Category: Human Origins

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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Molecular Genetics and Primate Evolution By David Layzell and Graeme Finlay

Molecular Genetics and Primate Evolution By David Layzell and Graeme Finlay

| September 27, 2012

Molecular Genetics and Primate Evolution By David Layzell and Graeme Finlay Background This paper came out of two lectures run on 14th and 21st August 2010 by Graeme Finlay, Senior Lecturer in Scientific Pathology, University of Auckland, as part of the Continuing Education Programme of the University of Auckland. The lectures were entitled “The Human […]

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Four Questions – Part 2 – How Old is the Earth and Why?  Did Man and apes come from a common ancestor?

Four Questions – Part 2 – How Old is the Earth and Why? Did Man and apes come from a common ancestor?

| September 26, 2012

This is the second part of a series of articles addressing the questions of a Bible college student.  The student asked the following four questions and a series of follow-up questions of a facebook page  Theistic Evolution and a facebook group named Celebrating Creation through Natural Selection.  I compiled the answers given by many members […]

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Evolution Means – An Inspirational Poster

Evolution Means – An Inspirational Poster

| July 9, 2012

The physicist Karl Giberson, in a Huffington post article, recently pointed out that when we share about evolution and the other glories of Gods creation, we often do so in a clinical, precise, scientific way. That’s the nature of science writing. We forget to share how evolutionary creation affirms the persons worth to God, to […]

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Theistic Evolution

Theistic Evolution

| May 29, 2012 | Reply

What is theistic evolution?  What is this site about? Theistic evolution, also known as evolutionary creationism is the idea that evolution is a creative tool of God and is fully compatible with the Bible.  This idea is unsurprising to Christians from traditional denominations, but is shocking to people who have only been exposed to the […]

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