Tag Archives: Skepticism

Creation: The Glory!

“The heavens declare the glory of God,” says Psalm 19:1, “and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” I’m not sure my son at 20 years of age has ever really seen the night sky at its best, in good conditions and far from city lights. His younger sister probably has, from a mountain conference center …

January 19, 2012 – 5:16 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (15)

“What Is Pseudoscience?: Scientific American”

So far so good from Michael Shermer, writing at Scientific American, as he quotes Michael D. Gordin in an excellent, pithy analysis: “individual scientists (as distinct from the monolithic ‘scientific community’) designate a doctrine a ‘pseudoscience’ only when they perceive themselves to be threatened—not necessarily by the new ideas themselves, but by what those ideas …

September 18, 2011 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (13)

“The Skeptical Inquirer”

One of the podcasts I enjoy listening to is the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, a science-oriented, religiously skeptical discussion conducted out of the New England Skeptical Society. The shows run long, so I can’t listen to all of them, but I’ve heard a couple of them, featuring Michael Shermer and John Rennie. You can …

May 29, 2008 – 5:55 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism | Tagged , , , , | Comments (60)