Category: Culture
Mathematics and Theology
| September 28, 2012 | Posted by johnnyb under Culture, Mathematics, Religion, Science |
I thought you all might be interested in an article I wrote titled Mathematics and Theology: Seeing to Infinity. The basic purpose of the article is to show how the “limit” concept from mathematics can be incorporated into theological reasoning. The larger purpose is to get theologians thinking more deeply about mathematics as a tool… more
Examples of Darwinist “Free” Thought Blogging
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Culture, Humor |
There is never ending drama over at Darwinist Ed Brayton’s “Free” Thought Blogs (FTB). We have the example of Greg Laden (affectionately known as Greg bin Laden by some), describing how he intends to terrorize a US Army soldier: Think about that. You f–king sh-t. Now, get forever out of my life. Do not turn… more
Neil Armstrong’s Passing
| August 26, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Culture |
First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82 more
Radical Feminism, the Unwitting Ally of ID and Creationism
| August 25, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Culture, Humor |
Radical feminists are attempting to seize leadership of the New Atheist movement (aka GNU atheist movement). With big fanfare, we hear: Atheism Plus: New New Atheists Let me introduce you to Atheism+, the nascent movement that might be the most exciting thing to hit the world of unbelief since Richard Dawkins ….. there have been… more
Richard Dawkins defends the idea of having a mistress and lying about it
| August 21, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Culture, Evolutionary psychology, Humor |
Many felt disgust with former vice presidential candidate John Edwards for cheating on his terminally ill wife Elizabeth Edwards. In the process of his affair, Edwards fathered a child with his mistress, Rielle Hunter. Rielle is now one of the most hated women in America. But according to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, men having mistresses… more
Why people laugh at Creationists but have a harder time refuting ID-ists
| August 19, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Creationism, Culture, Intelligent Design |
ID proponents have a hard enough time getting their message across without the “help” of creationists like Kent Hovind and Venom Fang X. Not only have Darwinists impeded the advance of ID, but so also have some creationists. For example the creationist Venom Fang X has harmed the ID movement by his less-than-scholarly videos. RationalWiki… more
Is there no point whatever at which Richard Dawkins just becomes an embarrassment to his supporters?
| August 17, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
Dawkins makes our lives easier but only the way an escalator saves us climbing stairs. We need exercise. more
A plea to stop treating the humanities as if they were sciences
| August 17, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News |
It is bad for the humanities and bad for the sciences. Maybe bad for society too. more
Shhhh. Someone is telling atheist activists to grow up
| August 17, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Culture, News |
Wot? Troll riddance? Some new atheist blogs will lose 90% of their commenters if they drop the trollbox. more
Richard Weikart’s book, Socialist Darwinism, now available online
| August 14, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
In 1996, it “won the biennial prize of the Forum for History of Human Science for the best dissertation in that field.” more
Templeton sets out to find the afterlife for $5 million?
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, News |
And could end up not so much disproving the idea as making it sound ridiculous. more
Today, people are credulous about science, not religion
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, News |
… , but getting duped is still getting duped more
Does atheism help you get rich?
| August 12, 2012 | Posted by News under Atheism, Culture, Intelligent Design, News |
Don’t forget – lots of people at the top are religious – this is not an either-or. more
ID as ‘Science of God’ (aka Theology)
| August 6, 2012 | Posted by Steve Fuller under Cosmology, Culture, Darwinism, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science, Science, worldview issues and society |
A piece of mine has been just published in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC’s) excellent Religion and Ethics website. It provides a larger context for my own theologically positive approach to ID, which I realize is not everyone’s cup of tea. However, like Gregory Sandstrom, I welcome johnnyb’s intervention, which raises the issue of which… more
PR paramedic team has arrived: It turns out that Darwinian evolution is really about suffering and sacrifice …
| August 5, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
Not “ethics is an illusion”, as Darwinists say. more
Evolutionary biologist Larry Moran vows to reach the uncommitted by continuing to insult opponents
| August 2, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
The fact that it does not work, notwithstanding. more
Michael Flannery: “Figures don’t lie but liars figure.”
| August 2, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, News, Science |
“The data generated is never any better than the premises that lie behind the gathering of that data.” more
History can’t be a science, but it can certainly be a pseudoscience
| August 2, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
As the human population’s average age rises in many places, due to low birth rates, we will likely see declines in general unrest. more
No, we didn’t know that about Francis Crick, double helix co-discoverer, either
| July 31, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
“Francis Crick confessed that he was tripping the first time he envisioned the double helix.” more
Christine Shellska: “Discovering the Discovery Institute” (NOT)
| July 31, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Culture, Education |
An entire PhD dissertation about the Discovery Institute is being put together by Christine Shellska. Her claim is: I argue that the Discovery Institute has “rebranded” creationism as ID, and that its strategies include attempts to disrupt the translation of evolution into education and the broader public. Discovering the Discovery Institute Some problems with her… more
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