Science should always be the pursuit of truth. Those who are seeking truth ought never to be afraid to admit what their evidence does not demonstrate. If the overall theory is sound, why worry about being rigorous to ensure that any particular evidence is only utilized for the purposes of what it actually proves?
Human consciousness remains a contentious subject between science and philosophy. The distinction between the easy problem, which addresses the brain's activities, and the hard problem, which explores how physical stimuli give rise to subjective experiences, highlights the limitations of materialist explanations. These gaps call for deeper investigation beyond material science.
James Ussher famously calculated that the earth was created in the year 4004 B.C.. He did this through the use of the genealogies found within Scripture. Simply add the lengths of years lived by the individuals and follow the genealogy backwards to creation. Simple as that, right? Not really. Leaving aside other important interpretive questions... Continue Reading →
When young earth creationists claim geology, or even paleontology, is all evolutionary, and especially when they associate any claim of an ancient age of the earth and universe as evolutionary, or darwinian, or atheistic, they are not presenting the truth accurately.
In my own experience with Christians (especially leaders) who believe the earth is very young, one of the most popular lines of argument given to explain how a young earth could be possible in light of what we know about the earth from science is to appeal to the Appearance of Age Argument (sometimes referred... Continue Reading →
Last month I was at an apologetics conference at Palm Beach Atlantic University. One of the key note speakers was Erica Carlson. She is professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University. She has her Ph.D. in physics from the University of California. She is doing some exciting research on electrons and quantum materials. She... Continue Reading →
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