November 21, 2010
This is the second in a series rebutting Ravi Zacharias’s 2004 book titled The Real Face of Atheism. It’s taken me a while to write this post partly because Zacharias gets so much wrong it’s infuriating. Either he is Read more…
January 11, 2010
Since we were talking about Lee Strobel’s Case for a Creator at our Meetup this a.m., I thought that it would be good to post this critique.
September 7, 2009
Quantum Gods: Creation, Chaos, and the Search for Cosmic Consciousness by Victor Stenger. Quantum theory has been used by Christian apologists and, most extensively, by New Age Woo to help “prove” their concept of god. However, Stenger will have none Read more…
August 14, 2009
The standard fundamentalist view of Origins is that the universe was created by god in 6-24 hour days some 6000 to 10000 years ago exactly as depicted in the Biblical creation story. The standard explanation is that life is so Read more…
June 6, 2009
Recently articles dealing with Intelligence and Religion have been published on various web sites such as Breaking: Intelligence and Religion – Negatively Related and Godless Science. In these articles the authors try to make that case that there is a negative correlation Read more…
March 8, 2009
It is well known that children favor teleological (purpose-based) explanations for a variety of phenomena. It may be cute to see a child thinking that rocks were made to break or icebergs exist for polar bears; however, it is assumed Read more…
February 12, 2009
Today, Feb 12th 2009, is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and this year is the 150th Anniversary of the publishing of the Origin of Species. It isn’t hyperbole to state that the concept of the Evolution of Species by Read more…
December 16, 2008
Probe Ministries is a Christian apologetic ministry that prides itself on “research to address today’s issues through honest and respected Christian scholarship.” At one time I had seriously considered joining this organization. Recently, I received one of their Probe Alerts Read more…
December 3, 2008
I have often said that a person rejects evolution and stubbornly holds to Creationism or Intelligent Design not because of the evidence, which overwhelming supports evolution, but because of a deep theological problem. Recently a post on Aardvarchaeology by an Read more…
December 1, 2008
Last week was Thanksgiving Day in the US. Most Americans celebrate this day with a feast that has a stuffed turkey as the centerpiece. While watching the turkey be carved, I couldn’t help but think of turkeys and Black Swans. Read more…