Rice Chemist says that we Know Nothing about Pre-biotic Chemistry
James Tour, a synthetic chemist and nanotechnologist at Rice University, recently spoke at Waterloo University in Canada and delivered a vigorous castigation of anyone who presumes to think that we know anything about abiogenesis: http://www.evolutionnews.org/2016/06/on_prebiotic_ch102902.html This report is from Evolution News, which should more honestly be called Intelligent Design Theory News since it is an … Rice Chemist says that we Know Nothing about Pre-biotic Chemistry
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 6
Cosmic pluralism, the plurality of worlds, or simply pluralism, describes the philosophical belief in numerous “worlds” in addition to Earth (possibly an infinite number), which may harbour extraterrestrial life. (from Wikipedia article “Cosmic Pluralism“) In my criticism of Adamson’s initial argument for the existence of God, I pointed out that cosmic pluralism is an idea that … Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 6
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 4
Campus Crusade for Christ sponsored a website called EveryStudent.com, a site that targets college students as its primary audience. The director of the website is Marilyn Adamson. Adamson wrote a key article for the website called “Is There a God?” which provides six reasons in support of the claim that God exists. Adamson … Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 4
My Posts for 2015
My Blog Posts for 2015 FAITH (17 posts) Jesus on Faith (6 posts) Leap of Faith & Lessing’s Ditch (2 posts) What is Faith? (9 posts) THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS (31 posts) – see also: WILLIAM LANE CRAIG The Logic of the Resurrection (7 posts) Jesus: True Prophet or False Prophet? (5 posts) The Slaughter … My Posts for 2015
Ben Carson is Also a POLITICAL Nutcase – Part 1
It looks like Ben Carson’s popularity is fading away, according recent polls (Thank you baby Jesus!). However, he was clearly the number two choice of Republicans from the end of August until early December, and for the first half of November, Carson was neck-and-neck with Trump, tied for first choice of Republicans. Furthermore, the primary elections/caucuses … Ben Carson is Also a POLITICAL Nutcase – Part 1
Please Support the Ultimate Counter-Creationism Resource, Troubles in Paradise (TIP)!
The following is a guest post by James Downard, who is spearheading the Troubles in Paradise (TIP) project. I’ll put the #TIP project into as small a nutshell as possible. I’m assembling the ultimate counter-creationism resource (think Talk Origins Archive on a gigantic updated scale, if you need proof of the scale, open up the … Please Support the Ultimate Counter-Creationism Resource, Troubles in Paradise (TIP)!
G&T Rebuttal, Part 5: Chapter 6
Chapter 6. New Life Forms: From the Goo to You via the Zoo? Drawing upon the work of sophisticated Intelligent Design (ID) theorists such as William Dembski, Michael Behe, and Jonathan Wells, this chapter uses many of the state-of-the art Intelligent Design (ID) arguments against evolution by natural selection. It also defends ID against various … G&T Rebuttal, Part 5: Chapter 6
G&T Rebuttal, Part 4: Chapter 5
Chapter 5. The First Life: Natural Law or Divine Awe? In this chapter, G&T defend a design argument focused on the first life. They also present a variety of objections to scientism and materialism. I will provide a very brief summary of their points, before providing my critique. (i) Argument to Design of the First … G&T Rebuttal, Part 4: Chapter 5
Evolution vs. The Argument from Providence
In the Existence of God (2nd edition, hereafter: EOG) Richard Swinburne lays out a carefully constructed, systematically presented case for the the claim that it is more likely than not that God exists. I have previously argued that there is a big problem with this case that arises with the third argument. In order to know that … Evolution vs. The Argument from Providence
Jonathan McLatchie: Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Paleontology (2011)
Jonathan McLatchie is an up-and-coming Christian apologist who also has a strong background in biology. I met him in person once while I was speaking in Seattle and he was an intern at the Discovery Institute. He seemed to me to be a very nice and intelligent fellow. McLatchie wrote a series of blog posts … Jonathan McLatchie: Fact-Checking Wikipedia on Common Descent: The Evidence from Paleontology (2011)