Aliens Are Coming
The New York Times issues yet another in a series of found-another-planet-out-there articles that have been steadily coming in from astronomers around the world. In this case, the team reports that the new planet is the “the most Earthlike planet yet to be discovered.” It seems that it’s just a matter of time before we … Aliens Are Coming
Is-Ought Problem
Frank Walton writes: “Evolutionist Dr. Massimo Pigliucci writes, ‘It has been pretty obvious since Darwin that we, indeed, are nothing but machines.’ Obviously, then, there wouldn’t be a problem if one machine ‘kills’ another machine. When an automobile slams and crashes into another automobile do we say that the cars murdered one another?” Walton makes … Is-Ought Problem
Theistic Evolution
Do read DarkSyde’s dossier on Creationist Glenn Morton. He makes an argument for distinguishing Theistic Evolutionists (TE) from the YEC and ID crowd.
God and Values
Jim posted on Lya Kahlo’s fascinating experiment in which she visited Christian forums as an open atheist. Check it out if you haven’t done so already. She was asked, “If you don’t believe in God, why care about anything?” a total of 17 times. Some of us have been tempted to switch into full rant … God and Values
Hurricanes and God
“Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it’s destroyed and put stress on this country,” says New Orleans mayor. That’s one theory. Another, as studied by the scientists at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, is that global warming is to blame. Perhaps this is a good time … Hurricanes and God
Condom-Holding Key Fob
What is that God is handing to Adam? Condom-holding key fob with picture of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam is example of “depraved morals” says Catholic Action League! Planned Parenthood is selling them on their website and thanks to the League’s outrage they’re selling like hotcakes.
Reply to Steve Hays
Steve at Triablogue has a rejoinder to my earlier post on intelligent design and he makes some great points. Just to clarify my position, I am certainly not saying that Dembski is engaging in a sleight of hand by calling ID “science” when he really means “religion.” I definitely give the Discovery Institute the benefit … Reply to Steve Hays
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Well it’s old news now. Parents have filed a lawsuit against the El Tejon Unified School District because the Frazier Mountain High School in Lebec, California, is slipping an intelligent design course into its curriculum. Entitled “Philosophy of Design,” the district’s attorneys told the school board that “as the course was called ‘philosophy,’ it could … …