This third post in my latest series will introduce the concept of Old-Earth, or Progressive, Creation viewpoint. As a reminder, this series came about after I read the 2017 book 4 Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design) in which four main views on this topic were discussed (Young-Earth Creation, Old-Earth Creation, Evolutionary Creation, and Intelligent [...]
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Creation Viewpoints 2 – Young Earth Creation
In my previous Creation and Science blog post I laid out some of the primary viewpoints or arguments that proponents of the Young Earth Creation (YEC) view articulate. In summary, they place the age of the earth at only 6,000 to 10,000 years, explain most of the geologic record with events tied to Noah's flood, [...]
Creation Viewpoints 1 – Young Earth Creation
In my June 29 blog post I mentioned a 2017 book (4 Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design) that I recently read and would like to spend the next few posts commenting on that book. I liked all the articles in it and would like to share my thoughts on the pros and cons [...]
Looking Again at Creation Topics 1
For much of my life as an educator I followed the Biblical Creation debates with interest and touched on them myself several times during my Master's and PhD degree programs and in my role as a church leader and Sunday School teacher. However, as I approached my 2nd retirement in 2017 I largely checked out [...]
A Universe Just for Us – Part 7
This is a continuation of my discussion of the book Why the Universe is the Way It Is by Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe. The questions dealt with in the book are: Why such a vast universe? – This was the topic of the first post. Why such an old universe? – the topic of the second post. Why such [...]
The Watchmaker's Pulse 