I received the following e-mail from someone who is certain that I have “faith” in evolution, as opposed to being persuaded by the evidence, as well as by the evidence of the fact that those who study the evidence in depth are persuaded by the evidence. Rather than engage in a futile discussion, I invite biologists, biochemists, and other scientists to tackle this if they are so inclined. Here’s the text of the e-mail I received: Dr. McGrath: In visiting... Read more

Recent research on the flergeller componentry of bacteria has succeeded in spotting the designer at work. Take a look! I assume this is also a parody…but then again, reality and parody are sometimes hard to distinguish when dealing with many popular forms of creationism… Read more

Now that grades are in there is time to read… John Pieret today highlights some apocalyptic exegesis. Anyone remember the booklet 88 Reasons Why The Rapture Will Be In 1988? If not, don’t worry, this generation is going to have its own version.First Things reflects on theodicy and yet more natural disasters.Vridar continues responding to Wright on the resurrection.The Bad Idea Blog points out Ken Miller’s response to Expelled. There’s also time to watch LOST, and Battlestar Galactica, and catch... Read more

“If faith in divine providence were the empirical belief that at least the great majority of good people have happy endings, and at least the great majority of bad people come to sticky ends, then one can only say that such a belief is too absurd for anyone to hold and too absurd for anyone to think it worth checking by systematic counting. Faith in divine providence is not a factual belief from which we cand deduce predictions about the... Read more

Henry Neufeld is one of many drawing attention to the video on the evolution of the eye at Expelled Exposed… Hyphoid Logic spotted a news item about good science education near to me here in Indiana.Mystical Seeker has been following a conversation in which the atheists seem (as so often is the case) to share many of the same presuppositions as religious fundamentalists. The Lead features Peter Berger between relativism and fundamentalism.Don’t miss an excellent assignment that it was a... Read more

Here are two quotes from around the blogosphere. The first was posted by Liberal Pastor in a discussion that I’ve also been involved in on a biochemist’s blog: Joining this debate late. I am one of those liberal Christians. I do not in any way believe in a supernatural God. Am I an atheist? Perhaps I will take a crack at addressing the issue in another reply. I wanted to comment more specifically on how it is possible to call... Read more

SF Signal shares (in addition to an interview with the producers of LOST and a clip from next week’s episode) links to posts about theology and Battlestar Galactica on Time Immemortal and BeliefNet. Galactica Sitrep has a recap. The Lead talks about the Church of England and Doctor Who. Read more

“The ID movement is the noisiest bunch of “suppressed” people in history. If their voices are cut off, there sure is no evidence of the fact” (From the blog Threads From Henry’s Web), Read more

Rite at Stonehenge (composed by Elliot Del Borgo) Kabuki Dance (composed by Richard Meyer) Classical Bash Allegro (composed by Shinichi Suzuki) Read more