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No, Dr. Who, You Can’t Do That!

Byhenry September 22, 2016

So says (or at least that’s what I derive from) the work of Dr. Richard Muller. Enjoy!

Politics | Science

Seismologists Guilty of Manslaughter
Byhenry October 22, 2012
An Italian court has rendered what has to be on the top ten list of stupidest rulings in history in finding six scientists and government official guilty of manslaughter for being too reassuring prior to an earthquake (Source: MSNBC). Scientists around the world are condemning the verdict, as well they should. This illustrates the widespread…
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Creation and Evolution | Education | Education Policy | Science | Science Education | United Methodist Church

Seventh-day Adventist Education and Evolution
Byhenry September 1, 2009
I recently wrote with appreciation about my Seventh-day Adventist education in Biblical studies over on my Participatory Bible Study blog. Today a friend sent me an e-mail directing me to a post on Inside Higher Ed, discussing a problem with the teaching of evolution at La Sierra University, a Seventh-day Adventist school. I didn’t attend…
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Christianity | Creation and Evolution | Intelligent Design | Religion | Science

Another Note on Design
Byhenry December 28, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Since I hadn’t commented on the Intelligent Design controversy for some time, I want to add a couple of notes to what I said yesterday. I absolutely believe in design. I believe everything is designed by God. I believe God is involved in everything. In teaching on this subject I have occasionally…
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Why Christians Should Embrace Science
Byhenry November 7, 2018
First, of course, we should ask why anyone should embrace science*. It’s not because: Science is perfect Scientists are without biases and always produce objective truth The results of science are never in error Science can decide everything for us I’m reminded of the quote, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Frequently people…
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Review of Creation in Scripture by Herold Weiss
Byhenry March 13, 2015
Hanz Gutierrez has reviewed Creation in Scripture by Herold Weiss on the Spectrum Magazine web site. Spectrum is published by the Association of Adventist Forums. Many may not realize that Dr. Weiss is Seventh-day Adventist, though he clearly differs with the officially proclaimed church view on creation. He describes his journey in another book, Finding…
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Author Related | Creation and Evolution | Religion | Science | Young Earth Creationism

They Really Do Believe the Earth is Stationary
Byhenry February 3, 2009
Occasionally when I mention “geocentricity” people will roll their eyes and let me know that nobody is believes that any more, nobody is that stupid, and comparing the rejection of overwhelming amounts of modern science in favor of young earth creationism with similar rejection of science by geocentrists is silly, because there aren’t any such…
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