By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 The popular catch phrase of creationists the past few decades is “fine tuning.” Creationists and Intelligent Design proponents sometimes use the term to strengthen belief in…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Life, especially human life, is balanced “on a razor’s edge.” The characteristics enabling life to exist in our universe are numerous and incredibly complex. Imagine the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Each day of our existence we trust the physical conditions of our environment to prove “predictable” and “as expected.” We do not propose that weather forecasters…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 This post title is a deliberate attention-getter. Radiation is seldom used in this context of creationism. The term commonly signals some sort of energy transfer carried…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Mentality: “The characteristic attitude of mind or way of thinking of a person…” This internet definition focuses on human attitudes, processes of thought, and beliefs across…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 The professional science community studies and describes the functions of living systems from simple to advanced, from bacteria to humanity. It has also provided advanced knowledge…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 A recent survey (A Survey of Clergy and Their Views on Origins) conducted by BioLogos reported the results of 743 telephone interviews with clergy of all…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 The subject of evolution occupies a prominent position in secular bioscience education for our students from middle school through college. As a creationist making use of…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 One of my favorite personal exercises while perusing an evolutionary biology textbook is mentally distinguishing factual explanation from wishful thinking. In the area of (1) the…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2013 Since 1972 Simon Conway Morris has explored the outcrops of fossil-bearing rocks from the Middle Cambrian geologic period. He has championed human understanding of some of…