Here is a possible process description I think is reasonable. Basically, in a raw form: God started life by forming a single celled organism in the dirt. This was nothing short of proof of His existence. Life proceeds from life, even simple life. The complexity of the most basic amino acids and DNA structure is…Continue reading The Creation Debate – Part V
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The Creation Debate – Part IV
A Progressive Creation theory: Many in the Christian world view are unaware that it does not have to be in opposition to scientific discovery. Here is an example of a “progressive creationistic” theory that uses the scriptural account as a foundation. I don’t blame anyone else for this theory – it is entirely mine. I…Continue reading The Creation Debate – Part IV
The Creation Debate – Part III
In addition to the powerful rationale of the arguments for the existence of the mind and of God (which represent total other articles), most of us also have a powerful intuitive response to the idea that “there is nothing else.” I experience in my soul that there is something more. Of course, I accept that…Continue reading The Creation Debate – Part III
The Creation Debate – Part II
Both the “natural” sciences and theology are seeking the true statement. The purpose statement of both are completely integrate-able. In fact, there are many who have made a point of showing the obvious and perhaps necessary connections between good theological thinking and the roots of good scientific thinking. The two paradigms are not contradictory. For…Continue reading The Creation Debate – Part II
The Creation Debate – Part I
The Question of Creation When I speak as a Bible teacher and I open up the conversation for questions, I typically get questions in one of two directions – sex or science. Periodically, I travel and speak to a group and am introduced as an atheist (the listeners actually are in a skit in which…Continue reading The Creation Debate – Part I
New Big Bang Research – Part I
“It takes essentially nothing to create a universe.” Alan Guth Years ago, I read in a physics textbook a confession by a popular physicists (sadly, I cannot find the book or remember the author’s name) from the 1950’s. He remembered that the secular physicists of the time were very concerned as it was becoming more…Continue reading New Big Bang Research – Part I
The First Life
The First Life. Often, theistic views (design, creation, fine-tuning) are disrespected as somehow based in something irrational. I wonder. Let’s look at one small consequence of the alternative. Imagine the first life. The first life from lifelessness: Somehow a non-living thing came into the spark of life. Not sure how. So far under the most…Continue reading The First Life
What did Pope Francis just say?
What did Pope Francis say? Is has been widely reported that recently, at a speech before the “Pontifical Academy of Sciences” on 10/27/14, Pope Frances made a number of statements that have drawn special attention. The one drawing the most attention is: “God is not a divine being or a magician, but the Creator who…Continue reading What did Pope Francis just say?
"Reasonable Faith"
This is stolen/paraphrased from Dr. William Lane Craig Part I For all you atheists who might read this – this is just a though project meant to clear a definition – it is not a trap of any kind. It will help you understand if you actually play along. Imagine that you are fleeing a…Continue reading "Reasonable Faith"