I had the opportunity to be in Dallas, TX a few weeks ago to witness the total solar eclipse. Though heavy cloud coverage threatened to obscure the whole thing, thankfully, the clouds parted about an hour before first contact and the sky remained clear throughout the eclipse event. And it was even more incredible than […]
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According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, every complex organism, feature, and biological mechanism must be explained as the incremental build up from something simple. Darwin explains the existence of all things as having come from a simple, common ancestor. Through the natural process of random genetic mutations, that simple common ancestor must increase in complexity
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Stephen Hawking once said, “I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God.” Although Hawking may not have been intentionally invoking the popular problem-solving principle known as Ockham’s razor, he does invoke the concept. It has also influenced other atheists to reduce their defense of atheism down to this “simplest explanation” idea. But is
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In our world today where it seems change is the only constant thing or maybe where it seems things are spinning out of control, there is still the constancy and order of the universe. While it’s probably not something that is given much thought, no matter what craziness happens in the world, gravity is still
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For centuries there has appeared at first glance to be a conflict between science and religion. Do the planets revolve around the earth or the sun? Is the earth flat or is it a sphere? Do animals reproduce according to their kind or can they evolve into different kinds? However, when we take a closer
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One of my least favorite doctor’s visits each year is to the optometrist. I would much prefer to have my teeth cleaned at the dentist (actually I love having my teeth cleaned at the dentist) than go to the eye doctor. And I’m not entirely sure why, other than my eye sight is always getting
There either is a God or there is not a God. There is no in between. There is not a kind-of, sort-of, maybe God. But how could we ever know if this God does or does not exist? Atheists would say there is no God. Theists would say there is a God. Agnostics would say
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If you have ever spent any time in the south during the summer, you quickly learn about three things: humidity, mosquitoes, and ticks. While I am somehow the bug repellant for everyone else (since I’m always the first and worst to be bitten by the mosquitoes), it’s the ticks that really make my skin crawl.
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The basic premise of Darwinian evolution is that all the variety of life has descended from one common ancestor. Darwin postulated there was one organism that, over time through natural processes, evolved into each new type of organism we see on earth today. Darwin believed the natural process involved first and foremost random, small genetic
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In college I was once asked by a fellow classmate why a science-minded person studying engineering like me would ever believe in God. My friend’s mindset was that a person could either believe in science or believe in religion, but one could not believe in both. This seems to be a common struggle in our
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