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SETI: A Systematic Theology

January 4, 2007

Thick books on systematic theology usually include sections about creation, anthropology, and eschatology. Those sections are also present in condensed form in an article by Adrian Brown of the SETI Institute at Space.com. As for origins, Darwinian materialism was implicit passim and needed no elaboration. As for anthropology, he said man is like a god, […]

Bible and Theology

Article: What Hath Galileo Wrought?

January 4, 2007

For the PhysicsWeb site, philosopher and historian Robert B. Crease (State U of NY at Stony Brook) wrote a “Critical Point” article called “The Book of Nature.” He discusses Galileo’s contention that there is a Book of Nature separate from the Book of Scripture that can be investigated on its own through the language of […]

Dating Methods

Precambrian Pods Promoted to Pleistocene (!)

January 3, 2007

The bulletin of the Geological Society of America started 2007 with a bang. (Geeks sometimes refer to the exclamation point as a “bang”.) It’s not often one sees an exclamation point in the title of a scientific paper, but the bang in one by Donald R. Lowe (Stanford) and Gary R. Byerly (Louisiana State)1 conveys […]

Genetics

In Science and Politics, Expect the Unexpected

December 29, 2006

Two findings reported this month illustrate how science changes. Paradigms and policies can have their scientific underpinnings yanked out from under them, causing both consternation and opportunities for new ways of thinking. Bring back the acid rain: Pick your poison: acid rain or global warming. Acid rain was the bogeyman of the 1980s, leading to […]

Bible and Theology

Danes Found the Keys to Happiness

December 24, 2006

According to the British Medical Journal, reported EurekAlert, British scientists wanted to find out what makes the Danish so darn happy. “Their hypotheses range from the unlikely (hair colour, genes, food and language) to the more plausible, such as family life, health and a prosperous economy.” Their conclusion? Danes are happier than other Europeans because […]

Health

Are Embryonic Stem Cells a Stepping Stone to Eugenics?

December 16, 2006

In Paris, according to Science Dec. 8, “One cherished French institution has attacked another in a bruising battle over embryonic stem cell research.” The cause of the “Jeremiad” as Science dubbed it, was a Catholic Archbishop’s statement to a French health institute that any research “instrumentalizes the embryo or borders on eugenics.” The “News of […]

Education

Judge Jones Took Credit for ACLU Writings

December 12, 2006

Judge John E. Jones has become somewhat of a celebrity of late, traveling and speaking about his judgment against the Dover, Pennsylvania School Board on December 20, 2005 (see 12/23/2005). He has stated that he felt his opinion should set forth the case once for all that intelligent design is not science but religion in […]

Bible and Theology

Experiment: Take a Darwinist to Church

December 11, 2006

“Go to church and breathe easier,” announced an unusual entry on EurekAlert. A study at Temple University found a positive correlation between religious activity and lung function. They said that “religious activity is emerging as a potential health promoting factor, especially among the elderly.” In addition, “going to church provides social contact and emotional support, […]

Education

A Tale of Two Videos: Advocacy and Censorship

December 8, 2006

A teacher gets a free video on science, and likes it. She thinks it fits in with the lesson plan and curriculum guidelines. Should she be allowed to show parts of it in the classroom? At what point should the government step in and say the material is inappropriate, or even ban it outright, if […]

Health

How Stem Cell Reporting Can Blur Ethics

December 2, 2006

“The potential of stem-cell technologies to revolutionize medical care is causing great excitement among biologists and the general public,” Nature reported Nov 30.1 “ Recent studies on embryonic and adult stem cells, coupled with advances in our understanding of how they can be coaxed into forming particular cell types and tissues, have improved the prospects […]

Politics and Ethics

Evolutionary Ethics Teeters on Brave New World

November 29, 2006

What happens when science pursues whatever it can do, unfettered by moral standards? Three recent news stories should cause all futurists to ponder the ramifications: A BBC News story this month asked, “UK scientists are seeking permission to place human nuclei into animal eggs in a bid to create stem cell lines. Why do researchers […]

Education

Nature Interviews German Creationist; Media Notes Rise of Anti-Darwinism

November 27, 2006

Following a news report entitled, “Anti-evolutionists raise their profile in Europe,”1 Nature printed a short interview with one of them:2 Peter Korevaar is head of the physics and cosmology working group of Germany’s Studiengemeinschaft Wort und Wissen, one of the largest creationist groups in Europe. He holds a PhD in astrophysics and now works at […]

Politics and Ethics

Anti-Religious Sentiment Increases in Intensity

November 25, 2006

The two poles could hardly be farther apart. In the East, a hundred million radical Muslims swear death to all Americans and Jews and work themselves into frenzies of jihad for the worldwide triumph of Islam. In the West, radical atheists are determined to eradicate religion from the Earth. Somewhere in between, millions of Christians […]

Education

Evolutionism Fomented Columbine Disaster, Father Says

November 22, 2006

Brian Rohrbough, father of one of the students killed in the Columbine school shooting in 1999, spoke on CBS News “free speech” segment October 2 after the recent Amish school shooting. Tonight (Nov. 22) on Fox News, the Bill O’Reilly show replayed an interview he had with Rohrbough about that CBS speech that led to […]

Amazing Facts

Outsource Our Energy Woes to the Microbes

November 18, 2006

Do we need to dig for oil forever? Do we need to fret and fume over energy policy as more consumers compete for decreasing resources? What if there were a virtually inexhaustible supply right under our noses? That’s what the American Society for Microbiology asked in a press release reproduced by EurekAlert. “The answer to […]

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