May 23, 2007

20 gram Links for May 23rd ‘07

Posted at 2:44 pm by del.icio.us and tagged atheism, bible, christianity, creationism, darwinism, logic, matrix, philosophy, posthumanism, science, technology. Popularity: 10% [?]

Here are some of the sites I’ve been looking at recently, that I wanted to share:

• Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? - Here’s a type of “god” I can believe in - one which has a rational scientific explaination. Not that I believe we live in a computer simulation, but it’s definitely possible, and more likely (in my mind) than what any traditional religion claims.
• A List Of Biblical Contradictions - A list of many contradictions within the bible, with specific quotes and references.
• 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Scientific American - What to say to a creationist, if you ever meet one capable of vaguely rational debate.
• Athiest’s Wager: First Post - an atheist’s response to pascal’s wager
• Reasons To Believe: Hugh Ross, Fazale Rana, Kenneth Samples - “Providing Powerful New Reasons from Science to Believe in Christ”, aka Creationist propaganda

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May 22, 2007

Creation Science 101

Posted at 1:10 am by Richard and tagged comedy, creationism, music, science. Popularity: 4% [?]

I found this video a while back, and thought it appropriate to post here. Enjoy “Creation Science 101″

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May 21, 2007

Reconciling Darwinian Natural Selection with Christian Theology

Posted at 4:00 pm by Richard and tagged creationism, darwinism, Essays, science. Popularity: 14% [?]

This essay was originally written in 2006 for the subject “God and the Natural Sciences” at Melbourne University’s History and Philosophy of Science department.

“Some Nineteenth century Christian Darwinians were scientifically and theologically successful in reconciling Darwinian Natural Selection with Christian theology.”

Darwin’s ideas have been greatly debated over the years, but most of all his theory on natural selection, cited by Gould as the means by which these favourable variations are acquired, and thus, after long periods of time new species created. “Natural selection is a process by which biological populations are altered over time, as a result of the propagation of heritable traits that affect the capacity of individual organisms to survive and reproduce.” This caused issues for many, especially those for whom ‘special creation’ was the preferred method by which new species were created. For many, God had been exiled from the process of creation and, if one accepted Darwin’s arguments, there seemed to be no plausible theological alternative but to hold a Deistic or Atheistic point of view.

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