US Courts have repeatedly decreed that creationism and intelligent design are religion, not science, and have no place in school science classes. Try telling that to American high-school teachers – 1 in 8 teach the ideas as valid science, according to the first national survey on the subject
The atheism debate is going to be a sideshow. The cognitive revolution is not going to end up undermining faith in God, it’s going to end up challenging faith in the Bible.
– David Brooks
New research shows for the first time that we process cash and social values in the same part of our brain (the striatum)—and likely weigh them against one another when making decisions. So what’s more important—money or social standing? It might be the latter, according to two new studies published in the journal Neuron
Polish theologian, cosmologist, and philosopher Michael Heller, who lived through both Nazi and communist rule and has long sought to reconcile science and religion, has won the 2008 Templeton Prize. The £820,000 prize (more than $1.6 million) is awarded “for progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual realities.”
How strangely ironic that many in the Church should be blinded to the truth that these two gentlemen showed the world. For, in essence, both Galileo and Darwin were using science to claim that humankind is not at the center of everything. Our earth is not at the center of God’s creation, and our species is not at the center of God’s creation. Isn’t this what Lent is supposed to teach us?
Perhaps you were unaware the neurology plays an essential role in congregational development, especially during times to transition. Peter Steinke will explain to you why individuals and communities resist change, no matter how obvious the need for such change might be. And he will make you laugh as he does so.
The third annual Evolution Weekend, February 8-10, will be marked by members of more than 100 Episcopal congregations calling upon scientists and science educators in
The Los Angeles Times reports: Scientists reported Thursday that for the first time they have made human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos, a development that the government’s top stem cell official said would make the controversial research eligible for federal funding.
It’s practically the theme today, even though Epiphany is still a couple of weeks off, but the Associated Press’ weekly faith feature, Religion Today, just
A tad over a century ago, the great British scientist Lord Kelvin made some very hasty prophecies. In the 1890’s, Kelvin said variously that “radio has no future” and “heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” In his most famous line, he told fellow scientists in 1900 that there remain only “a couple of small clouds” obscuring our understanding of the physical universe.