theology
Was Darwin a Scholar or a Pitchman?
Methodological Naturalism: A Rule That No One Needs or Obeys
Good for Them: National Center for Science Education Decries "Anti-Religious Bias," "Slipshod History of Science" in Cosmos
Undesirable Intelligent Design is Still Intelligent Design
The Problem with Arguments from “Unintelligent Design”
No, Copernicus Did Not Remove Us from the Hub of the Universe
With a Startling Candor, Oxford Scientist Admits a Gaping Hole in Evolutionary Theory
This just in: A rather basic question fundamental to any evolutionary account of life’s development — how “genotypes generate phenotypes,” in other words how genes build an individual creature — remains totally obscure to science.
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On Darwinian Atheists Lecturing Religious People on Proper Belief in God
I love watching atheists try to tell religious people what they should believe about God. I’m not talking about atheists trying to convince religious people not to believe in God. We expect that. I’m talking about atheists telling religious people how to continue properly believing in God. I find this incredibly amusing, because, you know, atheists are experts in things like keeping faith. Michael Ruse is a prime specimen. An atheist (he says “I find it a great relief no longer to believe in God”) and self-declared “ex-Christian,” a few years back Ruse wrote a book titled Can a Darwinian be a Christian? and answered “Absolutely!” (p. 217) Now, in a recent piece in the UK Guardian, Ruse lectures none Read More ›