This is the third entry in my series citing Rescuing Inerrancy: A Scientific Defense (2023) by Dr. Hugh Ross, which I began this past May. In this week’s excerpt, Ross addresses the ideas of “history” and “myth” in interpreting the Old Testament creation passages. How similar are these texts to those of other Ancient Near […]
“If you think that not paying someone a living wage is morally equivalent to dismembering a living human being, your moral compass is broken.” — Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute As with last week’s “8 Things the Abortion Debate Is NOT About”, this post is brought to you via the excellent book, The […]
Allow me to get right to the point. In its essence, the pro-life argument can be summarized with the following syllogism (2 premises and a conclusion): 1) It is morally wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being.2) Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being.3) Therefore, abortion is morally wrong. Personally, I might tweak it […]
“No other conventional material is this robust.” — Tibi Puiu, ZME Science Materials scientists are always experimenting with metal alloys in order to improve one or more properties. For example, add a little (~1%) carbon to a lot of iron and you get steel, which (among other things) is stronger than iron alone. The resulting […]
This is the second entry in my series citing Rescuing Inerrancy: A Scientific Defense (2023) by Dr. Hugh Ross. The matter of concordism/concordance between the words of Scripture and what can be seen in nature, and in particular whether or not this is a valid thing to expect or seek, is somewhat controversial even among […]
“Look carefully into the Scriptures, which are the true utterances of the Holy Spirit. Observe that nothing of an unjust or counterfeit character is written in them.” — Clement of Rome (ca. AD 35-99) Not long ago, I finished reading Rescuing Inerrancy: A Scientific Defense by Dr. Hugh Ross. I generally try to read books […]
“[I]f you have an existing nuke, keep it open if you can. I think most people are agnostic on new nuclear, hoping that the next generation of reactors might pan out but fearing that they’ll be too expensive.” — Bill McKibben, author, activist, founder of 350.org If this topic sounds vaguely familiar, it might be […]
“[T]he NIPCC’s regional approach to analyzing extreme events and historical and paleo records of temperature, rainfall, streamflow, glaciers, sea ice, and sea-level rise is commendable and frankly more informative than the global analyses provided by the IPCC.” — Dr. Judith Curry, then-professor and chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech […]
Due to a mild case of procrastination, exacerbated by multiple distractions of varying importance, I almost didn’t get a blogpost prepared for this week. First, I wasn’t sure whether or not I wanted to do something Easter-related this year. I did have a potential source article to draw from regarding pagan origins. But, once I […]
This is the last citation from Hugh Ross’s Improbable Planet, I promise. In this excerpt, Ross discusses the impact (in both senses of the term) of the Chicxulub asteroid, which struck the Yucatán Peninsula and caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction. In short, it was much worse than originally thought. — — — The decisive blow that […]
