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Category Archives: Science
Postscript to the Cosmological Argument
As children growing up, each of us at some point becomes aware of the laws of cause and effect. Every effect has a cause, and each cause must be sufficient to produce the effect in question. Then when in childhood … Continue reading
A Little Deeper Into the Cosmos
More on the Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God Why is there something rather than nothing? If anything exists, then an uncaused being exists. How do we know this? Something does exist: the universe; and the universe either had … Continue reading
The Heavens Declare the Glory
Several people who follow this blog have been complaining about the recent dearth of posts. Mea culpa! I repent! Here is a fascinating special case of the fine-tuning of the universe. There are 90 naturally-occurring elements in the periodic table … Continue reading
Water: Designed for Life
In April I published links to a wonderful 7-part essay by John Millam, Ken Klos, and Iain D. Sommerville, entitled, Water: Designed for Life (Reasons to Believe 2013). I have to apologize to those who have tried to open Part 2, or … Continue reading
The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God is Virtually Conclusive
I cannot leave this argument alone. Every time I sit down to write about the teleological argument for the existence of God (the argument from design), my thoughts turn to the cosmological argument instead. Here is my latest effort to … Continue reading
Joshualetter is Now Podcasting!
Check out Joshualetter’s Inaugural Podcast on: The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God, Right here!
Human Origins Research is in Complete Disarray
I haven’t written much about evolution in these pages. The principle reason is that I consider the debate on that question to be a distraction from the question which really ought to concern us, namely, did biological diversity arise by … Continue reading
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Review: Ben Stein documentary, “Expelled”
[The following essay was written in fulfillment of an assignment for a class I took at Reasons Institute in the spring of 2020.] Critics of the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution are systematically denied a fair opportunity to present their views … Continue reading
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The Infinite Complexity of Cells/Is Following Jesus a “Politic”?
Two essential reads from this morning’s mail: Excerpt — The Infinite Complexity of Cells Is Following Jesus a “Politic?”
Fine-Tuning for High-Tech Civilization
Astronomer Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe (reasons.org), of whom much is heard in these pages, has long emphasized that all of natural history prior to mankind was fine-tuned to prepare the cosmos not for mankind simply, but for mankind … Continue reading
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