Science

Stellar Cooling and the Age of the Universe

Posted by on February 24, 2019 at 8:46 pm

“The increasingly precise dates determined by astronomers trouble atheists intent on explaining life by natural means alone. The dates are too recent. But at the same time, they’re far too ancient to help creationists intent on defending a six-consecutive-24-hour-creation-days interpretation of Genesis 1.”  — Hugh Ross, astrophysicist, pastor, and Christian apologist As regular readers may […]

Stellar Burning and the Age of the Universe

Posted by on January 27, 2019 at 9:57 pm

“From straightforward physics — gas laws, gravitational laws, thermodynamics, and nuclear physics — come secure estimates of the age of stars, galaxies, and the cosmos itself.”  — Dr. Hugh Ross, astrophysicist, pastor, and Christian apologist I had planned on doing a politics-oriented post this week. But, honestly, I’m just sick of hearing/reading about the current […]

Correcting YEC Misconceptions about the Big Bang

Posted by on January 20, 2019 at 9:58 pm

“This is what God, Yahweh, says — who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk on it –”  Isaiah 42:5 (HCSB) One of my favorite books by astronomer/apologist Dr. Hugh Ross […]

Yet Another Year-End Top 10

Posted by on December 30, 2018 at 7:08 pm

Following the “A View from the Right” year-end tradition, this year’s final post is a sampling of my favorite posts ranging from 2010 thru 2018. Hopefully, readers new and old will find something of interest from the archives that they may have missed. There is no actual ranking involved, but I have tried to present […]

Thank God for Elephants and Sauropods

Posted by on November 25, 2018 at 7:28 pm

“Less obvious reasons for why God created dinosaurs and elephants is to increase the global availability of nutrients and to permit a greater diversity of life to survive.”  — Dr. Hugh Ross A few of you might remember that I blogged a few years ago about being thankful for sperm whales and other large predators […]

Recommended Resources for a Christian Having a Crisis of Faith

Posted by on October 21, 2018 at 9:21 pm

“I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”  — I John 5:13 (HCSB) If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself going through long-neglected directories on your computer, ostensibly in search of ancient or otherwise unneeded […]

NASA Woes and Jet Hijinx: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Posted by on October 14, 2018 at 10:47 pm

Have you heard of the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket? From the summary in the Wikipedia entry: “After their parents’ death in a fire, [three] children are placed in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance and, later, orchestrates numerous disasters with the […]

Cops on Mars: Lookin’ for Law in Non-Normal Spaces

Posted by on September 16, 2018 at 6:51 pm

“If we are going to imagine a Mars P.D., then it is imperative that we also imagine that police department’s potential flaws.” All sorts of people (e.g., Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich) are excited about colonies on the Moon and Mars, planning and talking about the realization of such plans in (possibly) the next few decades, […]

Censorship of Politically Incorrect Science

Posted by on September 9, 2018 at 9:57 pm

“In all my years in academia, I have never once seen a comparable reaction from a journal within days of publishing a paper that the journal already had subjected to peer review, accepted and published. One can only assume that the response was in large measure due to the intense lobbying the journal received, and […]

The Downside of #MeToo Feminism and Reverse Discrimination

Posted by on September 2, 2018 at 6:54 pm

“Our nation is about to be transformed, thanks to the #MeToo movement…. #MeToo is going to unleash a new torrent of gender and race quotas throughout the economy and culture, [and] the net consequence will be a loss of American competitiveness and scientific achievement.”  — Heather MacDonald, the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan […]