Space: The Final Frontier
As Elon Musk indulges in the world’s highest-altitude product placement, putting both SpaceX and Tesla into solar orbit, theological...
The Governor-General and Good Government
The furore continues over Governor-General Julie Payette’s attempt to solve several outstanding problems in one speech. She’s only one...
Arguments from Design Don’t Prove; They Show
One can hardly get through an issue of a popular science magazine these days without having one or another of two gospels preached at...
Analytic Thinking Promotes Qualified Belief, not Disbelief
Some colleagues in psychology at UBC recently published a study that suggests that analytic thinking tends to promote religious...
RTS, Bruce Waltke, and Statements (and Non-Statements) of Faith
Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) has dismissed Dr. Bruce Waltke because he recently stated publicly two radical convictions: (1) that...
Animal Suffering/Natural Evil before the Fall
This past week, in teaching at Regent and in lecturing at UBC, the same question came up in both contexts: What are we Christians to make...
What Good Are Theologians?
Richard Dawkins has been quoted to me recently as such (without a citation, alas: Can anyone supply it?): “What has theology ever said...
A Scientist Who Believes in God! That's Real News!
Well, no, it isn’t. But with Francis Collins being named head of the National Institutes of Health by President Obama, a number of media...
Two Cheers for Darwin on His Birthday
My second post for “Holy Post” at The National Post–no, only terrible puns can follow from such a start. So let’s just nip that in the...
"Expelled" and Intelligent Design: Thanks for the Help!
We weren’t able to go to “Expelled”‘s preview last night, but if I do get to see it soon (we usually watch movies at home, since some...
"Expelled" and Intelligent Design: Help, Please
I’ve been given comp tix to see “Expelled” in a couple of days, just before it opens here in Canada. How can I not? Several of the Big...
Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Three, Dawkins as Mirror
In this last post, I’d like to reflect on how Richard Dawkins unwittingly and certainly unwillingly helps the Christian Church, as well...
Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part Two, Dawkins as Ethicist
Richard Dawkins has traveled the world, sowing his particular gospel of atheism, science, rational argument, and the courage to live in...
Richard Dawkins at UBC: Part One, Dawkins as Rhetor
So someone at the University of British Columbia (UBC) decided it was a good idea to bring Richard Dawkins to campus to give a free...
"Creation vs. Evolution": Is This a Sensible Question?
School boards in an uproar. Parents protective of their children. Teachers defensive. Students confused. And American presidential...