Category: The Big Questions

Peer Review:  It’s Not What You Think It Is

Peer Review: It’s Not What You Think It Is

| May 29, 2015

The good news is that the peer review process is not at the heart of the scientific process. Peer review refers to the review of an article by an author’s peers before it is submitted to a journal. The reviewers do not duplicate the work or corroborate it. They evaluate it on the basis of proper […]

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Why Doubting Evolution is Like Doubting Gravity – Part 1

Why Doubting Evolution is Like Doubting Gravity – Part 1

| July 30, 2014

America The Doubtful America is a world leader in doubting the theory of evolution, perhaps second only to Turkey. For the last 12 years, Gallup polls have shown that somewhere between 40% and 46% of the American adult population believe that humans did not evolve from less-advanced forms of life over millions of years.   In […]

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The Grandeur of Evolution and the Grace of God

The Grandeur of Evolution and the Grace of God

| January 5, 2014

Learning about the grandeur of the theory of evolution, about its function and the long record of its development, the inter-connectivity of all Earthly life having descended from a common ancestor (we are all family), and of evolution on a macro cosmic scale ~ the evolution of stars and galaxies and the fact that we […]

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The Irony of Ray Comfort.

The Irony of Ray Comfort.

| July 11, 2013

Ray Comfort is still busy producing his science-denying videos even after his monumental embarrassment on the evolution of  bananas.  This time he mounts a more comprehensive attack on science that he does not understand. One irony that people are pointing out is that Comfort has chosen a medium of communications for his work that is made […]

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Information Theory and the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Information Theory and the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

| June 10, 2013

What is Information? In the mid 2oth century this was an important question because of the rapidly growing radio, television, and telephone systems all around the world.   The problem facing the telephone company was a logistical one of figuring out how the fewest numbers of wires and other resources could be shared for maximum […]

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A Sunday Sermon  – Pastor Tim Rauk on science & faith

A Sunday Sermon – Pastor Tim Rauk on science & faith

| February 14, 2013

The following is from Pastor Tim Rauk, of WoodDale Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. Louis). Upon blogging my name, I was surprised to find my name on a list of “looneys” because I happen to believe that the story of Creation and evolution are not contradictory. Upon reading your blog site, you seemed interested in hearing […]

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Confronting Our Fears, Part 1

Confronting Our Fears, Part 1

| December 5, 2012

Mike Beidler wrote this series for publication in the Biologos forum.  We are republishing it here.  Mike previously contributed this Declaration of Evangelical Indepence from the Anti-Evolutionists on this evolving creation site.  He is also an admin of our Celebrating Creation through Natural Selection facebook discussion group and a contributor to our Celebrating Evolving Creation […]

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Evolution and Christian Faith Chapter (From “The Christian College Phenomenon”) by Dr. Richard Colling

Evolution and Christian Faith Chapter (From “The Christian College Phenomenon”) by Dr. Richard Colling

| December 5, 2012

Richard Colling is a former chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences at  Olivet Nazarene University and the author of the book Random Designer: Created From Chaos, To Connect With the Creator   This chapter is reprinted from hi blog with his permission. Dr. Collings blog can be found at http://randomdesigner.com/ Evolution and Christian Faith Chapter  […]

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Genesis:  Did That Really Happen?

Genesis: Did That Really Happen?

| November 15, 2012

I wrote this in a facebook forum where people discuss the implications of science on their religious faith.  Naturally, the topic of Genesis comes up frequently, because a literal reading of Genesis seems to contradict so much of what we know about the universe through science.    Christianity does have a long tradition of not […]

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Part IV- Four Questions – Does Evolution lead to atheism & genocide

Part IV- Four Questions – Does Evolution lead to atheism & genocide

| October 24, 2012

Part IV- Four Questions –A Follow Up Question This articles is part of a series covering questions that were given to a University student at a young-earth Christian college. This is the answer to a follow up question. Parts 1-3 covered his initial four questions.  Earlier articles can be found here – Article 1 (How […]

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