“The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom”
Glenn Branch and Eugenie C. Scott write in a Scientific American article dated today, Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools...
December 16, 2008
Confusing Science With Religion
From the comic strip Partially Clips, via Language Log. “[The scientist] knew that he could say yes or no, and the reporter would print whatever answer...
August 26, 2008
Postscript to the Series, “Darwin’s Gift?”
Having written a four-part series on Francis Ayala’s Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion, I was already in strong disagreement over what Ayala called a “gift” to...
May 30, 2008
“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...
May 29, 2008
“Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion” Part 4
Book Review In this, my fourth and final post on Francisco Ayala’s book Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion, I wish to examine very briefly his...
May 17, 2008
“Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion” Part 3
University of California, Irvine biologist Francisco Ayala writes in his book Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion (pages 174-175), Scientific knowledge cannot contradict religious beliefs, because...
May 14, 2008
“Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion” Part 2
Book Review In his book Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion, Francisco Ayala suggests that evolution supplies the answer to a serious theological conundrum. I alluded...
May 13, 2008
“Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion” Part 1
Book Review Francisco Ayala wants us to understand and appreciate what he considers to be Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion. The author of a recent book...
May 12, 2008
Christianity and the Nature of Science
Science and Christianity–are they at odds with each other? Is science the kingly road to knowledge, and is religion a matter of mere belief? Do they...
February 17, 2008
