If there's a lot of pessimism among evolutionists about the productivity of trying to talk to creationists, there's at least as much pessimism among creationists. Many times I've heard (or made, in my YEC days) comments about how such discussions with those of us who have "drunk the evolution kool-aid" are a waste of time. …
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There can be an awful lot of pessimism about talking to creationists. Young Earth Creationism (YEC) is a fairly common view in North America, and unfortunately conversation on the topic often generates more heat than light. There are tons of articles out there discussing the validity of the YEC view, but it seems there is …
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Science is biased. Not all ideas are treated equally; academia conspires to keep some types of ideas out. As Ben Stein said in his movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, "It's not just the scientists who are in on it. The media is in on it, the courts, the educational system, everyone is after them." What …
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It's always neat to see technologies from Science Fiction become reality. Star Trek is famous for featuring technology like communicators (cell phones), replicators (3D Printers), and warp drives (still highly hypothetical, unfortunately). But Star Trek doesn't have a corner on the market for futuristic technology predictions. Another great sci-fi universe might have a way to …
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One of the first things that came up when I took over my campus Pro-Life club was that a Pro-Life group wanted to partner with us to hold a short workshop on their strategies. The group was the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (CCBR), a group based out of Calgary that focuses heavily on displaying …
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In Mark 12:30-31, Jesus summed up the most important rules in Christianity as "you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'you shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment …
Is it a sin for Christians to eat lobster? Most major branches of Christianity would say yes. Old Testament prohibitions against eating lobster are usually seen as part of the Old Covenant and not a requirement for New Covenant people. But ancient dietary laws aside, modern bioethics has raised some decidedly New Testament concerns on …
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Biology Through The Eyes of Faith. By Richard T. Wright. HarperCollins. $10.53 on Kindle. Length: 269 pages Published: April, 1989 Source: Borrowed There is an enormous amount of writing out there about different Christian perspectives about how to approach biological evolution, but this book has some useful perspective to give on that matter and more. …
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Developmental Biology is a fascinating field. It's truly amazing to learn how complex life forms grow and develop starting from a single cell, and to watch parts of the process happen. Besides being interesting, Dev Bio is also extremely useful in healthcare. By learning how something develops, you can sometimes figure out what went wrong …
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One of the really cool things about living on the Prairies is that the ground contains an extraordinary depth of sedimentary layers. So hiking in a river valley, like the one in Edmonton, can give you a view of over 60 million years of history. Pretty sublime! A fun thing to do is look for …
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