Sunday, December 31, 2006

Diary of an Old Soul, Dec 31 - Jan 6

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December 31. Go, my beloved children, live your life. Wounded, faint, bleeding, never yield the strife. Stunned, fallen-awake, arise, and ...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

Should I be Person of the Year?

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Time has named " you* ," the computer user, as the person of the year. The subhead of the cover story says "In 2006, the Wor...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

Intelligent Design's "vise strategy": ID is religious

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William Dembski , by all accounts one of the leaders of the Intelligent Design movement, proposed a " vise strategy ." By this, he...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Reflections on Christmas

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The photo above is of one of our nativity sets. This one is of olive wood, and, although Jesus is chipped (you can see it if you look at the...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Sunspots 88

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (also politics) Apparently Mad magazine has a parody ...
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Sunday, December 24, 2006

Merry Christmas, and blogger milestone

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This post is the first one I posted which is still available, two years ago today, on December 24, 2004. (I removed a few of the earlier po...
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Diary of an Old Soul, Dec 24 - 30

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24. A God must have a God for company. And lo! thou hast the Son-God to thy friend. Thou honour'st his obedience, he thy law. Into thy s...
Saturday, December 23, 2006

Young Earth Creationism vs. Intelligent Design: addition to post

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I consider " Young-Earth Creationism vs. Intelligent Design " to be one of my most important posts, because it documents what som...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Sunspots 87

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Sitting up straight may not be as good for you as many...
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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Diary of an Old Soul, Dec 17 - 23

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17. But when I turn and grasp the making hand, And will the making will, with confidence I ride the crest of the creation-wave, Helpless no ...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Christmas hiatus

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We are pleased to have family arriving today, and I don't expect to post very much, or read your excellent blog, if you have one, for a ...
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Sunspots 86

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: (Also politics) The Library of Congress has posted an exh...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

The Nativity Story

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We went to see The Nativity Story yesterday. It basically tells the story of the events leading up to, and around, the birth of Jesus Chris...
Monday, December 11, 2006

What does a college biology professor say to a high school science class?

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I was honored by a request, from a former student, now a high school teacher, that I speak to a high school science class this morning. She ...
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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Diary of an Old Soul, Dec 10 - 16

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10. What makes thy being a bliss shall then make mind For I shall love as thou, and love in thee; Then shall I have whatever I desire, My ev...
Saturday, December 09, 2006

". . . being dead, yet speaketh." Science

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My wife saw a quote from a previous post of mine , which said this: "I am constantly struck by the strangeness of reading works that se...
Friday, December 08, 2006

Ezekiel vs. Isaiah on dangerous animals

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God's plan for the earth is a peaceable kingdom, with lions and lambs lying down together. (See Isaiah 11:1-9 and 65:17-25 ) Right? Wel...
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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Sunspots 85

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Humor: From Joyful BC (who got it from someone else) Christm...

Will animals go to heaven? (repost from early 2005)

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The bottom line is that I don't know the answer to this question. I wrote this post back when I was still teaching, or trying to, and my...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Is Scientific Knowledge Reliable? (modified)

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Is scientific knowledge reliable? The simple answer is "usually." The hard part, of cours...
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