Neglected Factors in the Historical Adam and Eve Debate
(Or, Putting the Historical Cart Before the Etiological Horse) Lately, when I’ve come across Christian defenses of the historicity of an actual Adam and Eve, a certain analogy has come to mind—perhaps...
View ArticleAuctioning Darwin’s Irreligiosity: The Larger Context
News has been making the rounds that an 1880 letter of Darwin is being auctioned (by Bonhams), wherein Darwin unequivocally claims that he does “not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation &...
View ArticleIs the Current Issue of National Geographic Biased in Favor of Miracles?
Yesterday I made a post questioning conspiracies and inaccuracies about the recent acquisition of National Geographic by 21st Century Fox—that crucial members of the NatGeo team were fired and that a...
View ArticleCreationism Sneaking in Through the Front Door of the Science Journal PLOS ONE?
Update: upon further clarification by the paper authors and others, it really does look like the original apparent creationist statements in the PLOS ONE paper were in fact not (intended as) such, and...
View ArticleWhat Do We Mean When We Say Religion and Science Are (or Aren’t) in Conflict?
A news item relating to some research on scientists’ views of religion, originally released late last year, is making the social media rounds again. The story—which, as it typically appears, is...
View ArticleAre Evolution and Christianity Truly Compatible?
There’s a thread on the front page of the /r/Christianity subreddit on Reddit asking for opinions on the compatibility of evolution and religion. This is one of the main topics I’ve been working on...
View ArticleThe History of Early Biblical Interpretation — as a Weapon (and a Shield)
The past few years I’ve been pretty active in a community of predominantly progressive Christians—or progressive at least in relation to the kind of notorious fundamentalist Christianity now normally...
View ArticleThe Incredible Technological Feat Behind Reading a New Biblical Scroll
Through 'virtual unwrapping,' a burned and crushed scroll is read without opening it.
View ArticleAn Outbreak of Creationism in Europe?
The most recent issue of Scientific American has an article entitled “Creationism Invades Europe” that seems to imply a fairly recent outbreak of Young Earth creationism in various European...
View ArticleThe Flood and the Bible: How Not to Reconcile Science and Religion
Recently, in a few different articles,¹ I’ve drawn attention to a few uncritical arguments that’ve been used to bolster the idea of the harmony between religion and science, a.k.a....
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