Monthly Archives: February 2011

“Pssst! Don’t tell the creationists, but scientists don’t have a clue how life began”

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=pssst-dont-tell-the-creationists-bu-2011-02-28 Too late. The creationists and Intelligent Design proponents already knew. Posted from WordPress for Android

February 28, 2011 – 5:19 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged | Comments (10)

On Not Being Young

Being young was never what it was cracked up to be. Our media culture wants us to think it’s the greatest thing, but they’re wrong. If someone somehow offered me the chance to go back, I would say, “no, thank you.” Sure, I could stand to have my joints back in the condition they once …

February 25, 2011 – 8:48 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)

“If You Don’t Want God, You’d Better Have a Multiverse”

Late in 2008 Discover Magazine published an article that contains one of the clearest reasons any scientist has ever stated for favoring multiverse theory. I believe my blog entry on it is worth re-posting (with some edits/updates). Follow it to the end for the key statement, and then ask yourself: is he reasoning from science …

February 22, 2011 – 9:30 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Comments (47)

How Important Is a Biblical Worldview?

Significant worldview issues can arise anywhere–even a high school wrestling tournament. It’s not about some sentimental chivalry. It’s about what it means to be human persons.

February 22, 2011 – 6:31 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Comments (2)

Comments Are Open Again

If you tried to comment here in the last 18 hours or so, you know that I had a blog upgrade in process and that comments were closed for the duration. The upgrade has had to be postponed for a couple weeks. Comments are now open again. Thanks for your patience.

February 21, 2011 – 4:27 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments Off

A Divine Hiddenness Argument for Christianity

Take this post as a conversation-starter, please. I think there may be something to it, but it’s just a first stab at it. The Divine Hiddenness Argument Against Christianity There is an argument against Christianity based on God’s “hiddenness:” that if God existed and wanted people to believe in him, he would make himself known …

February 18, 2011 – 8:23 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged | Comments (27)

Pop science not quite too stupid to parody properly?

Marvelous: http://salvomag.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/pop-science-not-quite-too-stupid-to-parody-properly.html Posted from mobile phone

February 17, 2011 – 8:58 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Comments Off

More server issues

The web host for this blog was down for almost an hour earlier today. My apologies to you for that. I’m still working on moving toward an upgraded hosting system.

February 16, 2011 – 3:06 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments Off