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- Raspberry Pi 400 Review: A $100 Desktop PC?
- New Finds from Tanis Fossil Site Shed Light on the Demise of Dinosaurs and Vindicate “Amateur” Fossil-Hunter
- Three Different Polls Show Recent Rapid Decline of Religion in America
- Faith Meets Agricultural Science: “Pfumvudza” Planting Technique Brings Hope to Zimbabwe
- Trends in Young Earth Creationism, from Prof. Joel Duff
- How to Earn 7% in U.S. I-Series Savings Bond or 9% Stable Interest in a Crypto Account
- Parker Sun Probe: Fastest Man-Made Object Brushes the Sun
- Four Biological Examples Best Explained by Common Descent (from BioLogos)
- Private Equity Drove 50% Returns on University Endowment Funds; How You Can Join in This Investing Feast
- Humor in Christian Apologetics: Mia Langford [2020 NCCA, 10]
- Christian Apologetics Insights from David Geisler, Ray Ciervo, and Prem Isaac [2020 NCCA, 9]
- Another Intelligent Design Straw Man Attempt to Demonstrate a “Waiting Time Problem” for Evolution
- Suggestions for Comfortable and Effective Face Masks, e.g. Korean KF94’s
- Is the Old Testament Trinitarian? by Jonathan McLatchie [2020 NCCA Confc. 8]
- How the New Testament Sees Christ in the Old Testament: Talk by Mel Winstead [2020 NCCA Confc. 7]
- Jesus in Old Testament Prophecy — Class Handout
- Making Essene Bread: Uncooked, Sundried Sprouted Wheat
- Confirmatory Coincidences Among the Gospels – Timothy McGrew [2020 NCCA Confc, 6]
- Condo Building Collapse in Miami: Causes and Consequences
- Tracking Young Earth Creationist Organizations by Joel Duff at Naturalis Historia
- Scientists’ Responses to Stephen Meyer’s “Return of the God Hypothesis”
- Biologos and Peaceful Science Forums Address Timely Evolution/Creation Issues
- John Sanford Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 5]
- Brian Huffling: Science Cannot Prove the God of Christianity But Philosophy Can [2020 NCCA Confc, 4]
- Fazale Rana Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 3]
- New Dead Sea Cave Finds: Scrolls, 10,500-year Old Basket, Lice Comb, etc.
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- Richard Howe: How Do I Know That I Know?; Defining the Good [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 2]
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Author Archives: Scott Buchanan
Raspberry Pi 400 Review: A $100 Desktop PC?
The Raspberry Pi 400 is billed as a complete desktop PC for under $100 ($99.99). Is this for real, considering the cheapest regular computers are around $300, not including paying for Word and Excel? I am interested in low-cost technology … Continue reading
New Finds from Tanis Fossil Site Shed Light on the Demise of Dinosaurs and Vindicate “Amateur” Fossil-Hunter
Three years ago the world of paleontology was rocked by the claim of a brash young maverick to have found a site which captured a physical record of events from the very day 66 million years ago that a giant … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Geology
Tagged Chicxulub, DePalma, dinosaurs, Tanis
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Three Different Polls Show Recent Rapid Decline of Religion in America
Three polls (by Gallup, Pew, and Barna) were published in 2021 which tracked church membership and religious affiliation among Americans. I will pick out a couple of salient plots from each poll, and comment at the end on their significance. … Continue reading
Posted in Church
Tagged Church, Euro; debt; Bank of America; Germany; EFSF, poll, polls, religion
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Faith Meets Agricultural Science: “Pfumvudza” Planting Technique Brings Hope to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, formerly known as Rhodesia, lies just north of South Africa and Botswana. In 1980, the white minority government was replaced by majority rule. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe was known as the “breadbasket of Africa”, and even the “jewel of Africa”, because of … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, Oldreive, Pfumvudza, Sanders, Zimbabwe
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Trends in Young Earth Creationism, from Prof. Joel Duff
Joel Duff is a professor of biology at the University of Akron, Ohio who blogs at Naturalis Historia. He monitors trends in the world of Young Earth (YE) creationism, and posts occasional articles on his blog. Last year I summarized some of … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Evolution, Geology, Uncategorized
Tagged Answers in Genesis, Duff, Is Genesis History, Young earth creationism
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How to Earn 7% in U.S. I-Series Savings Bond or 9% Stable Interest in a Crypto Account
Inflation is up to about 7%, which means that the cash in your bank account or savings account or money market fund (all which pay almost nothing) is losing that much value in a year. That has spurred me to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Investing
Tagged BlockFi, bond, cryptocurrencies, Interest, savings bond, stablecoin
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Parker Sun Probe: Fastest Man-Made Object Brushes the Sun
I just saw a recent YouTube video, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun for the First Time. It describes the mission and early findings of a probe that was launched in 2018, and now is brushing through the Sun’s … Continue reading
Four Biological Examples Best Explained by Common Descent (from BioLogos)
I just came across a good article by Biologos editor Jim Stump, which discusses four biological examples that are explained better by “Common Descent” (evolution) than by “Common Design” (each species created separately): Common Descent Explanation: The evidence we see—of shared … Continue reading
Private Equity Drove 50% Returns on University Endowment Funds; How You Can Join in This Investing Feast
A recent headline in the Dartmouth student newspaper reads, “Dartmouth’s endowment posts 46.5% year-over-year returns, prompting additional spending on students”. That seems like really great investing performance. But the sub-headline dismisses it as less-than-stellar, by comparison: “The endowment outpaced the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Investing
Tagged Blackstone, endowment, leveraged buyout, private equity
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Humor in Christian Apologetics: Mia Langford [2020 NCCA, 10]
The intellectual defense of the Christian faith (“apologetics”) is often seen as serious business. Mia Langford, however, makes the case that humor is a key part of being human. As such, humor can contribute to both the content of apologetics … Continue reading
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