Thomas Kuhn gave us a good description of how scientific paradigms collapse. He wasn’t really talking about the theory of evolution, but what he said applies to that theory, and applies by the shovelful. When a new paradigm is adopted, there are a few anomalies that remain unexplained. Think of the new paradigm as a …
Neil Diamond and the Historicity of Genesis
Last night Nancy and I had the privilege of watching an advance screening of Is Genesis History? It is showing at select theaters around the country this coming Thursday, and so what you need to do, as Neil Diamond once exhorted us—and who better to exhort on such an important matter than Neil?—is pack up …
Affirmations on Creation for Classical Christian Educators
I am submitting this to you all for a little cloud source editing. If you are in basic agreement with the sentiments presented here, and see a way the expression of them might be improved, please feel free to say something in the comments. I will incorporate them later and present you all with the …
A Fluffy Ursine Head
When I say that I would like to offer a new argument against Darwinism, I do not mean to indicate that no one has ever thought of it before. That’s as may be. I simply mean that I have not encountered it yet. So here goes: The argument arises from a question. On the assumption …
Above Us Only Sky
Suppose with me for a moment. Suppose that about fifteen nano-seconds after the Big Bang all the trillion-plex trillions of atoms all joined hands together, forming their molecules, and then they all ran pell mell down the corridors of the space/time continuum, making history as they went. Some scientists think they all yelled whee! but …
Excommunicated Gnats, Ordained Camels
So let us talk about C.S. Lewis, N.T. Wright and the topic of human evolution. I have recently taken N.T. Wright to task for his take on those who oppose his approach to theistic evolution. As it happened, just after posting that well-thought out epistolary sunbeam of mine, I was listening in my truck to …
And All God’s People Said, “Wut?”
So I ordered John Walton’s book The Lost World of Adam and Eve because I saw that it contained an excursus on Paul’s use of Adam by N.T. Wright. I received the book yesterday, read Wright’s contribution, was suitably appalled, and have come here to tell you about it. The first thing to note is …
The Prophet Sober and the Culture Drunk
Well, it is Monday morning, so let me write something outrageous. We can sweep up the pieces later. But also keep in mind the fact that just because something is outrageous, it does not follow that it is untrue or unnecessary. In fact, now that the cultural headquarters of our republic has been transferred to …
Evolution and Age
I want to begin by thanking Gavin Ortland for his friendly rejoinder to my recent piece on young earth creation. In the spirit of encouraging all such friendly rejoinders, let me here supply a few of my own. I will just locate a few brief comments under his numbered items. 1. First, writing as one …
Until Someone Unsettles It
The creation account in Genesis is read in different ways. It would be easy therefore, to jump right into the Genesis text and show that I read it in one of those different ways. I do read it in one of those different ways, and bringing out arguments accordingly would be easy. Before getting to …