The Dispute Is Not Primarily over the Text, but over Naturalism
Over on BioLogos, in the context of discussing the Ham-Nye debate, several people have resumed a much earlier BioLogos discussion about the Resurrection, in which it was argued (apparently under the...
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Gallup, Jerry Coyne, and Karl Giberson: Is the Handwriting on the Wall for...
It is not often that I agree with Jerry Coyne. Nonetheless, his recent column on the results of a new Gallup poll about creation and evolution hits some nails on the head. This Gallup poll that has...
View ArticleResponse to Deborah Haarsma’s Constructive New Column Regarding ID
Over at BioLogos, President Deborah Haarsma has posted a column on ID/TE relations that is in some respects admirable, and certainly an improvement on many past things written about ID on BioLogos....
View Article2014: Another Year of Failure to Engage at BioLogos?
The BioLogos Forum is a useful venue for exchanging ideas about creation and evolution, and religion and science generally. But it is not as useful as it could be. Though it features many columns...
View ArticleMy Problem with John Walton’s Apologia for TE/EC
I have mixed feelings about the work of John Walton. While I don’t object to much of what he writes about how to interpret Genesis, I don’t like the way he applies his knowledge to defend the project...
View ArticleWhy Evolutionary Creationists Need to Be Specific, or, Why George Brooks is...
On BioLogos today, a frequent and apparently well-meaning poster, George Brooks, wrote the following: God COULD arrange an entire Cosmos at the very moment of creation. Or God COULD nudge and prod...
View ArticleDiscussion with Sy Garte on Teleology
Sy Garte has replied to a post of mine on BioLogos. Because I am temporarily suspended from BioLogos, I’m replying to him here. I’ll write in the form of a column, but with some references to his own...
View ArticleDoes God Sustain the Universe by Batteries or Power Cords? Or Are Both...
Over on BioLogos, Jon was kind enough to comment on a discussion I was having with GJDS and several others about Deism, God’s involvement in evolution, etc. He wrote: Eddie’s caution about the...
View ArticleIn What Sense Does Evolution Require a Creator to “Establish” It?
Over at BioLogos, a vigorous discussion is going on under the column entitled “Signal and Noise”. Cornelius Hunter has returned to debate the soundness of evolutionary theory, and, predictably, he is...
View ArticleMinor Theological Footnote to a Good Series on BioLogos from Snobelen and Davis
I’ve often criticized BioLogos on this site, but, wishing to give credit where credit is due, I can recommend the latest series hosted by Ted Davis, written by historian of science Stephen Snobelen...
View ArticleCraig vs. Ayala: When Theologians Urge Science and Biologists Urge Theology
This one won’t be a long column. I simply wanted to share something with the readers here. It’s an old taped debate (from 2013 or earlier) featuring William Lane Craig and Francisco Ayala (with Bradley...
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Some Not Truly Random Observations on a Current BioLogos Discussion: Stuff...
An interesting new BioLogos discussion is based upon a post by one “Dpiiius” who sports the alternate name of “Darius Beckham”. The assertion is: “I’m starting to think intelligent design theories are...
View ArticleIntelligent Design, “Cultural Baggage” and the Eye of the Beholder
A frequent theme in BioLogos writing is that Intelligent Design (ID) theory has contaminated the notion of divine design in nature, so much so that some Christians have shied away from even using the...
View ArticleA Promising Suggestion on BioLogos, But Will There Be Any Support for It?
Regarding tone, and often regarding contents, one of the more reasonable commenters on BioLogos is Chris Falter. He tries to at least listen to those who disagree with the TE/EC party line, and (with...
View ArticleLatest Gallup Poll on Origins: A Questionable Analysis by Deb Haarsma
The Gallup organization has put out the results of another survey of American public opinion on human origins. The question allowed those surveyed to choose from the same three options that Gallup has...
View ArticleBioLogos on the Natural/Supernatural Distinction
Many times on BioLogos, columnists or commenters have deplored the use of the term “supernatural” to describe God’s activity. The usual criticism of this term is that it seems to imply a universe which...
View ArticleAllegations of Sneaky Machinations at BioLogos and Discovery: Overreaction on...
The commenter “Bilbo” recently stirred up a very constructive hornet’s nest at BioLogos with his thread on the origin of life (OOL). I appreciated the way he held the feet of the materialists (and of...
View ArticleDennis Venema on God and Intelligent Design
In a current BioLogos discussion, Dennis Venema writes this: “I see evolution as God’s design for creating life, plate tectonics as his design for making continents, gravity as his design for making...
View ArticleA Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing: A Philological Note to a BioLogos...
One of the frustrations of web discussions about theology and science is that so many of the participants in the discussions choose to argue with a vigor all out of proportion to their knowledge of the...
View ArticleNatural Theology, ID, and Lutherans: A Response to Davis, Murphy and Swamidass
Over at BioLogos, Joshua Swamidass has started a new discussion, entitled “The Lutheran Option”. In it, Joshua makes the point that the Lutheran voice has rarely been heard in origins debates in the...
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