Jim Virkler

Insect Taxonomy and Evolution

By Jim Virkler / October 15, 2014

Carolos Linnaeus (1707-1778) originated one of the most long lasting classification systems in the world of science. Linnaeus developed binomial nomenclature for living things. He had an early fascination with…

Insect Profusion

By Jim Virkler / October 12, 2014

The recent post on the wonders of one species of praying mantis triggered our contemplation of the wondrous profusion, complexity, and diversity of life on earth, not to mention our…

Eclipse Elation

By Jim Virkler / October 8, 2014

A tiny “cookie slice” of bright sunlight slowly crept across the moon’s surface as I began writing this post. The early morning total lunar eclipse of October 8, 2014, had…

Garden Predators

By Jim Virkler / October 7, 2014

Last week’s photograph of our 2-year old granddaughter went far beyond the usual smiling photo sent to grandparents through the modern miracle of the smartphone. Our creative photographer-son managed to…

Restrictive Science

By Jim Virkler / October 3, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 One of the most troubling phenomena with respect to the Design Inference and the Design Hypothesis, popularly referred to as ID, is the science community’s adamant…

Science and Faith Interdigitation

By Jim Virkler / October 3, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Interdigitation signals the interlocking of concepts like the interlocking fingers of two hands. When the term is used for the relationship of science and faith we…

Denigrating Design

By Jim Virkler / October 3, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Intelligent Design and creationism have been relegated to non-science by the majority of the world science establishment. The perception of ID and creationism publicly suffer from…

Brain: Causes, Effects, and Design

By Jim Virkler / October 3, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Basic knowledge of the human brain is an appropriate launch point for a discussion of the currently popular concept of intelligent design. The brain is the…

ID by Design

By Jim Virkler / October 3, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Our recent blog study of physical sound and human hearing is one of many subjects to inspire confidence that God intelligently designed the physical properties of…

Electric Intellect

By Jim Virkler / October 3, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2014 Our post title, Electric Intellect, is intended to be humorous, but it may be more realistic than humorous. “Electric” connotes something thrilling or exciting; intellect refers…

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