Feb 15, 2024 | Atheism, Biblical Literalism, Burgess Shale, Evangelicals, Evolution, Evolving Certainties, Religion and Science, Science, Stephen Jay Gould, Terry Defoe, Wonderful Life, Young Earth Creationism |
by Terry Defoe Pastor Terry Defoe is an emeritus member of the clergy who served congregations in Western Canada from 1982 to 2016, and who ministered to students on the campuses of the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. He is the author of...
Mar 9, 2021 | Agnoticism, Areligious, Atheism, Christian Right, Empty Churches, James Heft, S.M., Jan Stets, Religious Non-Affiliation, Secularization |
by William Trollinger Book Cover for Empty Churches: Non-Affiliation in America, edited by James L. Heft and Jan E. Stets. Image via Oxford University Press. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of religion in 21st-century America is the rapid growth of those who are...
Oct 15, 2019 | Ad Hominem Attacks, Answers in Genesis, Atheism, Blog Updates, Culture War, History, Ken Ham, Politics, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric |
by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger “Logical Fallacy Referee- Ad Hominem” Image via KnowYourMeme. There have been quite a few responses on The Conversation website to Bill’s article on the 100 year anniversary of the fundamentalist movement....
Sep 13, 2019 | Age of the Earth, Answers in Genesis, Atheism, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Evolution, Genesis, Historical Science, History, Intelligent Design, Natural History, Observational Science, Old Earth Creationism, Religion and Science, Rhetoric, Science, Young Earth Creationism |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Jul 5, 2019 | Agnoticism, Areligious, Atheism, Certainty, Charles Taylor, Christian Right, Creationism, Culture War, David Ray Griffith, Dayton, Evangelicals, Francis Collins, Freeman Dyson, Fundamentalism, History, Ken Ham, Kenneth R. Miller, Politics, Religion and Science, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Jul 2, 2019 | Atheism, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, Certainty, Creation Science, Creationism, Culture War, Evangelicals, Frederick W. Schmidt, Fundamentalism, Historical Science, History, Religion and Science, Religious Imagination, Religious Rhetorics, Rhetoric, Sarah Olson, Science, Secularism |
by Sarah Olson Sarah Olson is an undergraduate student majoring in microbiology at Oregon State University, and a member of the National Association of Science Writers. She works at a bookstore curating their science and math sections and reviews popular science books...