By: Jonathan Wells, senior fellow Discovery Institute; ©Feb 5, 2009 The present controversy over evolution is often portrayed as the latest battle in a centuries-old war between science and religion.…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 Several hundred years ago what is today known as “science” was called “natural philosophy.” The methods of natural philosophers differed from those of later scientists such…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 Science can be an effective apologetic as we attempt to communicate our Christian faith. In the natural world which surrounds us there are multiple opportunities for…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 Science issues connect to our Christian faith more significantly than ever before. Some discoveries of modern science are welcomed by Christians with great enthusiasm. Startling improvements…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 On Feb. 7, 2007, USA Today’s religion columnist Tom Krattenmaker in “The Forum” discussed “The Bible vs.science.” Many other similar columns could be cited where science…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 Recently a young earth friend pronounced me an evolutionist because I believe life has existed on this earth for hundreds of millions of years on this…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 Young earth creationist believers support their belief system by adhering to what I’ll call the “2-Ds” — death, and days. In this post we’ll deal with…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 In the previous post we pointed out that denial of any physical death before Adam’s fall permits YEC believers to preserve their concept of an earth…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 Some Christians are not aware of how science works, not to mention what science has discovered. Since roughly the 16th and 17th centuries, through the contributions…
By: Jim Virkler; ©2007 Naturalism is the term given to a major worldview category. One form of naturalism is atheistic materialism. Because of confusion in terminology, naturalism is sometimes misunderstood.…
