Monthly Archives: January 2011

Why We Need Worldview Education

Bless Bill O’Reilly for trying, but Dawkins wins this big-time, especially from 2:27 to 3:00: The reason he wins is simple: he is right and O’Reilly is wrong. How many of us would make the same mistake? A 2008 Pew Forum poll found that 57% of evangelical church attenders believe there are multiple ways to …

January 31, 2011 – 8:54 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Postmodernism/ Relativism | Tagged , | Comments (8)

A Thought Experiment on Self and Soul

Here’s a thought experiment for you to have some fun with. Jim is pathologically jealous of Micah, the rich, charming, and happily married owner of the company for which Jim works. One of his problems is a troublesome work rival named Roger, who has cunningly undermined his reputation with the bosses. One day while Jim …

January 30, 2011 – 7:15 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Just For Fun | Comments (6)

SciAm Endorses Teaching the Controversy?

Could this be? Looks like John Rennie, who until recently was the long-time Editor-in-Chief of Scientific American, thinks it’s a good idea to teach the controversy! The roughly 60 percent in the mushy middle steered around conflicts between evolution and creationism or taught both and let students draw their own conclusions. (Always such a good idea….) …

January 28, 2011 – 7:12 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Misunderstandings or Manipulations?

This is not another post about homosexuality or homosexual rights. You might think it is, but it’s really a post about science and theology, as was the article on which I’m commenting: Science, the Bible, and the Vote to Ordain Gays by Ben Daniel at the Huffington Post. Ben Daniel is a minister in the …

January 28, 2011 – 3:59 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, The Faith | Comments Off

Preview or Editing

To help speed up page load times I’m about to permanently disable one of these: either comment previewing or comment editing. What’s your preference?

January 27, 2011 – 3:59 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments (1)

Continuing Maintenance Issues

Something is still slowing this blog down. One step I’m taking to fix it will probably break the series listings and links on some posts. Other functions may also be turned off. Thank you for your patience.

January 26, 2011 – 8:02 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments Off

Protected: The Truth Holds Us: Reflections of a Thinking Christian

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OSU to consider allowing Michigan students to join Buckeye student government

From the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch: Student-government leaders want Ohio State University to change the student government charter to permit University of Michigan students to join OSU student leadership…. “It’s the general feeling among most students that Ohio State should not tolerate discrimination of any kind,” said Micah Kamrass, president of the Undergraduate Student Government. Well, …

January 25, 2011 – 12:02 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Comments (2)