"Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made" (Rom. 1:20, NRSV). Written by Steven Barto, B.S., Psy. DOUGLAS AXE WRITES "Of all the controversial ideas to come from modern science, none has brought more awkwardness than …
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Written by Steven Barto, B.S., Psych. Dan Egeler writes in the Forward to J.P. Moreland's book Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology, “As the ideas that constitute scientism have become more pervasive in our culture, the Western world has turned increasingly secular and the centers of culture (the universities, the media …
Chemical Evolution As Proposed by Darwinists
Written by Steven Barto, B.S., Psych. DARWINISTS WANT US TO believe that all species of organisms arose and developed through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increased the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Notwithstanding the fact that Charles Darwin had no formal training or knowledge of genetics, he felt compelled to …
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The Genesis Problem: The Methodological Atheism of Science
"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science. There is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination." – Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea YOU DECIDE TO SIT DOWN and examine science in order to come to a better understanding of the empirical world around you. This seems to be a sound proposition, …
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The Self and the “New Atheists”
Paradoxically the most important oversight of the new atheists is the most human datum of all: themselves. The ultimate supraphysical/physical reality that we know from experience is the experience itself, namely, ourselves. Once we acknowledge the fact that there is a first-person perspective, "I," "me," "mine," and the like, we encounter the greatest and yet …