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- The Museum of the Bible (Washington, DC) on Creation and Evolution
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- Fr. Gregory Pine on the Hiddenness of God
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- New Finds from Tanis Fossil Site Shed Light on the Demise of Dinosaurs and Vindicate “Amateur” Fossil-Hunter
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- Humor in Christian Apologetics: Mia Langford [2020 NCCA, 10]
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Tag Archives: evolution
John Sanford Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 5]
This continues our coverage on the 2020 annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA), hosted by Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES) in Charlotte, NC. We focus mainly on faith-and-science and other natural theology issues. Previous posts in this series are: Ken Wolgemuth on Preparing … Continue reading
American Scientific Affiliation 2019 Meeting, “Exploring Creation”
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is an organization of evangelical Christians who are degreed scientists and who gather to discuss how their science and their faith interact. I have posted summaries of annual meetings for some past years: 2015, 2016 … Continue reading
Science and Faith at the American Scientific Affiliation 2018 Meeting
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is an organization of evangelical Christians who are degreed scientists and who gather to discuss how their science and their faith interact. The 2018 annual meeting of the ASA was held last week at Gordon … Continue reading
Endogenous Retroviruses in Your Genome Show Common Ancestry with Primates
Summary Retroviruses are a well-known class of viruses. Retroviruses work by inserting their genetic material into the DNA of a cell. The inserted DNA takes over the cell’s machinery and forces it to make more copies of the virus. This … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Genome
Tagged Bible Interpretation, ERV, evolution, genome, retrovirus
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“Science Meets Religion”: Well-Organized Information on Evolution and Creation
There are many excellent resources available on the interest which address controversial issues in the creation/evolution dialogue. One I just ran across is the “Science Meets Religion” site, which is the creation of David H. Bailey of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Evolution
Tagged bailey, evolution, genome, science meets religion
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The Pope Speaks on Creation and Evolution
On October 27, Pope Francis inaugurated a bronze bust in honor of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, and gave a talk to the assembled members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. After saying some nice things about Benedict, Francis spoke … Continue reading
Realistic Expectations for Transitional Fossils
Evolutionary theory asserts that today’s plants and animals developed from far different ancestral life-forms. The characteristics of populations have changed with time, to produce new species. These changes are believed to be relatively gradual. Scientists believe that a new species … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Fossils
Tagged Age of Earth, Augustine, Bible Interpretation, evolution, Fossils, horse, Tiktaalik
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Evolution and Faith: My Story, Part 2
In Part 1, I described the trajectory of my thinking over the past four decades as an evangelical Christian on the scientific aspects of creation. Here I describe the personal and theological aspects of this journey. Hard Questions and Cold … Continue reading
Evolution and Faith: My Story, Part 1
As I read across the spectrum of writings on creation and evolution, I often find a certain level of demonization of one’s opponents. Some Young Earth (YE) creationists ascribe to evolutionists an agenda of tearing down all that is good. … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Earth, Evolution, Fossils, Uncategorized
Tagged Age of Earth, evolution, healing, miracles, science
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The Cambrian Explosion and Darwin’s Doubt
The “Cambrian explosion” refers to the initial appearance of the fossils of many major animal groups (“phyla”) within a period of about 10 million years, about half a billion years ago in the Cambrian period. If you consider only some … Continue reading
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