Science and Religion

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Creationism

And again - Creationists - how do you explain this?

Further to my point earlier this week, and to give me another excuse to post stuff about dinosaurs, evolution and fossils, here we have another piece of the evolutionary jigsaw located and fitted. Of course, the only answers they have are silly and ad hoc:

Creationism

The "Satan is a Dick Theory of Fossilisation". Genius.

Watch. Laugh. Cry at its reality. [H/T Stefano S.]

Big Bang

Guest Post by Neil Webber - The Causality Paradox

Here is another guest post. The last one by The Thinker has had a thread which has exploded. This one is interesting, and one very similar to my lines of argumentation. Neil is a friend of mine with whom I lost contact. We played ultimate frisbee together at uni, and

Charles Darwin

Real Actors Read Christian Forums

Facepalm.   http://youtu.be/zCdBZHBs0y0

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Evolution, Censorship and Adam Deen

Adam Deen is a Muslim apologist famous in the UK for defending, publicly, the philosophy and theology of Islam often touching on scientific contexts. Skydivephil is an awesome duo who you might remember from here who often have William Lane Craig in their sights (where in the linked video they o

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Alternative Way to Explain Life's Complexity Proposed

So, complexity is supposedly a tough one for 'evolutionists'. Well, it's not really, if you have ever read around the subject. Incremental steps, such as is evidence with the eye in all its various complexities throughout the natural world, seem to do the trick.

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Original Sin - answering Thomas L. McDonald

I was recently sent a link to Thomas L. McDonald's piece "The Origin of Man, Original Sin, and Why It’s All Your Fault" on his Patheos blog. There is much to talk about in this attempt to reconcile Catholic doctrine with science. My opinion is

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Creationist stakes $10,000 on contest between Bible and evolution

I wonder what our very own Andy Schueler thinks of this, as an molecular evolutionary biologist! The Guardian reports: Creator of Literal Genesis Trial believes people who argue in favor of evolution are at a scientific disadvantage

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Old Earth, Young Minds: Evangelical Homeschoolers Embrace Evolution

This is a fascinating article. It amazes me that parents can torture their children with AIG inspired textbooks. This is an albeit small step in the right direction:

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Higgs Boson Discovery Confirmed & New Head of Cover-Up Confirmed

In important scientific news that may answer crucial questions about existence: GENEVA — The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe. Physicists announced Thursday they believe they have discovered the subatomic particle predicted n

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AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!

No need to write a commentary about this. Just read it. Shit me.

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Dang. The Republicans: dinosaurs + people = pass your exams...?

Oh shit. UPDATE: On February 19, HB1674 passed through the Oklahoma Common Education committee on a 9-8 vote. In biology class, public school students can't generally argue that dinosaurs and people ran around Earth at the same time, at least not without risking a big fat F. But

Creationism

Endogenous Retroviruses as evidence for evolution

Here is a concise synopsis from Smilodon’s Retreat, here at SIN. I am fascinated with endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). It seems that they are simply not adequately explained on a creationism thesis. This usually entails trying to debunk them since they have no other answer!

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Four US states considering laws that challenge teaching of evolution

Oh dear. The Guardian reports: Four US states are considering new legislation about teaching science in schools, allowing pupils to to be taught religious versions of how life on earth developed in what critics say would establish a backdoor way of questioning the theory of evolution. Fresh legi

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Government changes rules to require Free Schools to teach evolution

Sorry, /i know I have posted a lot of news articles recently, but this one from the British Humanist Association has made me sooo happy: The Government has announced today that it has changed the rules governing Free Schools in order to require them to teach evolution. The British Humanist

Epistemology

Science vs Religion: Epistemology

I love this picture:

Big Bang

Big Bang: Is there room for God?

On 15 October, a group of theologians, philosophers and physicists came together for two days in Geneva to talk about the Big Bang. So what happened when people of such different - very different - views of the Universe came together to discuss how it all began? "I realised there was a need to

Cosmology

On Seeing Lawrence Krauss Last Night - A Universe From Nothing?

So I went to see theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss last night in Portsmouth. This was great for two reasons. Firstly, Krauss is a great public speaker and a seemingly top bloke. Secondly, it shows that, occasionally, Portsmouth (UK) is not the cultural wasteland many think it is

Cosmology

Does the Universe Need God? - Sean Carroll's paper

Cody Rudisill here for my first short foray into ATP. The guys over at Philocosmology released a draft of Sean Carroll’s paper “Does the Universe Need God?” which is set to appear in The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity. Click the article title to check it out. It

Creationism

Evolution - don't throw the baby out with the bath water

I was having a discussion about evolution over on another thread of a post I made from the other day. After explaining a few misconceptions and showing that evolution really does have a good smorgasbord of evidence to support it as a theory in a way that promotes bewilderment in

Darwin

Darwin's Acid

In 1859 Darwin spilled the first splashes Of his universal acid, and the effects were like magic Burning human arrogance into ashes In pretty much the same way that Copernican math did No, the stars don’t shine just to improve the view from earth No, we’re not the

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Bloody awesome - rap and evolution

Some time ago, Robin Ince and some other comedians and skeptical minds came together to produce "9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People", a skeptical comedy and science carol service at Christmas. It is now a more regular fixture. The whole show is great, but the absolute highlight

Andreas Schueler

Gould's NOMA - a thorough analysis (part 1)

This post will be split into two parts due to its length. This will allow any posters to be able to interact with certain points as we go. Regards, Andreas Schüler. Can science and religion coexist in harmony ? A favorite phrase of sophisticated theologians™ is – science tells us how and