Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Posted by Price on August 5, 2009
Wouldn’t you know! The secular, godless government is attacking REAL American Christians again! This time, they are putting them in jail!
Dale Neumann of Wisconsin, a born-again Christian, is charged with reckless homicide for putting God before materialism! Oh Heaven’s forbid! Neumann’s daughter was ill, very ill, and he prayed to God to heal his daughter’s ailment instead of taking her to the doctor. He said, “If I go to the doctor, I am putting the doctor before God. I am not believing what he said he would do.”
Of course, the Bible does say God will heal. And, we all know that the U.S. Constitution was written based on the Christian Bible for the US to be a Christian nation. So, what’s wrong with putting the Bible above US law? Isn’t that what the Founders intended?
Neumann’s daughter was 11 years old and had diabetes. She could have been easily helped by a doctor. But, his belief in a Bronze Age text brought him to neglect proper, modern treatment. How sad. How stupid. The above is a joke by the way.
Posted in Christofacism, General, Religion, Science, Science and Religion | Tagged: child, christianity, faith, faith healing, God, homicide, neglect, Science | Leave a Comment »
Posted by Price on February 19, 2009
The study of knowledge and how it is obtained, epistemology, is a fundamental philosophy underlying all human efforts to justify “truth” claims. The Enlightenment gave rise to modern science, a practice for obtaining knowledge grounded in naturalism, empiricism, and materialism. Since then, science has yielded inquires and insights that have lead to significant developments in our understanding of the universe and its causal mechanisms. Scientific progress has also generated technological advancement and intellectual growth throughout human civilization. Throughout the history of modern science, its theories have been met with reservation and denial, censorship and rejection. Even within its own domains, scientists have rejected previously accepted theories and replaced them with new models as better explanations for physical systems and observed phenomena.
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Posted by Price on February 12, 2009
I found this on the internet and believe it is the simplest and easiest explanation for why ID is not science I’ve found. The author is Dr. Penny Higgens, a Research Associate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rochester.
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Posted by Price on January 31, 2009
OK, so you wanna disprove the theory of evolution? Well, you’re in luck! I’m prepared to show you everything you need to do in order to topple over more than a century of biology so we can preserve our belief in a divine Creator (since, of course, evolution and the existance of God are totally incompatible).
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Posted in Science, Science and Religion | Tagged: carbon dating, dinosaurs, disprove, evolution, fossils, proof, Science, theory | 3 Comments »
Posted by Price on December 13, 2008
The following is from a discussion I am having on this blog. I really enjoy the guy’s posts because he actually engages some serious issues on both sides of the argument. Any way, you can check out his post that I linked. This is my response:
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Posted by Price on December 1, 2008
The characteristics of God in the Judeo-Christian tradition provide interesting insights into the capabilities of the deity. At the heart of traditional debate between non-theists and theists is the logical possibility of God. I am going to half-heartedly dissect the arguments between the two groups.
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Posted by Price on November 29, 2008
I’ve decided to move this discussion to my blog, simply because I enjoy it so much. In my responses, I will try to avoid ad hominems since that is becoming ever prevalent in our discussions.
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Posted by Price on October 28, 2008
I recently viewed Ben Stein’s Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. It was a bold attempt to “uncover” an apparently suppressive scientific community, while advocating a controversial alternative theory known as Intelligent Design (ID). The film advances three main points: (1) the scientific community is an oppressive group that dogmatically holds up Darwinism above all other theories; (2) ID is a legitimate scientific theory that may in fact be more effective in answering questions than Darwinism; and (3) that a Darwinian worldview promotes the devaluation of human life and therefore invites destructive and immoral behavior (i.e., the Holocaust).
The most original claim is that the scientific community is oppressive, forcing out academics who even so much as mention the words “intelligent design.” The topic is one I will return to later, however, I want to discuss the second and third arguments first.
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