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.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Debating Homo naledi on Premier Christian Radio

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I took part in a debate on Premier Christian Radio last Thursday with Fuz Rana, of Reasons to Believe, on the new Homo naledi find and the...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

BioLogos Post on Homo naledi is Up

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My question-and-answer post with Brad Kramer is up at BioLogos .  Comments welcome there and here.
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Alabama Adopts Pro-Evolution Curriculum Stance

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The state of Alabama has adopted an educational stance that includes an active attempt to teach evolution, rather than a passive one.  The A...

Darrel Falk's Post on Homo naledi

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Darrel Falk has a short post on Homo naledi , in which he discusses the nature of the science and misconceptions that we have had with regar...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Nova Special: Dawn of Humanity

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Nova will be airing a special tonight (9/16) on the Dawn of Humanity , focusing on the new Homo naledi finds from South Africa.  The video ...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

York Daily Record: Ten Years Since Kitzmiller

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The York Daily Record has an issue on the ten year anniversary of the Kitzmiller decision that devastated the intelligent design movement. ...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Early Homo in South Africa

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The New York Times is reporting on a new find out of South Africa, by Lee Berger and his team, that indicates the presence of early Homo t...
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Friday, September 04, 2015

William Provine Has Died

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William Provine, a tireless crusader for evolutionary theory and opponent of creationism, has died .  He was 73.  Provine was a professed at...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2015

What Would Happen If the Discovery Institute Started Enabling Comments?

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Ann Gauger, writing for Evolution, News and Views, has a particularly vacuous post on What If People Stopped Believing in Darwin? For exam...
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Here's an Interesting Idea: Modern Humans Teamed with Dogs to Outlast Neandertals

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National Geographic is reporting on a study done by Pat Shipman for a new book titled The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neande...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

A YEC Icon of Faith is Invalidated

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Joshua Kritsch at Vocative reports on an article that has been written for the Journal Antiquity , called Death of a Pterodactyl.  Here is w...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Modern Hand Digit at 1.84 Mya

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A story in Lab Equipment has spotlighted new evidence that modern human morphology was present in early hominins at 1.84 million years ago. ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Answers in Genesis Equivocating Again?

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Dan Arel, of Patheos, has written a column where he points out that what Mark Looey, of Answers in Genesis is saying about the tax incentiv...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

South Korea University to Teach Creationism

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Yonsei University, in South Korea, is now going to be offering a course in creationism, taught by a professor in electrical engineering.  Th...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Creationism in the Grand Canyon

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Steven Newton wrote a piece for HuffPo a week or so back on Creationism in the Grand Canyon .  He notes: Creationists often imply that to ...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Henry Lee Poe On Why Young Earth Creationism is Not Biblically Supportable

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Last year Henry Lee Poe wrote a paper for the American Scientific Affiliation publication Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith calle...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Hector Avalos on the Wisdom of Debating Creationists

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Hector Avalos, of Iowa State University, has a thoughtful piece called Why Academic Biblical Scholars Must Fight Creationism .  His reasonin...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

Velociraptors Had Feathers

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Scientific American has a story about a new dinosaur discovery in China which shows, among other things, a feathery dinosaur at 125 millio...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Professor Resigns Over Anti-Evolution Policy

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Dr. Jim Stump, a writer for BioLogos and their content manager, has resigned his post at Christian Bethel College, in Mishawaka, Indiana aft...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Lawrence Krauss, Creationism and Child Abuse

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Back from extended vacation. Controversy has been swirling around physicist Lawrence Krauss, who was quoted as saying that teaching creati...
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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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