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November 2020

November 29, 2020

Review of Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

In 2007 I read and reviewed an interesting book relevant to those interested in science...

November 13, 2014

The Wonder of the Universe and the Language of Science and Faith

I am long overdue to blog about several books that IVP has sent me on...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

Different Design Arguments

The major difference between the kinds of design arguments one encounters in cosmology and biology...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Machine-Making Minds Made by Mind-Making Machines

I happened across another iteration of the design argument in its modern-day form, the essence...

October 2013

October 02, 2013

Converging Comics

I was struck by the convergence of two cartoons in today's paper, Family Circus and...

September 2013

September 06, 2013

Darwin’s Doubt and Ray Comfort’s Certainty

There have been a lot of devastating reviews of Stephen Meyer's book Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive...

August 2013

August 07, 2013

Ray Comfort’s Latest Attempt to Deceive is Online

As several bloggers have already noted, Ray Comfort's new movie, which deceitfully edits what scientists...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

Evidence from Ancient Texts

How do we know things about the past? Whether in history or in the natural...

June 2013

June 17, 2013

On Having Your PhD and Eating it Too

Young earth creationists are notorious for two things (among others): a handful of them have...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

The Absurdity of Evolution

A commenter on this blog claimed that his objection to evolution is not motivated by...

March 12, 2013

Ken Ham vs. the Aims of Universities

Ken Ham, the infamous charlatan, has posted a blog post in which he offers the...

March 05, 2013

Jesus the Gene Therapist?

I think that one reason some people insist that Adam in the Bible was a...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Deny Evolution, Deny Reality

The above text image seems to manage to address a lot of misconceptions in very...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Agreement in Error and Common Origin

Readers of the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog will have seen the post about how shared...

January 14, 2013

Mysteries Do Not Invalidate Knowledge

A key point I emphasize in my classes is that, just because a range of...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

The Problem With Reductionism Illustrated

The cartoon is good just for a chuckle, but I think it also illustrates an...

August 17, 2012

Disproving Evolution

On Facebook I shared this quote from Richard Dawkins, which came to me in poster...

August 13, 2012

Competing Denialisms

Steve Douglas drew my attention to the above comic from SMBC. As someone who deals...

August 03, 2012

Young-Earth Creationism is a Cult

For those who know the English language well, the statement in the title, "young-earth creationism...

July 2012

July 22, 2012

Rick Warren Responds

In a comment on my blog post about his recent tweet, Rev. Rick Warren has...

April 2012

April 16, 2012

Scientists, Steves and Evolution

David Bailey posted about project Steve, which seeks to illustrate the overwhelming consensus among scientists...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Have You Had This Debate?

If so, go have some yogurt. You deserve it. From Beatrice the Biologist. HT IO9.

February 2012

February 01, 2012

Good News and Bad News in Indiana’s New Creation Science Law

The news is circulating that Senate Bill 89, which allows for the teaching of "creation...

January 2012

January 20, 2012

The Sledding Crow

Modern science has provided heaps of evidence of ways in which humans and other animals...

January 19, 2012

Pete Enns on the Evolution of Adam

I'll be participating in the upcoming blog tour about Pete Enns' book The Evolution of...

January 17, 2012

Observing Evolution

Creationists regularly claim that evolution is unobservable. This claim is false. To give some examples,...

January 13, 2012

Who is Responsible for Christian Anti-Evolutionism?

The blog Open Parachute is one of several that has highlighted the survey conducted recently,...

January 08, 2012

Where are the Transitional Fossils?

A useful video from the BioLogos foundation. Please share it with any young-earth creationists or...

January 03, 2012

History is to Mythicism and Science is to Creationism as McDonald’s is to…

In discussing areas related to my teaching and interests lately, whether Biblical studies or biological...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

Proportional Time for Creationism: A Simple Solution to a Science Education Conflict

Many have called for "equal time" for creationism in science classes, while the vast majority...

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