Charles Darwin was a giant force within biology, but I don’t care what he wrote. Creationists, by contrast, care a lot. They apparently imagine that, if they can quote him out of context, they can cast doubt on the validity of evolution. [Read more…]
C. S. Lewis on Science
January 30, 2015 by 68 Comments
The Discovery Institute produced a video about C.S. Lewis and science. Their agenda showed through. [Read more…]
Dismantling Irreducible Complexity
January 10, 2014 by 332 Comments
A system is irreducibly complex when every part is necessary. Remove any part, and the system breaks, so how could such a system have been built, piece by piece, by nature? Any precursor would have been useless and therefore selected against by evolution. But an example with which we’re all familiar undercuts this argument. [Read more…]
How Science Works (and How Christianity Thinks it Wins)
August 16, 2013 by 167 Comments
Creationists like to point to discarded ideas that science has left behind—geocentrism, Piltdown Man, ether, the steady-state universe. What they don’t seem to realize is that science’s ability to change in the face of new facts is a strength, not a weakness. [Read more…]
Tips for Dealing with Creationists
November 19, 2012 by 1 Comment
Creationists say the craziest things. I’ll save for later a critique of the actual errors in their arguments against evolution. Let’s look instead at some of the higher-level errors they make. Consider this a dose of Creationist vaccine. [Read more…]
Nazi Soldiers Indoctrinated with Darwin? Yeah, Right.
September 7, 2012 by 5 Comments
Why were the Nazis so disagreeable? Because they were force-fed evolution, of course! (Or maybe not.) [Read more…]
Who Cares About Darwin?
August 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Charles Darwin was a giant force within biology, but I don’t care what he wrote. Creationists, by contrast, do. They seem to imagine that, if they can quote him out of context, they can cast doubt on the validity of evolution. (Wow—where do you begin?) [Read more…]
It’s Funny Until Someone Gets Hurt, then it’s Hilarious
February 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There is a bit of malicious joy in sitting at the sidelines watching the nutty Christian extremists make their nutty anti-science statements. Turns out that there’s a lot more harm to the Christian community than simply making fools of themselves. [Read more…]
Word of the Day: Irreducible Complexity
January 28, 2012 by 3 Comments
A system is irreducibly complex when every part is necessary. Remove any part, and the system breaks, so how could such a system have been built, piece by piece, by nature? Any precursor would have been useless and therefore selected against by evolution. But an example with which we’re all familiar undercuts this argument. [Read more…]
How Science Works (and How Christianity Thinks it Wins)
December 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Creationists like to point to discarded ideas that science has left behind—geocentrism, Piltdown Man, ether, the steady-state universe. What they don’t seem to realize is that science’s ability to change in the face of new facts is a strength, not a weakness. [Read more…]
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