A review of the Forum at the recent International Christian Evidence Conference by Brian Colon, a member of the ARS board.  See below.     Editor’s Note:  This review was written by Brian Colon.  In the intereste of full disclosure, John Oakes gave some editing suggestions, but all edits were approved by Brian. 2010 ICEC Forum: Four Christian […]

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See below for a review of the evolution forum at the 2010 International Christian Evidence Conference.  The review is by Brian Colon, a member of the ARS board. Review:  ICEC Forum, "Four Christian Views of Evolution"  Editor’s note:  In the interest of full disclosure, John Oakes, who was one of the participants in the forum, did […]

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The notes and power point are from a class taught by Dr. William Golightly at the 2010 ICEC.  The notes/essay attached are particularly good, providing a fairly comprehensive description of where cosmology is at today, as well as listing anthropic fine tuning arguments.       Essay: God and Cosmology    PP God and Cosmology 3.78 Mb

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Reasons For Belief:  A class taught by John Oakes, PhD at Harvard University 10/16/2009.  The subject is reasons to believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. See EFC store for the recording   Reasons For Belief Harvard 2.76 Mb   The Bible: From God or Man? Delos B. McKown:             "Christianity is scientifically unsupported and […]

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A class taught by John Oakes, PhD at Christian Evidences Conference 6/12/09 on theism and reasons to believe in special creation.  See below for notes.    Special Creation 3.95 Mb   Special Creation Natural creation or Special creation of life and of human beings? We will look at the evidence for evolution, but first let us think […]

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This is a report from a Presbyterial organization on interpretation of Genesis One.  I disagree with some of what is here, but it is about as thorough as I have seen.  It is copyrighted, so I only include the first few pages, as well as a link to read the whole article.    John Oakes   […]

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The purpose of this paper by William Golightly is to seek a solution to the problem that is consistent with well-supported scientific claims, but at the same time is also consistent with our view that the book of Genesis, like the rest of the Bible, is God’s Word.   Genesis and the Beginnings of Humanity How […]

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Question: Any thoughts on laminin?  The youtube video and email are making the rounds.  Some are claiming that this cross-shaped cross explains Colossians 1:17.  Question: Any thoughts on laminin?  The youtube video and email are making the rounds.  That it is cruciform is, to me, coincidental.  Does it give you tingly feelings? Response: This molecule makes for a great preacher point, but […]

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The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins:  A Review   Richard Dawkins is arguably the best-known evolutionist and atheist today. He has written a number of books explaining modern discoveries as they relate to the neo-Darwinian theory of evolution. Some of his better-known works include The Selfi sh Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, River out of Edenand […]

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Cosmic Origins   The significance of the Big Bang for Theism   Matt Longhorn, Reading, UK (philosophical_1@hotmail.com) September 21, 2006   The story of our understanding of the universe has been charted well in the agnostic author Robert Jastrow?s – God and the Astronomers. Jastrow traces the Big Bang theory back to mathematical calculations by […]

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Question:   Do you believe that the supposed big bang is possible with what it says in the Bible as I think I am not sure but from the Bible I have never seen anything which directly contradicts this theory. Answer:   As I would assume you know, this is a matter of opinion.  More accurately, it is […]

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CREATIONISM   By   C. Foster Stanback   Creationism is a term that has frequently been misunderstood by its opponents.   In its most general sense the term means a worldview which attributes the existence of the earth, the cosmos, and life to a divine Creator.  Yet within this broader sense there are a number of […]

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Checkable Biblical Accuracy In each of the following cases, the Biblical writer had an opportunity to either state the widely held erroneous belief of his day, or to state a factually true description. In each case what was stated was true, demonstrating knowledge beyond the writer’s ability and thus necessarily from God. FACT AS STATED […]

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A PRECAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT MISQUOTING SCIENTISTS     Charles Darwin wrote, To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd […]

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   Power Point: The History of Science and Religion 787.00 Kb   Notes to accompany A History of Science and Christianity.    The ancient world:  Chaos vs Cosmos   1. Thales (585 BC) Predicted a Solar Eclipse: Nature is predictable. Cosmos and the human mind.   Melvin Calvin (atheist expert on the chemical origin of life):  ?The […]

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