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“The first sentence of Genesis has often been translated: ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’ This traditional version seems a clear statement of the doctrine – now held by all monotheists – that God created our world out of nothing: apart from God there originally existed...

Lately we seem to be inundated by (mostly) creationists claiming the 'evolutionists' are mocking them. Sometimes the accusation reaches as high as 'persecution'. But what exactly is mocking? [/list]from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mocking Is mocking bad? Is one side mocking...

Part 1 Creationists are often very vocal in their espoused dedication to scripture. Many claim that scripture clearly (and only) supports their view in a literal interpretation. For people who claim so much respect for the Bible it is interesting to see them either plainly misinterpret...

I note that creationists in general discount the idea of uniformitarianism, ie there are some processes which occur with a constant rate of change from which we can extrapolate ages. They poo poo radiactive decay, light speed, ecological relationships, life spans, sediment deposition, etc...

Occassionally (thankfully not too often) in a debate about interpretations of Genisis, one encounters this argument from a person holding a literal view: 'Ah, of course you don't understand this scripture correctly. It's because you're carnally minded. The Holy Spirit has revealed the true...

Ok, bear with me here. I'm thinking out loud. The argument for ID is that because the cosmos LOOKS like it was designed, it IS designed. To understand design, we need to know what DESIGN looks like as opposed to UNDESIGN. If everything is DESIGNED, we have NEVER seen an example of UNDESIGN...

I'm sure we've all read our science texts that give us lists of the characteristics of living things> It usually includes things like: 1. Metabolism 2. respiration 3. response to stimuli 4. movement 5. growth 6. reproduction and so on. It is of course a little simplistic. Where exactly is...

Ok, first things first. My academic training is in physics and mathematics. I will probably say stupid things about biology. Here's my thought: Mutations occur in a population increasing the genetic diversity of the population. Natural selection acts as a filter and selects those mutations...

The Size of God To me, one of the most important reasons (aside from overwhelming physical evidence) that I find YEC unpalatable is aesthetics. The YEC God seems nothing like the God that I know experientially. (Atheists, please block your ears.) I look at an elegant and complex...

I understand this is a forum for discussion of opposing views. I understand that debate may at times become robust. I understand the strong human desire to win, to show 'em once and for all you're right. What bothers me, particularly over the last little while, is that some people have either...

I admit I haven't done as much reading as I should about ID. But I'm interested in the idea. We know that physical laws operate and constrain phenomena in regular and sometimes predictable ways. Mathematics seems to 'work' in our universe. It seems to me intelligent design would be...

We keep seeing the same tired old arguments being trotted out to support one side or the other. (I actually think YEC's do it more but, hey, I might be biased.) I note that some of these arguments have been roundly refuted on a number of occassions. Not only that, but 'experts' on a particular...

I've searched the archives and found a couple of threads that mention neanderthals. My quick impression is that evolutionists had the greater amount to comment. If I am wrong, I apologize. What I'm specifically interested in is how creationists view Neanderthals. How are they related to...

In another thread, Neverstop and I got into a tangent about whether Jesus was omniscient or not. I thought it was an interesting question so I decided to start a thread about it. If we start from the orthodox position of Jesus being both fully human and fully God, what characteristics of...

Does it make any sense to talk about the morality of God? Is God good in any meaningful sense of the word? If one is a christian, one is given many exhortations from scripture to behave in a 'good' way. God does not seem to adhere to the moral principles He espouses for us. Examples: In the...

Over in Official Polls, people have overwhelmingly decided that God should be referred to as a male. Mostly the reasons stated are that (a) Scripture refers to God as Male and (b) Jesus was male and (c) Jesus referred to His 'Father'. My question is what does it mean to refer to God as male...

First, a declaration of interest: I do not hold to the view that the scripture is inerrant. For the sake of this thread though, let's assume it is. What good is an inerrant scripture if it is to be read and interpreted by particularly 'errant' human beings? We all know of situations in the...

Well, yes they do. I know I'm one. I note, just as an observation, that in the very little I've seen of the discussions here that what I would consider conservative views seem to vastly outnumber liberal views. Is this because liberals wouldn't be as likely to join a forum like this, or is...