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.

Thursday, August 02, 2012

Is Noah's Ark Sinking?

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A reader pointed out a story in Leo Weekly about the newest troubles of the Ark-n-Park, the Noah Ark theme park being built (mostly) by Ans...
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Gee, This'll Look Good...

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Another Republican has clearly aligned himself with YEC sympathies by holding his fundraiser at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Steve Dain...
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Monday, July 30, 2012

Johan Huibers’ Ark

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I mentioned this a bit back. In Holland, Johan Huibers has built a life-size replica of Noah's Ark in Dordrecht. Robert Nisbet of SkyN...

New BioLogos Posts

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The two posts on Homo erectus are up at these locations: http://biologos.org/blog/the-human-fossil-record-part-10-homo-erectus-in-asia-1 ht...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Klinghoffer Responds to McBride Review

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David Klinghoffer, who often writes histrionically for the Discovery Institute, has written a response to Paul McBride's review of Scien...
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A Good Video on Radiometric Dating

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Joy Walters has a video on BioLogos that explains in layman's terms why radiometric dating is sound and how hominin/hominid fossils have...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Science & Human Origins: A Not So Positive Review by Paul McBride

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Douglas Axe, Ann Gauger and Casey Luskin have a new book out called Science & Human Origins . I have not had a chance to pick it up yet...

BioLogos

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I have two new BioLogos posts going up this weekend (hopefully). Stay tuned. These will cover Asian Homo erectus .
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Louisiana Pays Attention

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The New Orleans Times-Picayune has a report that the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has passed stricter rules for sc...
Monday, July 23, 2012

For the Want of a Chromosome Pair

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Slate has an article on how we ended up with 46 chromosomes. Despite the colloquial writing style, there is some good information about ho...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Musings From the Atlanta Constitution on Louisiana

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Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Constitution wonders “Is Louisiana the future of Georgia’s education system?” He writes: John White, Louisiana’...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

More on the Louisiana School Voucher Program

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I have a tendency to support school vouchers because it allows students to escape horrible schools for which they are zoned and steps up the...
Friday, July 13, 2012

One Reason Palaeoanthropology Is So Hard

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The Star, from South Africa has a nice story on a hunk of rock that contains the second of the skeletons pulled from the South African cave...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Native American Migrations

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USA Today reports on genetic research indicating three separate waves of migration out of Asia into the New World beginning around 15 ooo y...
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Monday, July 09, 2012

Christianity Today: “A Tale of Two Scientists”

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Christianity Today has an article by Tim Stafford on Darrel Falk and Todd Wood. Darrel is the president of BioLogos (Disclosure: I write f...
Saturday, July 07, 2012

“Dear South Korea, thank you for making us look less stupid. Sincerely, the United States of America.”

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That, according to a story in TES , is a reader's comment on the story that young earth creationism is making inroads in South Korea. M...
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Friday, July 06, 2012

More Trouble For the “Ark-n-Park”

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The financial troubles continue for the Creation Museum's Noah's Ark display, or as Barry Lynn affectionately calls it, the “Ark-n-...
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Mount Carmel Caves Nominated to Join World Heritage List

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Four caves that have extensive evidence of human Palaeolithic occupation have been placed on the World Heritage List. They are Tabun, Jamal...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

More Feathered Dinosaurs

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Science Daily has a story on the discovery of more feathered dinosaurs. From down in the story: Theropods are bipedal, mostly carnivorous ...
Friday, June 29, 2012

The Diet of Australopithecus sediba

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There is some suspicion that Australopithecus sediba , discovered by Lee Berger (or, rather, his son) may be on the line that eventually lea...
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