Category: Science
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Stewarding the Environment at SeaWorld
After roughly two months of trying, Ali and I were finally able to make it to SeaWorld for the day. We had scored complimentary passes and so the only budget hit was the highway robbery they consider a fair price for food in the park. That, and $7 per person for five minnows, a total…
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Did Adam and Eve Really Exist?
Though I didn’t particularly plan it this way, it works out this week to offer you two reviews of books roughly covering the same subject. Today, I’ve got C. John Collins perspective in Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? and tomorrow, I’ll have Peter Enns perspective in The Evolution of Adam. The two perspectives are…
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Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach
When break comes, I usually try to tone down the reading, but to keep in the rhythm, I’ll usually have a small stack of books with me. Most of these are ones that are unrelated to anything else I’m studying, so it’s kind of like a break (but not entirely). This winter break, one of…
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The Atheist’s Bible
The other day, I was thinking to myself how helpful it would be for my studies if there was an equivalent Bible, but for atheists. Maybe there is such a thing when considered conceptually, but there certainly isn’t an authoritative written source that all atheists agree to be normative. Or is there? Honestly it would…
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A Concise Review of The Greatest Show on Earth
Hopefully this post can live up to its title and actually be concise and to the point and not sprawling and wordy. Much of today relies on yesterday’s ideas about logic, so if you haven’t read that, go back and read A Few Thoughts on Logic. Now that you’ve done that, we can more forward…
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A Few Thoughts on Logic
This basis of this post has been brewing for quite a while, but it didn’t seem like it would make a long enough post to actually do until now. This will have two parts, a brief discussion of the two common types of arguments and how they are misconstrued, followed by a discussion of which…