Liquid water is a necessary condition for life as we know it, but it is far from sufficient. Life still has to originate in the water, and…… Read more “A Believing Atheist: The Speculative Dawkins Theory of the Origin of Life”
Divine Creation is No Magic Trick: The error of the Dawkins analogy
Richard Dawkins has confused the origin of life, which no man has seen, with magic tricks that are observable and repeatable. Sounds like a mixing of categories to me.
Design, Chance, and Darwinian Evolution: Is there Room for a Third Option?
Dawkins says that random chance and intelligent design aren’t opposites. The lengths some will travel to make way for an origin of life sans the Creator God is remarkable.
God as infinite regress: Darwinian evolution and the “designer God” argument
Placing God in infinite regress isn’t as easy for an evolutionist as it sounds.
Literalists need not worry: reconciling Jesus genealogies in Matthew and Luke
But there are many unsophisticated Christians out there who think it absolutely is necessarily so — who take the Bible very seriously indeed as a literal and…… Read more “Literalists need not worry: reconciling Jesus genealogies in Matthew and Luke”
Defending the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: A Response to Richard Dawkins
When the gospels were written, many years after Jesus’ death, nobody knew where he was born. But an Old Testament prophecy (Micah 5:2) had led Jews to…… Read more “Defending the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: A Response to Richard Dawkins”
Why Science Cannot Comment on God
The theologian Alister McGrath makes it the central point of his book Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes and the Origin of Life. Indeed, after his admirably fair summary…… Read more “Why Science Cannot Comment on God”
The Birth That Brought Heaven To Earth (Luke 2:1-20)
Audio Message: PDF File: The Birth That Brought Heaven To Earth (Luke 2_1-20) Sermon Title: The Birth That Brought Heaven To Earth Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 It’s Christmas…… Read more “The Birth That Brought Heaven To Earth (Luke 2:1-20)”
Sunday’s message: The shepherds and the message of Christ’s birth
Merry Christmas, everyone! We praise the Lord for this holiday, what it means to Christians everywhere as well as the world (yes, Jesus came for the…… Read more “Sunday’s message: The shepherds and the message of Christ’s birth”
Small Probabilities, Big Decisions: Richard Dawkins and Empirical Evidence for God’s Existence
In a more recent post, I provided Richard Dawkins’s 7-level Spectrum of Probabilities scale regarding God’s existence and gave the details he provides of what it means…… Read more “Small Probabilities, Big Decisions: Richard Dawkins and Empirical Evidence for God’s Existence”
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