity (Index Page)
Last updated on: July 27, 2026 at 12:21 pm by Dave Armstrong
Philosophy, Science & Christianity (Index Page) 2026-07-27T12:21:28-04:00 Dave Armstrong
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Engraving of the great Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) by G. J. Stodart from a photograph by Fergus of Greenock. Maxwell was a devout Presbyterian, and formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. His contributions to the science are considered by many to be of the same magnitude as those of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Philosophy
I. GENERAL / EPISTEMOLOGY / PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
II. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL / SUFFERING
III. THE “PROBLEM OF GOOD”
IV. EDUCATION / HOMESCHOOLING
Theistic Arguments
V. THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (BIG BANG, ETC.)
VI. THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (DESIGN)
VII. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
Science
IX. GALILEO
X. EARLY MODERN SCIENCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO RELIGION
XI. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE / SCIENTIFIC METHOD
XII. BIBLE, CHRISTIANITY, AND SCIENCE ISSUES
XIII. NOAH AND THE FLOOD
XIV. CLIMATE CHANGE / GLOBAL WARMING ISSUE
XV. THE KOOKY FUNDAMENTALIST REVIVAL OF GEOCENTRISM
XVI. MIRACLES
XVII. CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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PHILOSOPHY
I. GENERAL / EPISTEMOLOGY / PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
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Dialogue on God’s Middle Knowledge & Foreknowledge (vs. Dr. Alexander Pruss) [1997]
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William of Ockham, Nominalism, Luther, & Early Protestant Thought [10-3-02; rev. 10-10-17]
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Cardinal Newman’s Philosophical & Epistemological Commitments [10-19-04]
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Neo-Scholastic Thomism & Popes John Paul II & Benedict XVI [5-5-06]
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Christian Mysteries (Like God’s Timelessness) & Reason [5-22-08]
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The Certitude of Faith According to Cardinal Newman [9-30-08]
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Dialogue on Reason & Faith, w Theological Liberal [1-19-10]
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St. John Henry Cardinal Newman on the Nature and Pursuit of Truth [Facebook, 4-19-11]
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Calvinist Dialogues with Ghost of Plato [10-31-11]
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Pascal on Biblical Paradox vs. False Dichotomies [12-29-11]
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Myths About the Murder of the Philosopher, Hypatia [1-19-13]
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St. John Henry Cardinal Newman on Apologetics [May 2015]
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Is Catholicism Unbiblically “Rationalistic”? (Orthodox Criticisms) [July 2015]
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Jesus’ Use of Socratic Method in His Teaching & Dialogues [8-16-15]
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The Renaissance: Good or Bad Overall? [9-9-15]
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Was Philosopher David Hume an Atheist? [10-7-15]
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Dialogue: Religious Epistemology (with an Agnostic) [11-17-15]
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Theist & Atheist Burdens of Proof [11-18-15]
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On Mystery & Reason in Theology [4-5-16]
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Is Christianity Unfalsifiable? Is Empiricism the Only True Knowledge? [5-6-17]
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Agree & Be Loved / Think for Yourself & Disagree & Be Hated [10-3-17]
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Science, Logic, & Math Start with Unfalsifiable Axioms [1-6-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #13: God Hasta Prove He Exists! [8-29-18]
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Dialogue: Has God Demonstrated His Existence (Romans 1)? [9-1-18]
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Miracles, Materialism, & Premises: Dialogue w Atheist [2-20-19]
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Did Jesus Use “Socratic Method” in His Teaching? [National Catholic Register, 4-29-19]
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Apologetics = Anti-Faith or Absolute “Certainty”? (Or, “Does Christianity Reduce to Mere Philosophy or Rationalism?”) [7-5-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #61: Catholic Censorship: Justified? Unique? (Guest post by Paul Hoffer) [11-6-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #66: Biblical “Evidence-Less Faith”? [12-9-20]
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Can a Person Possibly Believe in No Unproven Axioms (i.e., if they think at all or wish to communicate any thought to another person)? [Facebook, 2-5-21]
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Determinism vs. Free Will, & God’s Immutability, Omniscience, Foreknowledge, & Providence [Facebook, 1-2-23]
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Defense of Christian Apologetics & Epistemology [6-17-25]
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II. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL / SUFFERING
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Bible on Suffering & Hope in the Midst of It [1981]
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Problem of Evil: Treatise on the Most Serious Objection (Is God Malevolent, Weak, or Non-Existent Because of the Existence of Evil and Suffering?) [2002]
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God and “Natural Evil”: A Thought Experiment [2002]
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Dialogue on “Natural Evil” (Diseases, Hurricanes, Drought, etc.) [2-15-04]
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Replies to the Problem of Evil as Set Forth by Atheists [10-10-06]
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The Problem of Evil: Dialogue with an Atheist (vs. “drunken tune”) [10-11-06]
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Dialogue w Atheist John Loftus on the Problem of Evil [10-11-06]
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“Logical” Problem of Evil: Alvin Plantinga’s Decisive Refutation [10-12-06]
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Reply to Agnostic Ed Babinski’s “Emotional” Argument from Evil [10-23-06]
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“Strong” Logical Argument from Evil Against God: RIP? [11-26-06]
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“How Can God Order the Massacre of Innocents?” (Amalekites, etc.) [11-10-07]
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The World’s Shortest Free Will Defense (FWD) Argument Against the Problem of Evil [Facebook, 3-24-08]
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Why Did a Perfect God Create an Imperfect World? [8-18-15]
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Debates & Expositions on the Problem of Evil [compiled 5-18-16]
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Blaming God for the Holocaust (+ Other Such Bum Raps) [11-1-17]
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Atheists, Miracles, & the Problem of Evil: Contradictions [8-15-18]
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Alvin Plantinga: Reply to the Evidential Problem of Evil [9-13-19]
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Ward’s Whoppers #14: Who Caused Job’s Suffering? [5-20-20]
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God, the Natural World and Pain [National Catholic Register, 9-19-20]
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Is God Mostly to Blame for the Holocaust? [National Catholic Register, 5-31-21]
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Problem of Evil & of Good: Great Dialogue w Agnostic [6-17-21]
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Problem of Evil & of Good: Dialogue w Agnostic, Pt. II [6-25-21]
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III. THE “PROBLEM OF GOOD”
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The “Problem of Good”: Great Dialogue with an Atheist (vs. Mike Hardie) (+ Part Two) [this is my favorite debate ever, with anyone] [6-5-01]
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Dialogue w Agnostic/Deist on the “Problem of Good” [7-18-18]
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The “Problem of Good”: Dialogue w Atheist Academic [9-11-19]
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Problem of Good: More Difficult than Problem of Evil? [4-3-21]
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Problem of Good: Further Discussions with Atheists [4-5-21]
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Problem of Good: Childkilling & Genocide (Logical End of Atheism) [4-8-21]
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Dialogue w Atheist: Problem of Good & Miscellany [4-9-21]
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Problem of Evil & of Good: Great Dialogue w Agnostic [6-17-21]
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Problem of Evil & of Good: Dialogue w Agnostic, Pt. II [6-25-21]
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IV. EDUCATION / HOMESCHOOLING
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Homeschooling: Response to Kevin Johnson’s Criticisms [7-12-05]
On Homeschooling & Dilapidated Public Education [1-3-09]
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THEISTIC ARGUMENTS
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V. THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (BIG BANG, ETC.)
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A Variation of the First Way of Thomas Aquinas (+ Part II / Part III) (Dr. Dennis Bonnette) [1982]
How “Creation” Implies God (Dr. Dennis Bonnette) [1985]
Atheism: the Faith of “Atomism” [8-19-15]
Cosmological Argument for God (Resources) [10-23-15]
Exchanges with Atheists on Ultimate Origins [11-19-15]
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Cause of the Big Bang: Atheist Geologist Challenged [4-21-17]
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Atheists & Inherent “Omnipotent” Creative Qualities of Godless Matter [7-26-17]
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Dialogue w Atheist on the Origin of the Universe [6-23-18]
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Dialogue with an Atheist on “God of the Gaps” [6-24-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #14: Something Rather Than Nothing [9-3-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #38: Eternal Universe vs. an Eternal God [4-16-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #42: Creation “Ex Nihilo” [8-28-20]
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Creation Ex Nihilo is in the Bible [National Catholic Register, 10-1-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #73: Philosophy & “Who Created God?” [7-12-21]
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Seidensticker Folly #75: Why a Universe at All? [11-5-21]
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Debate: a Universe Self-Created from Nothing? [11-9-21]
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VI. THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (DESIGN)
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Teleological (Design) Argument for God (Resources) [10-27-15]
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Dogmatic Materialist Scientists vs. Intelligent Design [10-29-15]
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Atheists & Inherent “Omnipotent” Creative Qualities of Godless Matter [7-26-17]
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Dialogue with an Atheist on “God of the Gaps” [6-24-18]
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Dialogue: Has God Demonstrated His Existence (Romans 1)? [9-1-18]
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Catholics & Origins: Irreducible Complexity or Theistic Evolution? [6-17-19]
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Why I Believe in “Non-Miraculous” Intelligent Design [6-20-19]
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Debate: Can Intelligent Design Be “Non-Interventionist”? (vs. Dr. Lydia McGrew) [6-21-19]
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Seidensticker Folly #41: Argument from Design [8-25-20]
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God the Designer?: Dialogue with an Atheist [8-27-20]
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“Quantum Entanglement” & the “Upholding” Power of God [10-20-20]
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Quantum Mechanics and the “Upholding” Power of God [National Catholic Register, 11-24-20]
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Star of Bethlehem, Astronomy, Wise Men, & Josephus (Amazing Astronomically Verified Data in Relation to the Journey of the Wise Men & Jesus’ Birth & Infancy) [12-14-20]
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VII. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
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Ontological Argument: Dialogue w Philosophy Grad Student [6-25-04]
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Ontological Argument for God (Resources) [10-23-15]
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VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
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Theistic Argument from Desire: Dialogue w Atheist [12-2-06]
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Replying to Atheist Analytical Philosophy Word Games [9-26-15]
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Dialogue with an Agnostic: God as a “Properly Basic Belief” [10-5-15]
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Atheist Premise-Driven Misunderstandings of Theistic Arguments [10-10-15]
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Non-Empirical “Basic” Warrant for Theism & Christianity [10-15-15]
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Atheist Demands for “Empirical” Proofs of God [10-27-15]
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15 Theistic Arguments (Copious Resources) [11-3-15]
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Atheism & Atheology (Copious Resources) [11-5-15]
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God: Historical Arguments (Copious Resources) [11-9-15]
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Implicit (Extra-Empirical) Faith, According to John Henry Newman [12-18-15]
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Argument for God from Desire: Atheist-Christian Dialogue [8-7-17]
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My Opinion on “Proofs for God’s Existence” Summarized in Two Sentences [Facebook, 6-18-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #13: God Hasta Prove He Exists! [8-29-18]
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Theistic Argument from Longing or Beauty, & Einstein [3-27-08; rev. 3-14-19]
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Dialogue with Atheist: Are Christians “Unscientific”? [5-27-19]
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Seidensticker Folly #38: Eternal Universe vs. an Eternal God [4-16-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #71: Spirit-God “Magic”; 68% Dark Energy Isn’t? [2-2-21]
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VIDEO: God, Modern Physics, & Dark Energy: An Analogy [+ initial transcript] [4-10-26]
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SCIENCE
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IX. GALILEO
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Galileo: The Myths and the Facts [5-11-06]
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Why the Galileo Case Doesn’t Disprove Catholic Infallibility (vs. Ken Temple and Eric G.) [5-18-06]
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Dialogue on the Galileo Fiasco and the State of Scientific and Astronomical Knowledge in 1633 (vs. Eric G.) [5-13-06]
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Richard Dawkins & Double Standards of the “Religion vs. Science” Mentality / Galileo Redux [3-20-08]
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“No One’s Perfect”: Scientific Errors of Galileo and 16th-17th Century Cosmologies [7-29-10]
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The Galileo Fiasco & Catholic Infallibility (vs. Jon Curry) [8-11-10]
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Galileo, Bellarmine, & Scientific Method [10-20-15]
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Replies to Atheists on Souls and the Galileo Fiasco [4-30-20]
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Galileo and Fellow Astronomers’ Erroneous Scientific Beliefs [National Catholic Register, 4-30-20]
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X. EARLY MODERN SCIENCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO RELIGION
Early Protestant Hostility Towards Science [7-9-04]
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Astrology: Philip Melanchthon’s Enthusiastic Espousal [5-21-06]
Did St. Thomas Aquinas Accept Astrology? [5-30-06]
16th-17th Century Astronomers Loved Astrology (+ Part Two) [5-25-06]
Christianity: Crucial to the Origin of Science [8-1-10]
Scientific & Empiricist Church Fathers: To Augustine (d. 430) [2010]
33 Empiricist Christian Thinkers Before 1000 AD [8-5-10]
23 Catholic Medieval Proto-Scientists: 12th-13th Centuries [2010]
Who Killed Lavoisier: “Father of Chemistry”? [8-13-10]
Christians or Theists Founded 115 Scientific Fields [8-20-10]
John Calvin Did Not Deny the Sphericity of the Earth [9-24-12; revised with retraction on 2-21-26]
St. Augustine: Astrology is Absurd [9-4-15]
Catholics & Science #1: Hermann of Reichenau [10-21-15]
Catholics & Science #2: Adelard of Bath [10-21-15]
Science and Christianity (Copious Resources) [11-3-15]
Dialogue with an Agnostic on Catholicism and Science [9-12-16]
A List of 244 Priest-Scientists [Angelo Stagnaro, National Catholic Register, 11-29-16]
A Short List of [152] Lay Catholic Scientists [Angelo Stagnaro, National Catholic Register, 12-30-16]
Science, Logic, & Math Start with Unfalsifiable Axioms [1-6-18]
Seidensticker Folly #44: Historic Christianity & Science [8-29-20]
Exclusive Empirical Epistemology?: Dialogue w Atheist [2-25-19]
Modern Science is Built on a Christian Foundation [National Catholic Register, 5-6-20]
The ‘Enlightenment’ Inquisition Against Great Scientists [National Catholic Register, 5-13-20]
Embarrassing Errors of Historical Science [National Catholic Register, 5-20-20]
Scientism — the Myth of Science as the Sum of Knowledge [National Catholic Register, 5-28-20]
Seidensticker Folly #59: Medieval Hospitals & Medicine [11-3-20]
Seidensticker Folly #60: Anti-Intellectual Medieval Christians? [11-4-20]
Medieval Christian Medicine Was the Forerunner of Modern Medicine [National Catholic Register, 11-13-20]
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XI. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE / SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Dialogue w Atheist on Christianity & the Scientific Method [7-19-01]
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Philosophy of Science & the Impossibility of Epistemological “Neutrality” (Esp. Within Materialist or Logical Positivist Presuppositional Frameworks) [4-4-03, at Internet Archive]
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Reflections on the Pseudo-Science & Ethics of Social Darwinism & Its Use as a Justification for the Nazi Holocaust [7-7-10, at Internet Archive]
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Albert Einstein’s “Cosmic Religion”: In His Own Words [originally 2-17-03; expanded greatly on 8-26-10]
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Atheist French, Soviet, & Chinese Executions of Scientists [10-22-15]
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Cause of the Big Bang: Atheist Geologist Challenged [4-21-17]
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Is Christianity Unfalsifiable? Is Empiricism the Only True Knowledge? [5-6-17]
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Science, Logic, & Math Start with Unfalsifiable Axioms [1-6-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #44: Historic Christianity & Science [8-29-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #14: Something Rather Than Nothing [9-3-18]
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Miracles, Materialism, & Premises: Dialogue w Atheist [2-20-19]
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Miracles & Scientific Method: Dialogue with Atheist[2-22-19]
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Exclusive Empirical Epistemology?: Dialogue w Atheist [2-25-19]
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Theistic Argument from Longing or Beauty, & Einstein [3-27-08; rev. 3-14-19]
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Dialogue with Atheist: Are Christians “Unscientific”? [5-27-19]
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Catholics & Origins: Irreducible Complexity or Theistic Evolution? [6-17-19]
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Why I Believe in “Non-Miraculous” Intelligent Design [6-20-19]
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Debate: Can Intelligent Design Be “Non-Interventionist”? (vs. Dr. Lydia McGrew) [6-21-19]
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XII. BIBLE, CHRISTIANITY, AND SCIENCE ISSUES
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FEATURED: Bible & Archaeology / Bible & Science (A Collection) [6-30-21]
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FEATURED: Books by Dave Armstrong: The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back Up the Bible [1-24-23]
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FEATURED: The Word Set in Stone: “Volume Two”: More Evidence of Archaeology, Science, and History Backing Up the Bible (free book with 100 sections) [5-25-23]
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Dialogue w Atheist on Christianity & the Scientific Method [7-19-01]
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Biblical Flat Earth (?) Cosmology: Dialogue w Atheist (vs. Matthew Green) [9-11-06]
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Flat Earth: Biblical Teaching? (vs. Ed Babinski) [9-17-06]
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Atheist Myths: “Christianity vs. Science & Reason” (vs. “drunkentune”) [1-3-07]
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Did Darwin Prove Genesis a Fairy Tale? (Dr. Dennis Bonnette) [2007]
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Must Human Evolution Contradict Genesis? (Dr. Dennis Bonnette) [2007]
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Adam and Eve, Cain, Abel, and Noah as Historical Figures [2-20-08]
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In (Partial) Defense of William Jennings Bryan (Famous “Scopes ‘Monkey’ Trial” of 1925) [6-6-09]
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Adam and Eve: Defense of Their Literal Existence as the Primal Human Couple, by Catholic Philosopher, Dr. Dennis Bonnette [7-21-09, at Internet Archive]
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Catholicism and Evolution / Charles Darwin’s Religious Beliefs [8-19-09]
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Reply to Atheist Scientist Jerry Coyne: Are Science and Religion Utterly Incompatible? [7-13-10]
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Extraterrestrial Life and the Catholic Church: Collection of Links [8-20-10, at Internet Archive]
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Young Earth Creationism of Notable Anti-Catholic Protestants [9-18-10]
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Surveys of Current Religious Beliefs of Scientists [10-18-10]
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Books by Dave Armstrong: Science and Christianity: Close Partners or Mortal Enemies? [10-20-10]
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Typical “Science vs. Catholicism” Criticisms (and Myths) from an Agnostic Scientist Refuted [7-29-11]
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Historicity of Adam and Eve [9-23-11; rev. 1-6-22]
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Modern Biology and Original Sin (+ Part 2) (Dr. Edward Feser) [9-23-11]
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Defending the Literal, Historical Adam of the Genesis Account (vs. Eric S. Giunta) [9-25-11]
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Dr. Dennis Bonnette Debunks the Argument Against Adam and Eve from Molecular Biologists [4-19-12, at Internet Archive]
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Adam & Eve of Genesis: Historical & the Primal Human Pair [11-28-13]
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Time to Abandon the Genesis Story? [Dr. Dennis Bonnette, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 7-10-14]
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Origin of the Human Species (3rd edition, 2014, by Dr. Dennis Bonnette)
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Demonic Possession or Epilepsy? (Bible & Science) [2015]
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Adam & Eve & Original Sin: Disproven by Science? [9-7-15]
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Only Ignoramuses Believe in Adam & Eve? [9-9-15]
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Dialogue with an Atheist on Evolution [9-17-15]
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Simultaneously Dumb & Smart Christians, Atheists, & Scientists [10-9-15]
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My Claims Regarding Piltdown Man & the Scopes Trial Twisted [10-10-15]
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Science and Christianity (Copious Resources) [11-3-15]
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A List of 244 Priest-Scientists (Angelo Stagnaro, National Catholic Register, 11-29-16)
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Is Christianity Unfalsifiable? Is Empiricism the Only True Knowledge? [5-6-17]
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Dialogue with Philosopher Dr. Lydia McGrew on Adam and Eve and the Polygenism vs. Monogenism Genetics Issue [Facebook, 5-11-17]
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Atheists & Inherent “Omnipotent” Creative Qualities of Godless Matter [7-26-17]
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Richard Dawkins: D- Grade for Science & Christianity [5-23-18]
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Modernism vs. History in Genesis & Biblical Inspiration [7-23-18]
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Scripture, Science, Genesis, & Evolutionary Theory: Mini-Dialogue with an Atheist [8-14-18; rev. 2-18-19]
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Seidensticker Folly #8: Physics Has Disproven Souls? [8-16-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #14: Something Rather Than Nothing [9-3-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #21: Atheist “Bible Science” Absurdities [9-25-18]
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Seidensticker Folly #23: Atheist “Bible Science” Inanities, Pt. 2 [10-2-18]
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Miracles, Materialism, & Premises: Dialogue w Atheist [2-20-19]
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Miracles & Scientific Method: Dialogue with Atheist [2-22-19]
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Dialogue with Atheist: Are Christians “Unscientific”? [5-27-19]
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Loftus Atheist Error #7: Christian Influence on Science [9-9-19]
Loftus Atheist Error #9: Bible Espouses Mythical Animals? [9-10-19]
The Bible and Mythical Animals [National Catholic Register, 10-9-19]
The Bible is Not “Anti-Scientific,” as Skeptics Claim [National Catholic Register, 10-23-19]
Vs. Atheist David Madison #37: Bible, Science, & Germs [12-10-19]
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Seidensticker Folly #36: Disease, Jesus, Paul, Miracles, & Demons [1-13-20]
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The Bible on Germs, Sanitation, & Infectious Diseases [3-16-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #38: Eternal Universe vs. an Eternal God [4-16-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #39: “The Sun Stood Still” (Joshua) [4-16-20]
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Ward’s Whoppers #1-3: Genesis 1 vs. 2 (Creation) [5-17-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #41: Argument from Design [8-25-20]
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God the Designer?: Dialogue with an Atheist [8-27-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #42: Creation “Ex Nihilo” [8-28-20]
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“Quantum Entanglement” & the “Upholding” Power of God [10-20-20]
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Reflections on Joshua and “the Sun Stood Still” [National Catholic Register, 10-22-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #59: Medieval Hospitals & Medicine [11-3-20]
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Quantum Mechanics and the “Upholding” Power of God [National Catholic Register, 11-24-20]
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Star of Bethlehem & Magi: 20 Fascinating Aspects [1-22-21]
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Seidensticker Folly #71: Spirit-God “Magic”; 68% Dark Energy Isn’t? [2-2-21]
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Dark Energy, Dark Matter and the Light of the World [National Catholic Register, 2-17-21]
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969-Year-Old Methuselah (?) & Genesis Numbers [7-12-21]
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Plagues of Egypt: Possible Natural Explanations [8-11-21]
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Parting of the Red Sea: Feasible Scientific Explanation? [8-11-21]
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Dialogue w Atheist on the Borders of Science & Theology [1-16-23]
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Dialogue w Atheist on Mutations & Evolutionary Change [1-16-23]
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The Theory of Evolution & Catholicism [Ch. 10 of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised in November 2023 for the purpose of the free online version) ] [11-22-23]
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Adam and Eve: Scientifically Possible? [by philosopher Dennis Bonnette, 3-1-25]
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XIII. NOAH AND THE FLOOD
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Old Earth, Flood Geology, Local Flood, & Uniformitarianism (vs. Kevin Rice) [5-25-04; many defunct links removed and new ones added: 5-10-17]
Adam & Eve, Cain, Abel, & Noah: Historical Figures [2-20-08]
Noah’s Flood and Catholicism: Important Basic Facts [8-18-15]
Do Carnivores on the Ark Disprove Christianity? [9-10-15]
New Testament Evidence for Noah’s Existence [National Catholic Register, 3-11-18]
Seidensticker Folly #49: Noah & 2 or 7 Pairs of Animals [9-7-20]
Pearce’s Potshots #36: Noah’s Flood: 40 or 150 Days or Neither? [7-1-21]
Pearce’s Potshots #37: Length of Noah’s Flood Redux [7-2-21]
Local Flood & Atheist Ignorance of Christian Thought [7-2-21]
Local Mesopotamian Flood: An Apologia [7-9-21]
Noah’s Flood: Not Anthropologically Universal + Miscellany [10-5-21]
The Genesis Flood Why the Bible Says It Must be Local (Rich Deem, Evidence for God)
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XIV. CLIMATE CHANGE / GLOBAL WARMING ISSUE
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Article on the 29% Growth of the Polar Ice Cap in 2013 [which Al Gore predicted in 2008 would be nonexistent in 2013] and Discussion [Facebook, 12-14-13]
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Discussion on Global Warming and Particularly the Melting of the Polar Ice Cap and Al Gore’s False Predictions [Facebook, 7-13-15]
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Debate on Whether the Oceans Will be Dangerously Rising in the Near Future [Facebook, 5-28-19]
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1350+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skeptic Arguments Against ACC/AGW Alarmism (Popular Technology.Net, 2-12-14)
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“Dialogue” with a Climate Change Fanatic (Nathan Burns) Regarding Pope Francis’ Views & a Supposed Politically Conservative Anti-Science Mentality [Facebook, 2-8-20]
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XV. THE KOOKY FUNDAMENTALIST REVIVAL OF GEOCENTRISM
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(comprehensive website run by David Palm)
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Exchanges With Robert Sungenis on Geocentrism and Perceived Personal Attacks [1-15-09, at Internet Archive]
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Does the Church Support Robert Sungenis’ Novel Theories? (Jonathan Field) (+ Part Two) [11-8-10, at Internet Archive]
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My Refusal to Wrangle With Robert Sungenis Over Geocentrism and a Supposedly 10,000-Year-Old, Non-Rotating Earth [11-15-10, at Internet Archive]
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Robert Sungenis’ Responses to My Critiques Regarding God’s Characteristics and Geocentrism (with My Replies) [11-19-10, at Internet Archive]
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Geocentrism: Not at All an Infallible Dogma of the Catholic Church (David Palm and “Jordanes”) [11-20-10, at Internet Archive]
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Response (in Words and Actions) to the Vehement Criticisms of Geocentrists “johnmartin” and “juscot” [12-10-10, at Internet Archive]
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Formal Science Education of Rick DeLano, Producer of the Geocentrist Film, The Principle [1-11-14]
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Actress Kate Mulgrew Says she Was Duped Regarding her Narration of the Geocentrist Film, The Principle [Karl Keating article and Facebook discussion and media links, 4-8-14]
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My 5-Star Amazon Review of Karl Keating’s The New Geocentrists (+ Facebook discussion) [2-11-15]
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XVI. MIRACLES
Silly Atheist Arguments vs. the Resurrection & Miracles [2002]
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Biblical and Historical Evidences for Raising the Dead [9-24-07; revised for National Catholic Register, 2-8-19]
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Unbiblical Antipathy to Miracles & Exorcism (vs. Calvin #53) [12-22-09]
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Dialogue with an Atheist on Miracles & First Premises [12-18-10]
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Exchange on Miracles & Hyper-Rationalism [12-7-15]
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Dialogues with Atheists on Miracles [6-8-16]
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Does God Still Perform Miracles? (Some Evidence) [5-26-18]
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Miracle of the Sun at Fatima: Brief Exchange [7-3-18]
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Atheists, Miracles, & the Problem of Evil: Contradictions [8-15-18]
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My oldest son Paul was healed of serious back and neck problems [You Tube video testimony linked on Facebook, 8-28-18]
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Dialogue w Agnostic on Proof for Miracles (Lourdes) [9-9-18]
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Miracles, Materialism, & Premises: Dialogue w Atheist [2-20-19]
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Miracles & Scientific Method: Dialogue with Atheist [2-22-19]
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Atheist Demands for a Miracle to “Prove” God (Dialogue) [2-22-19]
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Atheist Desire for Amazing Divine Miracles / Incorruptibles [2-23-19]
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God’s Proof of Himself Via Miracles (vs. an Atheist) [3-6-19]
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Son Matthew’s Miraculous Cure of Lyme & Related Maladies [10-12-19]
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Seidensticker Folly #36: Disease, Jesus, Paul, Miracles, & Demons [1-13-20]
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Jesus’ Resurrection: Scholarly Defenses of its Historicity [4-12-20]
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Seidensticker Folly #39: “The Sun Stood Still” (Joshua) [4-16-20]
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Reflections on Joshua and “the Sun Stood Still” [National Catholic Register, 10-22-20]
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God’s Providence, Miracles & Natural Events [4-20-23]
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Reply to Hays’ “Catholicism” #6: Purported Cures from Lourdes [5-17-23]
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Moses, Science, and Water from Rocks [Catholic365, 11-18-23]
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Debate On Miracles Vs. An Atheist [1-6-23]
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God Has Healed Me! (Ulcer, Irritable Bowel Syndrome) [+ Brazilian Portugese version] [3-25-25]
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XVII. CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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“Black Death” Mentality On Display at Patheos Catholic [3-26-20]
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Dialogue: [Irrational?] Leftish Reactions to Coronavirus [3-27-20]
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Dialogue on Leftish Reactions to Coronavirus, Part II [3-27-20]
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Hydroxychloroquine: Logic, Evidence, & Irrational Opposition [4-9-20]
Face Masks: Is Scientific Evidence Unanimous? [7-10-20]
Books by Dave Armstrong: The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back Up the Bible [1-24-23]
[For related reading, see: Atheism, Agnosticism, and Secularism Page]
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