In the latest edition of Christianity Today, there is a review of a book that criticizes YEC. I’ve also read a couple of follow-up discussions at several websites, and it seems that since I don’t believe in a “young earth”, I am not a Bible believer, I am a scoffer, I am a misguided fool, [...]
Archive for the ‘Evolution’ Category
I’m still a heretic
Posted in Apologetics, Evolution, Theology on May 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The D-word
Posted in Apologetics, Evolution on April 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The storm rages (or fizzles) on. Intelligent design is creationism in disguise, theistic evolution is true but one cannot prove it by detecting design, and naturalistic evolution is still the ad-populum argument for atheism.
But what is design (the D-word) really? And can we argue that it is creationism in disguise?
There are of course a few [...]
Atheist faith
Posted in Apologetics, Evolution on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am involved in a small discussion with the resident atheist over at our team blog. The discussion has moved to what atheists hold to by faith, among other things. Feel free to drop by.
Christian Skepticism
The “Creationism” Conflict
Posted in Apologetics, Evolution, General Christian on September 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
With the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin came the usual slew of liberal attacks on everything from her pro-life stance and actions, to the DUI her husband had in 1986…22 years ago. All of these attacks are of course because the left does not really want to discuss the issues, but prefer to fling insults [...]
Theistic evolution?
Posted in Evolution, General Christian on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Roddy Bullock writes an insightful article on the topic of theistic evolution here. I also have my doubts about theistic evolution, since it seems like an untenable compromise. To hold consistently to theistic evolution means to abandon central beliefs in either theism or evolution. My general experience is that it leads to a deistic position [...]
If you can’t beat them, ban them
Posted in Evolution, General Christian on July 2, 2007 | 71 Comments »
The Council of Europe is contemplating a ban of creationism, because it “is not based on facts, does not use any scientific reasoning and its contents are pathetically inadequate for science classes.” and “The total rejection of science is definitely one of the most serious threats to human rights and civic rights.”
The whole report [...]
Fossil evidence
Posted in Evolution on June 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am having a conversation here in the comment section at Triablogue about the suitability of the fossil record as proof for evolution. Touchstone, the other person in the conversation, seems to be a staunch theistic evolutionist, and we can see some of the difficulties this position faces. I can understand his desire to believe [...]
Questions on natural selection
Posted in Evolution on April 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Over at the Uncommon Descent blog, there is quite a good discussion going on around a paper published by two Finnish scientists about whether evolution is directed or not. Scroll down in the comments to read some interesting discussions about natural selection.
Is directed evolution Darwinian?
Darwin said:“Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural [...]
Irrelevance of evolutionary evidence
Posted in Evolution on February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Once again, the evolutionists are out in full force to protect the failing theory all over the world. Emboldened by the rhetoric of Dawkins and his ilk, and armed with their normal arsenal of ad-hominems, they claim victory. A bit prematurely, if I may say so.
The truth is that contrary to the claims of these [...]
More on abiogenesis and evolution
Posted in Evolution on February 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to strike a raw nerve with supporters of the theory of evolution, ask them about the origin of life. I already spoke about this, but it seems to be such a controversial topic that it may be worth sharing some further thoughts.
For the origin of life, biological evolution accepts the existence of [...]
