Conversations with Atheists 3

Paraphrased for brevity and clarity: —– Him: You can’t possibly be so stupid and uneducated as to dismiss the theory of evolution. Me: Intelligent Design is a theory of evolution.  There are several. Him: No, there aren’t! Me: Certainly there are.  Darwinism, Neo-Darwinism, Catastrophism, and Intelligent Design off the top of my head.  I believe …

Conversations with Creation Scientists

(paraphrased for brevity and clarity) Me: Intelligent Design Theory only proposes that terrestrial life, and the universe in general, show evidence of… intelligent design. Creation Scientist: Well, if that’s all it is, then all Creationists are IDr’s! Me: No. First, because you make an unverifiable (but not implausible) claim about the identity of the intelligence …

The Word of God

One of the most common, and most vehement, arguments in which I find myself with other people who call themselves “Christian” regards the Bible as the “Word of God”. This post will demonstrate why that belief is both untrue and unjustified. Although I am an Aramaic primacist, as much as possible I shall use Greek …