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Archive for April, 2008

Carl Sagan/John Walton

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Two seemingly unrelated things happened to me this past weekend: (1) I had a delightful email exchange with Dr. Walton, and (2) I tried to rent my favorite movie, Contact, from Blockbuster.  No joy on Contact, but I was pleased to hear that Dr. Walton will be recommending BTF to his colleagues.  Other than both being [...]

Puzzled by Evolutionary Bias?

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Opponents of evolution often claim that such conclusions are “inevitable” when you approach the data of natural history from a Darwinian framework.  They are partially correct.  For instance, when I sit down to solve a puzzle, the image on the front of the box is the framework by which I make sense of the many pieces [...]

Macro vs. Micro

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

For one to acknowledge “microevolution” — the observable fact that any species demonstrates subtle changes from one generation to the next — but not be willing to recognize the possibility of “macroevolution” — the idea that many of these small changes over eons of time can eventually result in a species no longer being classified with its distant ancestors — makes about [...]

Thought for Today

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

If the question: “to what degree are the species related?” was simply a matter of biblical exegesis, then bible-believing Christians would have no choice but to affirm the plain observation of Moses: that the descendents of every creature are properly classified with their immediate ancestors.  While our current powers of observation might enable biologists to see much deeper into each [...]

News Update

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Since the beginning of the new year, my blog posts have become very infrequent.  Some might conclude that I’m losing interest in the creation/evolution debate.  Far from it!  The reason for my slow blogging is actually my increased participation in the debate.
I’ve been working on a new video series about the natural sciences in Christian [...]