The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." --Psalm 14:1 Lately, the atheists have been busy writing books. Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation Daniel Dennett, Breaking the Spell Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything I interact via the internet with the type …
Month: June 2007
Hot Hot Hot
The high temperature reported from Bucharest yesterday (Tuesday) was 45 Celsius, which is a scorching 113 Fahrenheit. It felt like an oven! It is quite a bit cooler today; about 97 F (36 C).
The World Without Us
A new book is out: The World Without Us. This isn't some left-wing or Islamo-fascist book about how much better the world would be without the United States. This is speculative science, and I don't use the word "speculative" in a negative sense. The book asks the question: "What would happen to the Earth if …
Megadisaster type #3
When I think of natural catastrophes on a massive scale (continent- or world-wide impact) that can kill millions of people, I usually think of: Meteorite impacts -- Asteroids of greater than one kilometer diameter that either kick up sun-obscuring dust in the atmosphere, or, if they hit the oceans, cause massive tsunamis 35 meters (about …
Hot Summer in Bucharest
It has been a hot summer in Bucharest, and it looks like it's going to get warmer: Psychologically, it helps to think of it being in the thirties outside. Ah, snow... Unfortunately, this is just our Celsius forecast. Thirty-eight Celsius is just as hot as 101 Fahrenheit. It actually doesn't take all that long to …
Knowing God – Chapter 7 Quotes
Chapter 7 of Knowing God is entitled "God Unchanging," and is about the immutability of God (i.e. the fact that God does not change). This is part of what makes the Bible such an incredibly relevant book for us today. We don't have to make Christianity relevant by modernizing it in some way. The Word …
Green President
Who would be a "green" president (i.e. an environmentally friendly president)? Al Gore? John Edwards? They say they are environmentally conscious, but they have been accused of hypocrisy because of their consumptive lifestyles. How about George W. Bush? Check out this post from treehugger.com -- Is George Bush a Closet Green? Here's a quote: [Is] …
Geologic Maps
A few weeks ago I posted a map showing shifting meander patterns for the lower Mississippi River. Here are a few more geologic maps that are artistic masterpieces. The first is the geologic map of Colorado, compiled in the 1970s by the US Geological Survey: The colors indicate rocks of various ages and types, and …
