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July 2018

July 31, 2018

Was Jonah’s Whale a Submarine? On the Bible and Science Fiction.

In some sense, each of these groups is peddling in science fiction---young earth creationists with...

January 2018

January 03, 2018

Christianity Today Editor Upsets the Virgin Birth

Evangelicals have an odd relationship with science. For example, they insist that the world was...

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Princess or Scientist: It’s Not an Either/Or

I assisted a first grader while volunteering at a book sale at my daughter's school...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

Anti-Vaxxers Reach New Low in Criticism of Autistic Sesame Street Character

My first grade daughter has a friend---we'll call him Jake---who has Asperger's, an autism spectrum...

November 2014

November 03, 2014

Science, Privilege, and Power

Organized atheism has a love affair with science. It's not just that science offers explanations...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

Confessions of a Frustrated Pinterest Science Girl Mom

Lately, I've been thinking about redoing Sally and Bobby's bedroom. We've done some deep cleaning...

June 2014

June 28, 2014

Young Earth Creationism Isn’t Science

Seven years ago, I left young earth creationism. Three years ago, I blogged about the...

August 2012

August 17, 2012

A Taxonomy of Creationists

There was a post on the Friendly Atheist a while back which got me thinking...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Science: It’s a girl thing?

No, just no. I appreciate the effort, but I'd like to think that we can...

April 2012

April 13, 2012

Creationism: Fitting Science into the Bible

Growing up, I honestly thought that creationism was a scientific theory. I thought that if...

April 12, 2012

Creationism Evolves

Thee was a time when creationists simply argued that Neanderthals and all the other "supposed"...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

Homeschooling, vaccinations, and a giant loophole

I've seen some recent discussion of the existence of a religious exemption from vaccination requirements....

March 09, 2012

Are Tornadoes the “Fingers of God”?

Conservative Christian theologian John Piper recently weighed in on the rash of tornadoes that hit...

September 2011

September 23, 2011

Evidentialism v. Presuppositionalism

I have noticed a worrying trend among some Christians. It is the turn away from...

September 11, 2011

What I Learned in College

College was incredibly important for me. It gave me room to learn, grow, and try...

August 2011

August 13, 2011

Young Earth Creationism and Me

Realizing that Young Earth Creationism (YEC) was wrong was the first step on my journey...