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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I haven’t posted anything here in a while because most of “blog-time” lately has been spent over at Mychurch.org debating the merits of YEC, Big Bang Theory, and common descent. 
If any of my readers are interested in reading a lively discussion, you can read the comments here: http://www.mychurch.org/blog/116018/What-other-kind-of-day-is-there?  My comments start at “January 01, 2008 at […]

Young-Earth Creationists (YECs) will often use the “appearance of age” argument to completely dismiss any scientific evidence of an old earth.  It’s actually a very difficult thing to argue against.  After all, imagine Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.  They would have immediately appeared as fully-formed adults.  A forensic investigation into their apparent […]