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One Day While Scrolling Along…

Published on March 5, 2023 By sirrahc

As you will soon see, the incident I discuss in this post involves an anti-atheism meme, but the post itself has little to do with atheism. (I did an atheism article a few weeks ago, if you’re interested.) Rather, it is a certain contingent of my fellow-Christians that I have concerns about here. One day […]

Effects of the Fall on Creation and ‘Justifying’ Billions of Years

Published on June 27, 2021 By sirrahc

As happens occasionally, I came across a “blast from the past” and thought some of my readers might appreciate it. Several years ago, I posted about David Snoke’s book, A Biblical Case for an Old Earth, and a reader commented with some follow-up questions. His name was Jason, and his questions touched on several topics […]

So, You Want to Learn about Old-Earth Creationism…

Published on December 6, 2015 By sirrahc

“Increasing our understanding of truth constitutes a large part of our assignment here on Earth…. As scientists discover more and more about the realm of nature and everything within it, including ourselves and our beginnings, we can be certain that the evidence for its divine design as well as for the divine inspiration of Scripture […]

Response to a YEC about Creation and the Bible, part 2: Plain Readings and Explanatory Power

Published on April 6, 2014 By sirrahc

Unless you somehow missed it (and how could you?!), the previous post was the first part of my response to a Young-Earth Creationist, who expressed several concerns about my Old-Earth Creationist comments at the STR blog. I don’t recall the exchange being contentious, but “Doc” sure did think I was in danger of compromising the […]

Response to a YEC about Creation and the Bible, part 1: Biblical Truth and Scientific Theory

Published on March 30, 2014 By sirrahc

Earlier this month, I posted (in 2 parts) a response I gave some years ago to a skeptic who questioned the cosmology represented in the Bible. The exchange occurred in the comments section of the blog for STR, and there were others involved in the larger conversation. One of them in particular was a Young-Earth […]

Response to a Skeptic about Biblical Cosmology, part 1: Big Bang and Creation Day 4

Published on March 7, 2014 By sirrahc

Look what I found! Another apologetics-oriented exchange from several years ago (2005). It was in the comments of the blog over at Stand to Reason (aka STR, www.str.org). Unfortunately, it is one of those where I only preserved my response(s) and not the other person(s) initial comments. (So, technically, this is only half of the […]

Millions of Years of Disease in a ‘Very Good’ Creation (Part 2 of 2)

Published on February 17, 2013 By sirrahc

“Men seek an explanation of suffering in cause and effect. They look backwards for a connection between prior sin and present suffering. The Bible looks forwards (sic) in hope and seeks explanations, not so much in origins as in goals. The purpose of suffering is seen, not in its cause, but in its result. The […]

Millions of Years of Disease in a ‘Very Good’ Creation (Part 1 of 2)

Published on February 10, 2013 By sirrahc

If you are at all familiar with Christian apologetics, whether engaging challenges from non-theists or from Christians with different views, you know that the topic of pain, suffering, and death is a major issue. (In fact, Darwin’s struggle with this was the impetus for developing his theory.) These things are considered “evil”, so the question […]

Another YEC/OEC Exchange, Part 2 of 2: The Sabbath and Evening/Morning

Published on September 23, 2012 By sirrahc

Welcome back! If you’ve been following along, you know that I recently had a civil-but-slightly-frustrating exchange on Facebook with a young-earth creationist (YEC). (Well, there were more involved in the larger “discussion”, but I’m focusing on the interchange between the two of us.) He was making rather confident — even dogmatic — assertions about what […]

Another YEC/OEC Exchange, Part 1 of 2: What the Early Church Fathers Said about Creation Days

Published on September 15, 2012 By sirrahc

As you may know, I sometimes post parts of exchanges I’ve had with skeptics and young-earth creationists (YEC) on Facebook or some other forum. They can be informative and instructional — at least, to me, and hopefully for others “listening in”. They can also be as frustrating as all get out, whether because a) the […]