Category: Science and Religion

If you live outside the US you might not be aware what a big deal the religion vs. evolution debates are. It’s a very big deal, and a constant legal battle in our schools between fundamentalist Christian groups and science advocates.

I have a very close friend who I cannot even talk about evolution around because they get so upset. They don’t want to hear about it – and because they don’t want to hear about it they fully support not teaching evolution in schools. We base our beliefs and decisions on the information we have, don’t we?

Science loves to be proven wrong – because that means we are learning something new. Can we say the same for the church of yore?

ARTICLE ON CHURCH OF ENGLAND APOLOGY TO DARWIN

The Church of England on September 14, 2008 will officially apologise to Charles Darwin for misunderstanding his theory of evolution.

In a bizarre step, the Church will address its contrition directly to the Victorian scientist himself, even though he died 126 years ago.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights.

On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky.

Read the full Aurora Borealis Controversy article

Did you know there was controversy over the cause of the Aurora Borealis in the Great White North? I didn’t. Had always understood it to be the reflection of light at the poles, nothing of a mystery.

Several years ago I played the Alaska State Fair (I think it was 2003) with Freddy Fender and for the first time got to see the Aurora Borealis in person. It is really one of those things you have to see in person – you don’t get the feel of it by seeing it on video or the big screen. It’s appears as if truly magical!

 

Have you heard of Harun Yahya, the writing pseudonym for Adnan Oktar? You will soon if you are into the creation vs. evolution debates.

He is doing the same as ID and Creationist proponents are doing in the US – encourage the fall of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in favor of teaching Creationism in schools. So what’s the big deal? He’s doing it in Europe and to support Islam creationism.

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The Creation Story of the Inuit

At the beginning of the world there were giants.

They lived on the land and ate the fruits of the land. One year, as the days began to get shorter and colder, a baby girl was born to two of the giants. They named her Sedna.
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 The Pope is praying that there are no more schisms in the Anglican church over their recent decision to ordain female ministers. Next on the agenda is same-sex marriages and gay ministers. Vatican says the recent decision causes an “obstacle” between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.

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Excerpt:
Still, the Vatican on Tuesday said the decision by the Church of England to allow women to become bishops will be an obstacle to its reconciliation with the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican does not permit the ordination of women.

Full article:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/12/pope.anglican.ap/index.html

“I believe the general rule of thumb in these matters is that the guy on the other side of the fence is the one  guilty of holding heretical views.”

I saw that posted today on one of my religion discussion forums. I really thought it was fantastic and caused me to stop and think about it for quite a while. I guess the paradym shift to remember on this is that while our side of the fence seems like home – there is indeed another side (several) to that fence that others see equally or stronger as home also…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDDc5RB6FQ

A friend sent this to me. Cardboard testimonies from Hillside Church.

Think about this:  Galileo was forced to admit to the public that the Earth was flat by the Catholic Church. Does that make the Earth flat today?

Now fast-forward to Charles Darwin and the claim: “Darwin recanted the theory of evolution on his deathbed”. I saw that posted again today on a creation debate discussion forum.
No, he didn’t. Sorry, it’s just not true. I thought this had long been put to rest, but saw it posted yesterday on one of my creation vs. evolution discussion websites.

This is a very old and untrue argument (if it can be called an argument, doesn’t really even have a bearing on anything). In fact, it is such an untrue statement that even the creation flagship website answersingenesis.org says not to use it.

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