Exploring the partnership between Christianity, science, and AI
Johannes Kepler wanted circles. As a devout Christian, he believed that God—the supreme geometer—would craft the heavens with mathematical perfection. And what shape is more perfect than a circle? For two thousand years, astronomers had agreed: celestial bodies move in circular orbits. Kepler saw no reason to question this assumption. There was just one problem.... Continue Reading →
One hundred and forty years. It took humanity a long time to accept a simple fact: the Earth orbits the Sun, not the reverse. Think about that time span. Copernicus published De revolutionibus in 1543. Newton's Principia appeared in 1687. Five generations lived and died in between. Entire academic careers were built defending geocentrism. Brilliant... Continue Reading →
Saturday was the beginning of Cedarville’s Reclaiming Wisdom conference. The conference was a success; I would like to see a similar conference at Bryan sometime. A personal highlight of the third day was catching up with an old friend, Mike Bowling of Cincinnati. Sometime after I left Cincinnati Mike began a several year ordeal with... Continue Reading →
The CBS/CGS conference began Friday. The first speaker was Doug Smith. Doug spoke on the vowels, accents, and paragraph construction of the Hebrew for Genesis 1:1. His lecture was a lesson in the subtlety of Hebrew phrases. The following phrases are potentially similar, depending on subtle differences: In the beginning God created… In a beginning... Continue Reading →
Yes, Origins 2019 was good. What else would I say? I will highlight each day, beginning with the first. One highlight of the conferences is the new relationships and old connections that are reestablished. Take for example the first day at the conference. For this conference I met Zachary Klein and spent time with Zak,... Continue Reading →
An earthquake struck Jerusalem the moment Jesus died on the cross. The event caused the watching Centurion to proclaim Jesus was truly the Son of God (Matt. 27:50-51, 54). Steven A. Austin recently found evidence for the earthquake; it can be seen in an online abstract (Geological Society of America, 2012 National Meeting). The importance... Continue Reading →
Why did so many complex creatures appear so suddenly in the Cambrian Period? And what does this mean for how we think about life’s origins? The Cambrian Period remains one of the most puzzling episodes in Earth’s history. In a geological instant, multicellular life forms appeared in astonishing diversity. Charles Darwin admitted in 1859 that... Continue Reading →
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