Tag: Science
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Be Careful What You Ask For Church
The last few weeks have been full of intensive Bible study. (The fruits of that will bear soon in a few articles I’m working on) I cracked a smile at one point, realizing that when the church says to “study your Bible,” is that really what they want? Growing up in a conservative church, there…
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Young Earth Creationism Falls Apart
*This post is in response to a video my wife was sent from a YEC.* Young Earth Creationism (YEC). The pinnacle of anti-science. I’ve seen PhD holding “scientists” (YEC apologists) defend this idea by seemingly forgetting everything they learned to get that PhD. They’ve written books. They’ve created traveling science shows to promote their ideas…
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A Heavenly Conversation
Jesus: “Hey dad, those humans are acting up again.” God: “Which of their many shenanigans are you referring to?” Jesus: “They keep demanding that the stories their own ancestors made up as mythology and etiology, are literal factual history. And they keep sweeping away all my near-exclusive teachings on the poor, the widow, and the…
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How to Misuse Science: Jacob’s Poplar Lacroix Water Experiment.
Science is misunderstood by many. That shouldn’t be too surprising though. Science is complicated and hard to do well. You don’t trust just anyone to perform neurosurgery. We wouldn’t want our neighbor’s 14-year old to be in charge of designing a nuclear power plant’s control rods. You probably wouldn’t want your taxi-driver to be thrown…
Space For Doubt 