@TheScienceGuy, denial of reality is inappropriate for everyone

A Thistle

I just watched a video by @TheScienceGuy, Bill Nye, who, like many others, argues against creationism (one form, anyway). Well,  some hold firmly to creationism, as I do, yet do not deny adaptation by genetic variation. We do not deny the amazing chemical, physical, biological, etc processes that take place in the universe. In fact, we claim that these are part of God's very good creation. We do not deny knowledge gained through observation and reasoning. These also are part of God's very good creation.

We do claim at least three key things that seem to make some scientists uncomfortable. 1) We claim that at the beginning of the physical universe stands a sovereign, creating, relational God. 2) We claim that this same God is sovereign, creating, and relational today and we claim that he deserves and requires that his creation be in proper relationship with him.3) We claim that he himself made a way--the only way--for those who have broken this relationship to be restored to relationship with him (relationship is life). This way, this only way, is Jesus.

A Foot

In reality, creationists have a larger, more amazing, and more complex view of the universe than those who deny creationism. We also remain open to, indeed expectant about, the discoveries of science.

In the video, Bill Nye says that creationism is inappropriate for children. I wholeheartedly disagree, for since God did create everything, it is denial of creation, not creationism, that is inappropriate, for denial of creation is denial of reality. One must wonder how much creation-denying scientists are missing in their study of reality, for they are viewing reality through an inadequate philosophical lens.

I challenge scientists to do a thought experiment: Assuming (for the sake of the experiment) that a sovereign, creating, relational God exists, how should the data available from observation and reason be interpreted?

Update 9/5/12:Folks from the Creation Museum have also responded to Bill Nye's video.(ht: 22 Words)

• Ken Ham Responds to Bill Nye "The Humanist Guy" (Ken Ham)
• Bill Nye, Creationism is Highly Appropriate for our Children (Dr. David Menton and Dr. Georgia Purdom)

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It's not the beef, it's the fodder

This week our campus cafeteria is talking about global warming (dubious theory at best) and linking it with beef. Folks, it's not the cows it's the fodder. Let cows eat what God designed them to eat!!

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Anyone know why "weeds" look so darn healthy?

I think something is wrong with the science of horticulture when "weeds" look this good in these conditions and "plants" need such care.

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It's never dark in my neighborhood...

...and that's not good

Monday, someone asked if I walked to the bus in the dark. I said yes. Tuesday as I walked to the bus I realized that I don't: it's never really dark in my neighborhood.

Given what we know about health, light, and sleep cycles, this is not good.

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Finding bee corpses disturbs me

Most of the year, I find dead honeybees near the mailboxes in my complex. I don't know if this is related to Colony collapse disorder, but I find it disturbing nonetheless.  If the honeybees are dying in such numbers, what is wrong with the local ecosystem?

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We are not meant for intellectual islands

Periodic cross-cultural infusion diversifies the inherent design, slowly creating something new. Connection to design brings stability and more perspectives bring more options. Thriving requires both.

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Informants

• The Origin of Species by Darwin, ch 4 pt 1
• definition of "tangent" in Merriam-Webster 7.0 for Windows Mobile, (c) 2004-2007.

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Nature’s book can be a tough read

Go to the ant...

The emergent structure is held simply, subject to the reasonable person. Clarity, moderated by confusion mixed with known. The system’s fluctuating complexity requires iterative reflection.

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Informant

• The Origin of Species by Darwin, ch 2-3

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Participation shapes possibility

Life and academy intertwine, with all creation its native land, journeyed, not cloistered. Emphasis is determined by life’s dailies: one whole, by choice or default.

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Informants

• The Origin of Species, by Darwin, ch 1
• ponderings re: reflective theology, lived theology, and holistic integration

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If Jesus is God, what do the details of Evolution mean? [Weekend Q]

If the universe is not mechanistic, but is rather created and upheld by a personal, sovereign divinity, what do the data show?

What say you?

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