Did the Ham/Nye debate really happen?

Last updated on: May 28, 2014 at 10:37 am By Dan Wilkinson

While there’s plenty to discuss about what was (or wasn’t) said during the Ham/Nye debate, I think the crux of the whole affair comes down to how one understands science. The foundation of Mr. Ham’s argument is his distinction between what he calls historical and observational science: There’s experimental or observational science as we call it, that’s using the scientific method: observation, measurement, experiment, testing … all scientists, whether creationists or evolutionists actually have the same observational or experimental science... Read more

The Ham/Nye debate in 40 seconds

Last updated on: May 28, 2014 at 10:38 am By Dan Wilkinson

Didn’t get to watch last night’s two-and-half-hour debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye? Don’t worry. Watch this and you’ve pretty much seen it all: Read more

Don’t Cry for Me Argentina Pants

Last updated on: February 4, 2014 at 6:20 am By John Shore

Taking out the old and bringing in the new. Read more

Something needs to change here

Last updated on: May 31, 2016 at 3:09 pm By John Shore

A student at Wheaton College shared with us this photo of a sheet of paper he found stapled to a campus bulletin board. Read more

If you take Paul “literally” on homosexuality take Jesus literally on money

Last updated on: January 13, 2015 at 5:57 pm By John Shore

The reason anti-gay Christians invariably give for their conviction that homosexuality is an egregious sin against God is, “That’s what the Bible says.”* (more…) Read more

Burned out (by God?)

Last updated on: January 28, 2014 at 11:34 pm By Dan Wilkinson

While walking with my wife Wendy the other night, our conversation took an interesting turn. She has been reading Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids, and told me about how, in the early 70s, Smith and artist Robert Mapplethorpe would spend long evenings at Max’s Kansas City hoping to connect with Andy Warhol. For some reason, Smith thought it worth mentioning that they waited under the red glow of a light sculpture commemorating the bloodshed of the Vietnam war. My wife... Read more

You know how sometimes

Last updated on: March 18, 2014 at 8:16 am By contributor

You know how sometimes people in our lives with whom we’re not terribly close, (which includes nearly everyone) like work colleagues for instance, will, quite inadvertently, say or do something that must obviously be a personal trigger instantly teleporting you back across time and space into that room you’ve been running from and trapped in your whole life and your anxiety level skyrockets but unfortunately and thankfully, you’ve developed the keen survivalist talent of hiding your fears so well the... Read more

Is “Biblical Truth” all that matters?

Last updated on: June 25, 2016 at 10:03 pm By Dan Wilkinson

Claiming that the Bible functions as the very foundation of truth -- the "source of wisdom" -- is nothing less than bibliolatry. Read more

To oppose a negative is a positive

Last updated on: January 17, 2014 at 12:15 am By John Shore

A question we are sometimes asked is: “Why the name Unfundamentalist Christians? Wouldn’t it be better to define yourself by what you’re for, rather than what you’re against?” Read more

Young Earth Creationists make their point

Last updated on: January 12, 2017 at 9:22 am By John Shore

Here, speaking for themselves via their reaction to our previous blog post, are some of the Young Earth Creationists who seek to dictate public school curriculum. Read more