From Yahoo! News/AP -- One scientist's hobby: recreating the ice age CHERSKY, Russia – Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and reindeer are here, and may one day be joined by Canadian bison and deer. …
Month: November 2010
Earth Observatory images
A few NASA Earth Observatory images from the past few months: Mataiva Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean, August 30, 2010 This image makes a great desktop background. The full-resolution image doesn't have labels. The Water Planet, October 2, 2010 Arthur C. Clarke once remarked, "How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is …
Did Ann Coulter really say “Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It’s yours”?
4/22/2013 -- For a much more Biblical view of nature than what you will hear from Ann Coulter, see my Earth Day 2013 entry: The goodness and fruitfulness of creation. See also the environmental quotes from Christian authors Francis Schaeffer and Steven Bouma-Prediger. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've seen this quote from conservative commentator Ann Coulter in several places, and I'm curious about …
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Consider atheism? I don’t think so
The American Humanist Association is launching an ad campaign, urging us all to "Consider Humanism." This campaign uses a familiar atheist technique: Focus on the evils done in the name of religion; ignore the evils done by atheists. The graphics I've seen have this format: What some believe -- a verse from the Bible or …
John Chrysostom on creation
"There is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all." -- St. John Chrysostom (ca. 354-407), Homilies on Genesis
John Piper and the age of the Earth — part 2
The Bible does not teach that the Earth is only 6000 years old. It isn't just me and others who have a science background who are saying this. It isn't just theological liberals who deny the inspiration and authority of the Bible who are saying this. A number of Bible believing Christian scholars and pastors …
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Man
"Whatever else is true of man, man is not what he was meant to be." -- G.K. Chesterton.
Last night: Missouri Association for Creation — How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?
I attended the monthly meeting of the Missouri Association for Creation last night, and promised here on The GeoChristian that I would report on it. John Chaikowsky (a friend of mine) spoke on the topic "How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?" Falling in line with Answers in Genesis, John cannot fathom how a Bible-believing Christian (such …
The line in outer space
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: An Extremely Thin Galaxy: Grace and Peace
Missouri Association for Creation — How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?
I've been invited to attend the monthly meeting of the Missouri Association for Creation tonight. The topic is "How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism?" Here's the description: How Scriptural is Old-Earth Creationism? by John Chaikowsky It is surprising how many people and colleges consider themselves Bible believing evangelicals and yet doubt the historicity of the very …
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The moral cost of cheaper chicken
Francis Schaeffer, in Pollution and the Death of Man, wrote that "we should treat each thing with integrity because it is the way God has made it" (chapter 4, p. 54). He went on to write about trees: "The tree in the field is to be treated with respect. It is not to be romanticized... …
The ESV Study Bible on creation — Introduction and Introduction to Genesis
The ESV Study Bible is a theologically conservative Evangelical work, and is certainly one of the most comprehensive study Bibles ever produced. It has been out for only three years, but it looks like it will be a highly influential reference work for decades to come.One potential positive impact of the ESVSB relates to its …
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Self-refuting arguments
A self-refuting argument is one which must be false if it is true. The excellent blog Tough Questions Answered has a list of self-refuting arguments: Are You Refuting Yourself? “No English sentence is longer than three words.” “There are no truths.” “I do not exist.” The problem here is that a person must exist to …
The GeoChristian on Ken Ham’s blog
Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, blogged about our point of agreement today: Do Old Earthers and Young Earthers Agree on Anything? Ham wrote: Recently, a blogger commented on my recent blog post about a religion professor at Butler University and his testimony of how he became a “born-again Christian.” Frankly, I saw little …
Martyrdom
From Yahoo News/Associated Press: Baghdad church siege ends with 52 dead. Within Christianity, a martyr is someone who is killed because they are a Christian. These believers were peacefully gathered together for worship. Al-Qaida in Iraq has threatened to "exterminate Iraqi Christians." Within Islam, a person who is killed because they are a Muslim would …
Ken Ham and I are in complete agreement
I believe the Earth is about 4.6 billion years old, and that the Bible doesn't say much one way or the other about biological evolution. I believe that young-Earth creationism is neither necessary Biblically nor valid scientifically. Ken Ham is president of Answers in Genesis, and believes the Bible requires an approximately 6000-year old Earth …
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