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The Terrible Fraud

Nov 29, 2022 Christianity science 2022

Dr. Van Meter is a pediatric endocrinologist and clinical researcher who tells the tragic story of a boy whose life was ended beacuse of a terrible medical scam driven by junk science. Watch it here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ask an Atheist Where the Universe Came From

Nov 24, 2022 Christianity science creation evolution 2011 2022

If you ask an atheist, "Where did the universe come from?" you might get any number of different answers.

One atheist might say, "It's always been there," which of course is not possible because the universe has only a finite amount of usable energy. The law of conservation of energy and entropy, …

Bursting the Coronavirus Hype Bubble

Oct 13, 2020 Feb 20, 2021 science health 2020

The phrase "coronavirus hype bubble" refers to misinformation and hyperbole about the novel coronavirus. The virus is not a hoax, but it's not anywhere nearly as bad as you've been led to believe. It is mild for most, but it can cause serious disease in a miniscule portion of people, particularly the …

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Aug 23, 2020 science networking career Christianity

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One Reason I am Skeptical of an Ancient Earth – Dr. Jay Wile

Abortion is wrong—ARTL

The SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Discriminates

Mar 30, 2020 Nov 12, 2022 health science 2020 2022

Note: This is a previously unpublished post I wrote in early 2020. I'm posting it now (late 2022) as a reminder that critical thinking based on existing scientific knowledge turned out to be right, while the "experts" were wrong. Your worldview matters. The "experts'" by and large operate on an …

Pseudoscience: The word doesn't mean what you think it means

Dec 22, 2019 science creation logic evolution Christianity 2019

In his piece on the topic of pseudoscience, Prof. Steven Dutch of the University of Wisconsin says:

Theories that claim to be scientific but fly in the face of scientific consensus are often called pseudoscience

This is a strange definition of pseudoscience. It's tempting to try to tighten the definition, but as I'll …

Science is About Discovering the Truth

Jun 3, 2019 science 2019

As someone who works in IT, I hear and read a lot of comments about science. One common but unfortunate claim is that “science is not about finding truth.” While I won’t get into the underlying philosophical reasons behind this claim, I do want to at least respond to it on its face.

Etymology of the word “science”

The …

The Problem with Plate Tectonics

Nov 30, 2011 2011 science

The recent Virginia earthquake that rocked much of the East coast was an unusual event. But it was not unpredicted or surprising. Unfortunately, the failure of the commonly accepted plate tectonics theory to predict or even explain the recent earthquake has raised many questions.

But first, what is plate tectonics? The …

Matter Proves the Non-material

Oct 17, 2011 Nov 24, 2022 Christianity science creation evolution 2011 2022

Atheists by and large believe that science somehow disproves the existence of anything outside of the material world. This would, of course, include God.

But the atheists are so blind and darkened in their understanding that they fail to realize that the most popular approach to science, called methodological …

The People Who Believe in Evolution Don't Know What It Is and Can't Defend It

Aug 11, 2011 Nov 23, 2022 Christianity science creation evolution 2011 2022

Most people who believe in evolution do not even know what it is. And what I've noticed is that they will change the definition of it on the fly as soon as they realize how ridiculous the theory actually is.

Here are the facts about evolution:

The variations that the theory of evolution speaks of are 100% undirected …