The Cassini probe, which is orbiting Saturn, has mapped part of the surface of the planet's largest moon. Like Venus, Titan is covered by a hazy atmosphere, which makes viewing the surface using visible light impossible. The Cassini probe includes a radar mapping tool, which has made it possible to construct a map of part …
Month: March 2007
The Bad News of the Gospel
This item was originally posted in March, 2006. It is now part of my blog recycling program. Because I have more people reading The Earth is Not Flat! now than I did a year ago, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my best blog entries. As a teacher, I've seen a few …
Blogosphere theme verse
People blog because they have opinions that they like to share. Here's a thought to keep me humble: I was reading in Proverbs the other day and I think I found the blogosphere theme verse! Proverbs 18:2: "A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions." That was from a …
One year of “The Earth is Not Flat!”
Happy Birthday to "The Earth is Not Flat!" "The Earth is Not Flat!" had its humble beginning on March 16, 2006. This is the 209th post, and I have had 6170 page views (whatever that means -- is that visits by people, or are many of those visits by automated systems?) I named this blog …
Einsteinstrasse
March 14th is also Albert Einstein's birthday (born in 1879). Here's me on Einsteinstrasse (Einstein Street) in Munich in 2005: Grace and Peace
Pi day (3.14)
March 14th -- a day to celebrate the number pi. I can only recite it to 15 decimal places, which is good enough for most purposes. Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter? A: Pumpkin pi Q: What do you get when you take a cow …
Science textbooks stink (for the most part)
The middle school science textbooks we have been using for many years at BCA are old and worn, so it is time for a textbook search. Being that I cannot go to the National Science Teachers Association convention, I'm looking online for replacement textbooks. One of the first things I found was an article from …
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Education Quotes
It is said that another evangelist told John Wesley: "The Lord has told me to tell you that He doesn't need your book learning, your Greek and Hebrew." Wesley is said to have replied: "Thank you sir. Your letter was superfluous, as I already knew the Lord has no need of my 'book learning' as …
Give her physics
"Ah, the poor child! My Lord, we do wrong to keep our guests standing. Quick, some of you! Take them away. Give them food and wine and baths. Comfort the little girl. Give her lollipops, give her dolls, give her physics, give her all you can think of--possets and comfits and caraways and lullabies and …
Creation Care Skeptics
From Christianity Today: Dobson, Others Seek Ouster of NAE Vice President. Subtitle: Interim president Leith Anderson says he supports Richard Cizik's work on creation care. More than two dozen evangelical leaders are seeking the ouster of the Rev. Richard Cizik from the National Association of Evangelicals because of his "relentless campaign" against global warming. In …
Even the skeptics are skeptical
I posted last week about the Discovery Channel "documentary" "The Lost Tomb of Jesus". My one word summary was, "absurd." Don't lose sleep over this one; even the folks at Scientific American magazine (who are normally not very friendly to Christianity) are ripping this one apart. Says Scholar Whose Work Was Used in the Upcoming …
Human Rice
An article in Friday's Washington Post has an article with the headline USDA Backs Production of Rice With Human Genes. The Agriculture Department has given a preliminary green light for the first commercial production of a food crop engineered to contain human genes, reigniting fears that biomedically potent substances in high-tech plants could escape and …
Knowing God – Chapter 5 Quotes
Chapter 5 of Knowing God is "God Incarnate". One of the foundational truths of Christianity is the incarnation of Christ. Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human at the same time. It is from misbelief, or at least inadequate belief, about the incarnation that difficulties at other points in the gospel story usually spring. …
First Day of Spring
March 1 -- The first day of spring! The most common definition of spring in the U.S. is: the period of time between the spring equinox (March 21 this year) and the summer solstice (June 21 this year). But there are other valid definitions as well: The meteorological definition is based on weather. Spring by …
Eat Well Part 2
A few weeks ago I had a simple quote from Scientific American Blog: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Don Darrick at The Evangelical Ecologist has good dietary advice, with a few more details: Here’s how I have made my diet more natural: 1. Reduced soda (or pop) intake to virtually zero. Increased water …
Shift Happens — The world is going to change a lot in the near future
Technological changes in our society tend to be exponential rather than linear. Some examples of this include: The density of transistors on integrated chips doubles every 24 months. Hard drive capacity increases about 40% per year (do you remember when that 20 MB hard drive seemed huge?) Computer RAM has gone from kilobytes in the …
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