Recently I stumbled over the very winsome and articulate Neil Degrasse Tyson. He is a fantastic communicator; disarmingly casual, witty and entertaining. He seems intelligent, yet without an air of condescension; clever and still humble enough to recognize that he doesn’t have all the answers. And yet, for some reason he made the assertion inContinue reading “Faith, Reason & Progress: A Response to Neil Degrasse Tyson”
Tag Archives: Evolution
Mechanics & Meaning: The Nye-Ham Debate
Recently there was a highly publicized and mostly disappointing debate between the Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and Ken Ham, Founder of the Christian organization Answers In Genesis. Now in the interest of full disclosure, I need to tell you that I love Bill Nye and appreciate all that he did for Science Education backContinue reading “Mechanics & Meaning: The Nye-Ham Debate”
Revolution
Revolution denotes the overthrow of an established power structure. Those who have power desire to keep it and those who don’t have it want it. In order for those who want power to get it they must be strong enough to take it, the essential premise of Darwin’s natural selection. Often this is thought ofContinue reading “Revolution”
Spirituality
What is Spirituality? While the word is used by many different people in many different ways, broadly defined spirituality is a focus on and pursuit of the transcendent. For some it is the eternal verses the present, the majestic verses the mundane, the immaterial verses the material. For Plato it was the ideal which supersededContinue reading “Spirituality”
Dr. Joshua C. Strunk 