Saturday, February 28, 2009

What's wrong with Young-Earth Creationism?

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This started out as a response to an anonymous comment, asking the question of the title. My problems with Young-Earth Creationism (YEC) a...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

The Hallowed Hunt, by Lois McMaster Bujold

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In previous posts , I have written about Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls . The Hallowed Hunt is set i...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold

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Paladin of Souls is the second of a trilogy of books, by Lois McMaster Bujold. I have written about the first such book, in particular, I e...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Sunspots 200

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: Wired reports on using genetically engineered "la...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold

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For a decade or more, I read suggestions that Lois McMaster Bujold is an important science fiction author. I sampled one of the many books ...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

Jerry Coyne's essay: Are Science and Religion really compatible? 3, responses by others

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I have been posting about an essay by Jerry Coyne, wherein he argues that a person who believes in a God who can work miracles cannot be a g...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Water in the book of John

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I heard a recent sermon by the author of " the other side of the lake ." As an aside, I guess it was, he mentioned the importance ...
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Jerry Coyne's essay: Are Science and Religion really compatible? 2, reaction

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A previous pos t considered an essay by Jerry Coyne, who argued that science and religion are incompatible. I have found two interesting r...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Jerry Coyne's essay: Are science and religion really compatible?

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I have tried to live my life in the belief that it is possible to be a committed scientist and a committed Christian. I won't elaborate ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Antony Flew on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

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The God Delusion , by Richard Dawkins , was a best-selling book. The title pretty much explains it. In the December, 2008 issue of First Thi...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sunspots 199

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (or something) Slate reports that testing embryos for ...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Some news about human skin color

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A recent report on National Public Radio details new findings in the genetics of human skin color. (The report is in text form, but the pag...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

God's love -- another post

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John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (Al...
Sunday, February 15, 2009

1 Corinthians 13: Paul on Christ-like love

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1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 2...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

George MacDonald on true love

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The photo above is a section of a Sweetgum Liquidambar leaf, cut out in the shape of a heart. See here for the original photo. Here, also...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Apologetics according to James W. Sire

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I recently read A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics , by James W. Sire . It is little, being small in format, and only 111 pages long. (D...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Sunspots 198

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else: Science: (or something) Slate says that we shouldn't wash o...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The Case Against Perfection, by Michael J. Sandel

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I recently read Michael J. Sandel's The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap P...
Monday, February 09, 2009

A preterist view of origins

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I have posted several times on a book by David Snoke, which argues, quite convincingly, in my view, that the Bible doesn't teach Young-E...
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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Truths from Revelation

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The book of Revelation is hard to get agreement on. Why do I say this? According the the Wikipedia article on the last book of the Bible, t...
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