The best ever reply to Ken Ham -- Answers in Genesis president Ken Ham wrote "Peter Enns Wants Children to Reject Genesis: (Enns is an Evangelical Old Testament scholar who advocates a figurative Adam and Eve). Peter Enns replied with "Ken Ham Clubs Baby Seals." I don't agree with either of these guys in regards to …
Month: September 2012
The YEC “salty seawater” argument — not worth a grain of salt
A common young-Earth creationist (YEC) argument for an Earth that is only 6000 or so years old is the "salty seawater" argument. The salty seawater argument, in its simplest form, states that one should be able to determine a maximum age for the oceans by measuring the rate at which various salts---such as the sodium …
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Jesus’ wife?
Did Jesus have a wife? Like most sensationalist we-found-the-bones-of-Jesus types of stories, this one is pretty easy to dismiss. And we might as well have a little bit of fun while we debunk the "research." HT: Cranach Grace and Peace
Around the web 9/23/2012
Dr. Pepper boycott -- Apparently, there are young-Earth creationists who want us to boycott the soft drink Dr. Pepper because of its recent "Evolution of flavor" ad: At least that is what the news articles want us to believe. There have been plenty of comments on Facebook and blogs from the rank-and-file YECs, but I …
Excuses and plans
As you may have noticed, I haven't been blogging much lately. Here are my basic excuses: I have had a very busy summer at work. The family keeps me busy. These are both good things, but they haven't left much time for writing. My third excuse is that I've had a bad case of writer's …