SCIENCE BLOG

Complete Knowledge

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 There are few areas of human understanding where we can confidently say that our knowledge is complete. Determining historical timelines is one of those areas. We…

Paradox of Progress

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 One would think the increased agricultural bounty, elevated personal convenience and comfort, and improved living standards of the last century would result in heightened awareness of…

Objective Truth

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 People react to issues such as God’s existence, how He acted, and when He acted in diverse ways. The existence of God, how He acted to…

Listener Enthusiam

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Many viewers have been blessed by the ongoing John Ankerberg Show science program series. Several took time to write after the last broadcast: * I have…

Listener Reaction

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 The current John Ankerberg Show science series continues to generate considerable interest among listeners. The series began with a discussion of the “Big Bang” and continues…

Science Special Series

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Each time the apologetics television ministry of The John Ankerberg Show presents a series on science featuring trained theologians and scientists who accept modern findings of…

Creation/ID Jury Bias

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 In a legal system, juries are impanelled to hear evidence and pass judgment on a case according to the facts presented. When a jury is being…

Philosophy-driven Science

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Recently I continued a long-running conversation with my cousin concerning the philosophy of science. His emailed statement merits examination: “Philosophers of science typically understand the epistemological…

Intuition and Induction

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 The intuitive identification of an intelligent mind at work in the design and purpose of our cosmos and the living things which inhabit it seems highly…

The Medium is Not the Message

By Jim Virkler | September 30, 2014

By: Jim Virkler; ©2010 Marshall McCluhan’s familiar phrase “The Medium is the Message” could help us understand the contrast between the metaphysical naturalist and the creationist Christian worldviews. Naturalists claim…