Scientists are in the business of seeing unseen things. I’ve noticed that whenever I learn about the discovery of something that’s never been seen or known before, I feel a sense of epiphany and elation - an instinctive, illumining kind of joy. It makes me think that I’m made to… [more]
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Children of atom, children of Eve
Are you smarter than the average American, at least when it comes to science and religion? Following separate surveys in recent years on those two topics, the Pew Research Center has made quiz versions available online for the public. Now you can weigh your own knowledge on science and religion… [more]
Why big data has nothing on God’s omnipotence
I’ve been thinking a lot about what we can do with data lately, and also its limits. A recent article at The Verge describes how the extensive amount of surveillance information about the Boston Marathon did not help as much as one would think in preventing the tragic attack that… [more]
A challenge from Kierkegaard on his 200th birthday
“The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.” (Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or) May 5 marks the 200th birthday of Danish writer Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, a philosopher, theologian, poet and cultural critic. It… [more]
NASA’s canticle of the sun
We’re sending you into the weekend with something lighter – and we mean that literally. Earlier this week, NASA released a video compiling three years’ worth of continual observation of the sun in about three minutes. According to the agency, two images per day were used to create the video.… [more]
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Jordan Ballor Ok, so it's a symptom of broken trust. Who broke the trust? There's plenty of blame to go around, surely, but where's the critique of the "priestly" voice of science?
Children of atom, children of Eve
KoryPlockmeyer If the 'like' functions as a nonverbal affirmative communication, should Facebook introduce more such cues? Would a 'dislike' button be used to show negative nonverbals?
Don’t fear Facebook’s ‘Like’ button
coryzipperle Christ was a healer to propagate the Gospel. He didn't simply heal sick people - there was a more important purpose in his healing. Are we furthering the Gospel with our pharmaceutical practices?
Smart drugs: playing fair or playing God?
paulvanderklay I think a more honest approach to all of them is to recognize that these texts create an interpretive framework from which these highly complex religious-cultural communities approach these matters.
Historical Adam: Wrestling with Romans 5
KoryPlockmeyer While Paul's theology is certainly normative for Christians, I don't believe we need to limit ourselves to Paul's cosmology.
Historical Adam: One possible scenario
Adrian deLange You can assume an historical Adam and Eve - or not - but the assumption that the Bible's primary concern is to accommodate our modern scientific and historical worldviews just might be the most destructive dimension of this whole argument.
Historical Adam: Wearing the genes