Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist

This is a blog detailing the creation/evolution/ID controversy and assorted palaeontological news. I will post news here with running commentary.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Forward Into the Past!!

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James Owen of National Geographic is reporting that the Sahara Desert (which is actually a fairly recent phenomenon—since the end of the la...
Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Francis Collins, Bill Maher and Josh Rosenau

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Josh Rosenau has an interesting post at Thoughts from Kansas about the criticisms that have been leveled at Francis Collins because of his ...
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IRS Can Shut Down Dinosaur Adventure Land

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The Kent Hovind-created Dinosaur Adventure Land is in danger of being shut down, according to a story in the Pensacola News Journal by Kris...

ERV Challenge - A Response to Dr. Hunter

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A blogger named Bitbutter asked Cornelius Hunter if there were examples of ERVs that did not fit the evolutionary pattern. Dr. Hunter wrote...

God's Philosophers

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As good as their word, Icon Publications sent me a desk copy of God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Moder...
Monday, August 03, 2009

Cold Weather and Bigger Brains

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Bob Holmes of the NewScientist has a report on brain size and hominid evolution, in which it is hypothesized that modern human brains could...

Homo floresiensis: An Early Split?

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Debbie Argue of the Australian National University has published research suggesting that the remains consisting of Homo floresiensis diver...

Email From the Discovery Institute

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The DI wrote me back about Cornelius Hunter's email address. This is their response: Good morning, Mr. Kidder! Thank you for your email...
Saturday, August 01, 2009

Dr. Cornelius Hunter

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I have written the Discovery Institute to see if they have an address for Dr. Hunter. My experience so far is that they don't return em...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Cornelius Hunter on How Religion Drives Science

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The Discovery Institute's newsletter, Nota Bene , has a blog post by Cornelius Hunter titled: Are Evolutionists Delusional (or Just in D...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

As I Was Saying...

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Dan Kennedy of The Guardian has a story on how the publicity surrounding the "Birthers" (the mistaken idea that Barack Obama was ...
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From Bottleneck to Expansion

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Once modern humans began to assert themselves on the landscape, data suggests they took off. ScienceDaily is reporting that beginning aroun...

Darwin Was Right

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Or at least his grandson was. Apparently, one of the younger Darwin's ideas was that the movement and mixing of water between the equat...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Resources: Evolution at the AAAS

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science , the group that prints Science Magazine, has a page on evolution resources here . ...

Resources: Evolution at the National Academies

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The National Academies has a web site devoted to evolution resources. The site has been redesigned to take into account the 200th annivers...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The GOP Conspiracy Problem

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Politico writes about " The GOP Headache " that the party currently has. In this case it is the conspiracy theorists (badly chosen...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Of Dinosaurs and Human Rights

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Walking with Dinosaurs , an animatronic show aired at the Rexall Place in Edmonton over the weekend, showing kids in vivid 3-D what life wit...
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More Praise for Francis Collins

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Gary Stern of LoHud (Lower Hudson Valley) has an article on Francis Collins that reflects on the choice that Obama made (likely the only on...
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Friday, July 24, 2009

Human Evolution and the Jews

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AllBusiness has an article by Patrick Tucker called How Evolution Is Evolving: Two scientists look at how the Jews got their smarts , which ...
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Another Role for the Bill of the Toucan

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The bill of the Toucan has always been one of its signatures and naturalists have puzzled over it for several centuries. According to a sto...
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I am a Christian, librarian, palaeoanthropologist, and evolutionary biologist with an all-consuming interest in apologetics and controversies in science and religion.
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