Category Archives: Science

Cosmos and God

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Ted

It’s easy to understand why Creationists are not pleased with Cosmos: A Space Odyssey. After all, the show’s host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, emphatically and repeatedly states that the universe is billions of years old — in contradiction to the Creationist’s calculated age of less than 7,000 years. … Continue reading →

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Noah? No

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Ted

Here’s a footnote to my prior article on Cosmos and God: If ever there was a Bible story that makes absolutely no sense, it is the story of Noah. It’s so easy to find logical fallacies in the telling that it … Continue reading →

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Intelligence, Evolution and Politics

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Ted

In the most recent Sunday New York Times, Frank Bruni argues that being “smart”, at least in the scholarly academic intellectual sense that President Obama is generally considered to be smart, is not a guarantee that a President will be … Continue reading →

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Giffords’ Progress and “Miracles”

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Ted

A recent New York Times article covered the “remarkable progress” of Representative Gabrielle Giffords following the shooting in Tucson: “In response to a reporter’s question about whether Ms. Giffords’s recovery might be considered miraculous, Dr. G. Michael Lemole Jr., the … Continue reading →

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