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In Genesis, the creation of the sun and moon is described as follows: And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon...

At a time when people are fleeing Christianity due to literalism, this video got 25 million views, even though it starts out suggesting God started the Big Bang, etc. It starts with a voice saying "I want to invent time and space" before the big bang (at 0:40). After 7:00 it's a lot of human...

For the first time since Gallup has been asking this question on creationism, the creationist answer is no longer the top reply, and this is the 3rd record low point in just the last 10 years. Here's the data over time: This fits other polls by other groups (such as Pew Research), which all...

He's already past January, February, March, April, May, June, and July. Soooo.... August? September? October? November? Check back to see who's right! Of course, he has no honest basis for continuing to keep hiding them. Here is an examination of just a few of the various lies he's...

Note that the evolutionary trees shown by silent mutations are not consistent with the "common design" argument. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/science/last-universal-ancestor.html Papias

For the first time in history, the Republican leaders have asked an openly gay man (Peter Theil) to urge Republicans at the RNC to embrace gay rights. The tech billionaire will declare to the Republican National Convention that he is proud to be gay, a source familiar with Thiel's remarks...

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day, or Columbus Day, or just a day, depending on where you live. The number of places changing to Indigenous peoples day is increasing, and so it might be interesting to discuss the holiday. Columbus Day was made a United States holiday in 1937. Since then...

On another thread we were discussion mtDNA, YDNA and Adam&Eve. I realized that if one interprets Genesis literally (with total breeding population of 2 ancestors 6,000 years ago), then (in addition to all the other intractable contradictions that causes), one would expect that all humans would...

As many of us here know, Barna research* has shown that the denial of scientific data about reality is one of main reasons ex-Christians give for why they left Christianity. A major (perhaps biggest) source of this reality denial in churches is creationism. Now we have data as to how many...

On another thread, justlookinla posted 8 meanings of evolution (definitions given by a creationist site), and asked that posters state which one they mean when posting about evolution. Though I think it was a misstep to use a creationist site, I think his core point – that...

To answer the poll, consider the evil, no-good, very bad, puppy killing evolution beer in this 3 minute video: Life In A Beer - YouTube Now, ask yourself - do I object to people drinking this beer? In Christ- Papias

So is anyone surprised that ISIL in Iraq has banned the teaching of evolution? ISIS eradicates art, history and music from curriculum in Iraq - CBS News Are creationists here happy about that? In Christ- Papias

This sacred day I was reflecting on how God used death on the first Good Friday as a tool to bring about the greatest good imaginable. I then realized that this may help us look at the concern some creationists have in objecting to evolution when they say "evolution requires millions of...

In response to AV's poll about which Bethlehem the various Bibles say Jesus was born in, here is a poll of similar relevance: What kind of creature does Exodus say was used to fly the thousands of Jews out of Egypt? Here is the relevant verse: Exodus 19:4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I...

One of the campaigns has been caught photoshopping a picture of one of their rallys to make it look like more people were there. Link The real photograph: The altered and released version...

I've heard some Christians who expect Jesus' return any day now defend the Jewish settlements on the West Bank because they see it as a way to get the rapture to happen sooner (or at least as the fulfillment of prophecy). Similarly, we see the recent kerfluffle over the "Jerusalem" line in...

This thread is mainly for asking American, Christian creationists if they welcome the increasing numbers of Muslims in the US because they will help shore up the numbers of creationists here, which may be decreasing- as well as for asking Christians in general what they expect on that topic, and...

Here is an example of how Origins Theology, and specifically the denial of evolution, is continuing to make Christianity look silly - just as if we had a large chunk of Christians who denied heliocentrism. Note that the authors are both professors at a Christian college, Eastern Nazarene...

It's good to see someone point out that going back through the founder of the evangelical movement, back to Augustine, shows that recognizing that the evidence from the world is divine revelation is part of being Christian. Jonathan Dudley: Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution Why do...

Scientists have long suffered with poor reporting by journalists who simply don't understand science, and write errors in their articles. Worse, many times the reporters intentionlly exagerrate disagreement so as to make the story sound more sensational, and hence sell papers. For...