According to the cliche, “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” Is this a true statement? If it were true, we would expect that changing the amount of gun possession would have no effect[1] on the total number of murders.[2] Indeed, this was exactly the case in Australia. How can this possibly …
Is there a conflict between Christian faith and evolutionary science? This post is partially based on thoughts I had to a number of posts made on the Shadow to Light blog. I will cite them as I go along. The following quote is attributed to Stephen Jay Gould: “…if the tape …
After every tragedy involving a gun, there is a sudden cry from millions calling for various gun bans and controls. Do I support these measures or not? My idea of the best use for a gun is to recycle it into a farming implement. What does the evidence suggest will …
Monogamy on the Rocks Monogamy has long been a staple of stable societies, especially those based on Judeo-Christian values. A recent opinion article* by Lucia O’Sullivan notes the following… “Monogamy is difficult to maintain…studies show that most people have in fact engaged in some type of infidelity in the past or have experienced …
I took part in a lively discussion (PDF) at the Dalrock blog discussing what signifies the start of a biblical marriage. The traditional Christian viewpoint is that it begins with a marriage ceremony. Historically this was marriage by a member of the clergy, although civil marriage is given equal weight by most. …
While browsing Twitter, I stumbled upon an interesting set of questions by @mxrgee. The conversation was, for Twitter standards, civil and constructive. Nevertheless, it is a difficult place to make a well-reasoned defense of the pro-life movement. So here is a summary of some of the key questions and a …
Christians have long maintained that its proponents should have a much lower risk of divorce due a combination of factors. These include the perceived superiority of Judeo-Christian morality and ethics and the explicit teachings of Jesus against divorce. Two pertinent studies were performed to test the issue: a 1999 Barna …
This is part of a series on the proof of God in DNA. See this index. In part 1, I discussed information and DNA-as-software as evidence for the existence of a creator. I was responding to the claims against this position as laid out in this article by Bob Seidensticker. Even though …
This is part of a series on the proof of God in DNA. See this index. One common objection by atheists against the existence of God is the lack of any scientific evidence to support the claim. There are many scientific and philosophical claims that have been suggested to support the …
Have you ever wondered whether you could install your Linux OS on a hard drive without having to use a partition table? If you are sane, probably not. You should probably never do this. I was recently challenged by a friend who claimed that it was either impossible to do so …