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Five Non-Fiction Books I Enjoyed Reading in 2025

Published on January 4, 2026 By sirrahc

Although I am spending more time reading fiction these days, I did manage to read several non-fiction books in 2025, all of which I enjoyed and benefited from to varying degrees. Those described below are sort of a “Top 5” — the ones I consider standouts and would recommend to anyone interested in the relevant […]

Neanderthals and the Case for Human Exceptionalism

Published on November 30, 2025 By sirrahc

A few weeks ago, I posted “Lucy and the State of Hominid Evolution”, in which I quoted Dr. Fuz Rana of Reasons to Believe (RTB) in the book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?, ed. by Keathley, Stump, and Aguirre. The subject of that post was… well, pretty much exactly what the title says — “Lucy” being […]

Lucy and the State of Hominid Evolution

Published on November 9, 2025 By sirrahc

A few weeks ago, I finished reading Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?, ed. by Keathley, Stump, and Aguirre. You might remember the title, because I published two posts this past August in which I cited representatives of the two Christian organizations that contributed to the discussion in the book — BioLogos and Reasons to Believe (RTB). […]

Does Ancient Art Prove Humans Co-Existed with Dinosaurs?

Published on September 22, 2024 By sirrahc

One of the “evidences” for a young Earth that some Young Earth Creationists (YEC) like to present these days is the existence of paintings and carvings on stones (and maybe cave walls) that look a lot — or even just somewhat — like dinosaurs. (Or, at least, how dinosaurs are portrayed by modern artists. That’s […]

Playing God

Published on March 7, 2021 By sirrahc

The following excerpt follows closely after my “Creating Life in the Lab” post, as it comes from the epilogue to Fuz Rana’s Creating Life in the Lab book. This time, Dr. Rana examines what it means to “play God” and whether or not Christians should worry about scientists’ research in synthetic biology and origin-of-life scenarios […]

Creating Life in the Lab

Published on February 21, 2021 By sirrahc

This month marks 10 years since Fuz Rana’s book, Creating Life in the Lab (2011) was published. I have owned a copy for awhile, of course, but it finally made it to the top of my Read List late last year. It was a little different than I expected, yet I’m not quite sure what […]

How Did We Get COVID-19 Vaccines So Quickly?

Published on January 3, 2021 By sirrahc

“The remarkable confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic with the advances in mRNA vaccines has one of two possible explanations: It’s either a fortuitous accident or a reflection of God’s providential timing and faithful provision to humanity.” — Dr. Fazale Rana, V.P. of Research and Apologetics, Reasons to Believe To be honest, I have not yet […]

The Miller-Urey Experiment Is Irrelevant

Published on July 24, 2016 By sirrahc

“We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is] mythology rather than science.” — Robert Shapiro, OOL researcher and gadfly to naturalist orthodoxy, Origins: A Skeptic’s Guide to the Creation of Life on Earth (1987) You may have expected a […]

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 […]

Fun Facts about Bellybutton Lint

Published on June 15, 2014 By sirrahc

Have you ever been posing for a picture and the photo-taker tries to elicit smiles by announcing, “Everybody say, ‘Fuzzy navel!’”? Or, maybe you or someone you know ordered the mixed drink — usually, peach schnapps and orange juice — called a “Fuzzy Navel”. Ever wondered where the name came from? Me, too. I haven’t […]