Archive for the 'Religion' Category

It is about religion

Monday, October 17th, 2005

The Dover Area School District trial is still going on, pitting Intelligent Design against Evolutionary Theory. The York Daily Record (via The Panda’s Thumb) takes a look at the recent testimony of Brian Alters as he examines the implications of the statement that Dover Area High School students are required to listen to. Part of […]

Aslan, the lukewarm lion?

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Time has an article on the upcoming Narnia movies, wondering if they’ll maintain their Christian message. There will be an easy way to tell, they say: The White Witch: “That human creature is mine. His life is forfeit to me. His blood is my property.” Aslan (later) : “The Witch knew the Deep Magic. But […]

Intelligent Design versus Steve

Monday, September 26th, 2005

Starting today, the Dover Area School District in Pennsylvania begins defending its decision to bring Intelligent Design into their biology classes. The school district’s policy is being challenged by eleven parents of students attending one of their high schools who assert that intelligent design is “unscientific and has no place in a science curriculum”. Richard […]

The Case for a Creator: Definitions

Saturday, September 24th, 2005

Strobel’s The Case for a Creator, claims to present scientific evidence for a creator. Before evaluating this claim, I think it will be useful to have a working definition of “science”. This one seems pretty straightforward and to the point: The study of the material universe or physical reality in order to understand it. This […]

The Case for a Creator: Introduction

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

I’d like to use this post to begin a follow up on a discussion I was having with someone on the News and Record’s Letters to the Editor blog, home to a host of some of the most partisan posters on the Internet. The debate between Evolutionists and Creationists has been going on for quite […]