You may have noticed a lot of press lately about solar storms and auroras seen in the deep south. Auroras are normally seen only in upper latitudes. In North America that includes northern Canada and Alaska. However, this week they were seen as far south as Texas, a very rare occurrence. What is going on?…
Category: Science
Culture & Social Issues, Politics and Government, Religion, Science
The Inevitable Corruption of Science
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Some things are inevitable. History teaches us that everything created by mankind, whether physical, philosophical, sociological, or theological eventually falls apart, either through natural processes wearing on it, or outright corruption. Science is no different. It does not exist in a vacuum. Since its inception it has lived through the actions of the people who…
Christianity, Knowing God, Philosophy, Science
Knowing God Outside of Jesus
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What are the limits for knowing God outside of Jesus Christ?
Christianity, Philosophy, Science
Human Endeavors, Human Folly
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“If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans” Old Proverb. God is probably laughing at those who are the subject of this post. However, God’s laughter or lack thereof will not be a consideration among a growing and increasingly strident and intolerant group of scientists who have declared war, yes war, on…
Christianity, Philosophy, Science
The Problem Of Evil
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There are those who believe that all religions of any consequence are an attempt to deal with the problem of evil and it is that problem that perplexes even the rationalists. I disagree. If we really lived in the sterile, non-spiritual, no ghost in the machine universe most scientific rationalists believe in, the real problem…
Christianity, Philosophy, Science
Templates of Understanding
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For all practical purposes, everything has a starting point. In searching for beginnings, we are ultimately led to one of two premises: God or not God. Many in our age argue that science naturally leads to not God, and if “religiously” followed, exposes, according this position, the folly of transcendent belief, especially the rigorous Judeo-Christian…
News and Commentary, Science, Technology
Touchdown!
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Praise God from whom all blessings flow for the safe return of the Discovery crew. We had touchdown at Andrews Air Force Base this morning at 8:11 EDT. There were visible sighs of relief from the news people (I was watching Fox and NBC) as the shuttle rolled to a safe stop. …
News and Commentary, Science
Liftoff!
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Discovery is off. At 10:39 a.m. EDT the shuttle Discovery lifted off from Launch Pad 39B on the historic Return to Flight mission STS-114. As the nomenclature shows this is the 114th Space Shuttle flight. It is also the 31st flight for Discovery. The mission is scheduled for 12 days and is supposed to touchdown…
Christianity, Culture & Social Issues, Religion, Science
Scopes Trial Eightieth Anniversary
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Most young people, unless they have seen the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind with Spencer Tracy and Fredrick March, have no inkling of the 1925 trial in Tennessee that became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. It pitted two of the most famous men of their day, William Jennings Bryan, one of America’s most outspoken…
Culture & Social Issues, Science
Don’t Confuse Me By Pointing Out My Inconsistencies
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In the comment section of an article that discusses, among other things, the row at Harvard over President Summers statement on why there might be more men than women in mathematics and the sciences (Belmont Club article We Shall Overcome), a commenter named Scott made this telling observation: Gays are said to be biologically predisposed…