By Henry Neufeld
I would say it’s a statement on creation and evolution, but I’m not quite sure what it is.
Earlier (Seventh-day Adventist Education and Evolution) I wrote about the concerns about the teaching of evolution in biology classes at La Sierra University, a Seventh-Day Adventist school in California. (I was raised in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church [...]
By Henry Neufeld
I think that nearly everyone who has debated issues about creation and evolution has been disturbed by the breadth of the topic. Sometimes you provide evidence X, only to have someone point out that what you just presented doesn’t prove Y, not to mention Z. The theory of evolution is many-faceted and really [...]
By Henry Neufeld
Jonathan Smith, Vice President of Florida Citizens for Science (of which I am a board member) presents a column on science education in Florida today in the The Ledger (Lakeland, FL):
A key quote:
Parents are the ones who must endeavor to help shape their children’s future by guiding them down the paths of interests and provide [...]
By Henry Neufeld
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had started reading Dr. Todd Wood’s blog (using the title Another Honest Creationist). The reason I call Dr. Wood honest (as opposed to some other creationists) is that he acknowledges that young age creationism relies on the Bible and specifically on a particular understanding of the [...]
By Henry Neufeld
… from Dr. Stephen Matheson of Quintessence of Dust. This is a good series, and I’ve been missing the continuation. Welcome back, Dr. Matheson!
By Henry Neufeld
Isaac Asimov on The Relativity of Wrong. I found this article extremely helpful in explaining theories and how they develop or are replaced. (HT: Abnormal Interests).
By Henry Neufeld
In the good old days when I used to have a seminar on this topic that I used in churches, I had an overhead transparency that showed the age of the earth (along with some of the various geological time periods). This was represented by a line that went the length of the slide. [...]
By Henry Neufeld
They were obviously there before, but they’re more important because we know about them. I do love this sort of discovery. (See Greg Laden’s Blog for more.)
By Henry Neufeld
While I am an advocate of as open of discussion as possible, I dislike the use of the word “censorship” for the actions of private individuals.
There are many television shows, for example, that I either dislike or even think are simply bad. I not only don’t watch them, but I will also tell others [...]
By Henry Neufeld
I rarely post just images, but this came in via one of my NASA subscriptions today. Head on over and take a look. And if you don’t subscribe to their news and/or images, consider subscribing. Their material is a great pleasure.
Artist's Impression of Saturn's Huge Ring
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