Wednesday, January 27, 2016

A Huge Win For Ken Ham

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Ken Ham has, apparently, won the ongoing battle involving hiring practices for the Ark Encounter.  Religion News Service reports : U.S. D...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

A Plea For the Importance of East Asia in Human Origins

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In response to the discovery of new archaeological evidence from the island of Sulawesi, the Conversation makes a plea for the role of Eas...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Off-Topic: The Scapegoating of Larycia Hawkins and Another Evangelical Becomes Disillusioned

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I have not been following the Larycia Hawkins Wheaton College controversy as well as I should.  I know that Wheaton is terminating her contr...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Another Example of Why There Should Be Science Tests For People Serving on Education Committees

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This story made the rounds last week and the commentary I found was on Patheos.  Evidently, the Arizona Senate has selected Sylvia Allen to...
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Sunday, January 03, 2016

Brad Kramer Profiled on Slate

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Brad Kramer, the content manager for BioLogos has been profiled on Slate.  In an article titled How an Evangelical Creationist Accepted Evol...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Am I a Theistic Evolutionist?

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I am reading Long March of the Koalas and the author, Fred Clark, makes some interesting points about the term “Theistic Evolutionist.” He...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

A Few Other Things I Picked Up

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I also snagged these on Amazon.  It may take a bit to get through them but they look interesting. The first one is written by folks fr...
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D.H. Williams: Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A Primer for Suspicious Protestants

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Just purchased this from the Amazon Store: As readers of this blog will have guessed, I am growing increasingly disenchanted with moder...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas From Our House to Yours!! From Jim, Melanie, Marcus, Madeline, Daniel and Daphne.
Saturday, December 19, 2015

John Wilsey: Is the Evangelical Right Actually Conservative?

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John Wilsey, writing for the Christian Century asks a very important question: Is the Christian Right actually conservative .  The post is m...
Friday, December 18, 2015

The Case of Eric Metaxas or "Evolutionary Theory as Bug Zapper."

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Eric Metaxas is, by all accounts, a very dynamic and charismatic speaker, who has written a very highly regarded book called Seven Men: And ...
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Rise of Anti-Evolution Bills: UPDATE

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PhysOrg also has a post on this research that includes an animated GIF to show the progression.  From the post: The study also found tha...

Nick Matzke Tracks the Rise of Anti-Evolution Bills in the United States

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The Los Angeles Times is running a story about Nick Matzke's efforts to chronicle the rise of anti-evolution bills in the United States....
Thursday, December 17, 2015

ICR Planning Its Own Museum

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Not to be outdone by the Petersburg, Kentucky, the Institute for Creation Research is planning a creation museum at its headquarters in Dall...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

It Pains Me To Think...

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...how many people there are out there like televangelist Brad Shockley, who displays not just a frightening ignorance of science but the Bi...
Wednesday, December 09, 2015

Ted Cruz on NPR

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On the way in to work this morning, I heard part of an interview with Ted Cruz , who was asked pointedly if he accepted the current position...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

The Discovery Institute Reports on Why College Students Leave the Faith and Fails To Ask the Important Questions

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According to a story in the Religion News Service, more people are turning away from the faith because of their belief that science and reli...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Google Graphic

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Google has a graphic of the timeline of human evolution that is pretty cool.  The rest of the graphic is, as nearly as I can tell, long bone...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Scorecard on What YEC Sites Think of Homo naledi

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Naturalis Historia posted a scorecard  on what the various opinions of Homo naledi are depending on which young earth creationist site you...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

New DNA Information From Denisova Teeth

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Many news outlets are reporting on new findings from the Denisova teeth that were discovered a few years ago.  Here is what the Chicago Trib...