Tag: Creation

THE INTENTIONAL IGNORANCE OF SCIENCE

THE INTENTIONAL IGNORANCE OF SCIENCE

How do you lead people to conclude that there's only one truth, without showing them any real evidence? Answer: you keep them from all dissenting alternatives... I was listening to a BBC radio discussion on the subject of parasitism recently (1), the panel being a gathering of very learned and highly credentialed evolutionary scientists. One of the … Continue reading THE INTENTIONAL IGNORANCE OF SCIENCE

THE MEANING OF DEATH

THE MEANING OF DEATH

Most of us have a one-hundred percent chance of dying, and dying is the most common cause of death. So perhaps it requires a little consideration, now and then...   In five years of blogging my most popular post by far has been "The Meaning of Life According to Hamlet, Paul and Deep Thought". So I … Continue reading THE MEANING OF DEATH

SHOULD WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED?

SHOULD WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED?

Has science proved that the earth and the stars and all of us evolved without any supernatural help? If so, how should we think about the Bible? I'm always amazed at how little interest people show in anything I write about the creation/evolution issue. It's actually vitally important, because if it's not God who endowed us … Continue reading SHOULD WE BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED?

BEAUTY AS A REFLECTION OF ITS CREATOR

BEAUTY AS A REFLECTION OF ITS CREATOR

  Human nature praises and rewards beautiful people, as though they had made themselves beautiful...* Being aware that one day soon just finding a woman attractive may be deemed "sexual harassment", I will take this opportunity to say that some of them do look rather fantastic. And to balance out this "sexist" remark, I also wish to observe that … Continue reading BEAUTY AS A REFLECTION OF ITS CREATOR

DON’T PUSH YOUR MORALITY ONTO ME!

Everyone lives by morals. The only question in our “democratic” (ha!) society is, “Whose moral standards will we live by? My wife wanted to do some research online, and decided to check out “You-tube”. Instead of seeing one of the commercials we're all subjected to before viewing the desired video, a little sermon, totally unrelated to her research subject, was … Continue reading DON’T PUSH YOUR MORALITY ONTO ME!