Microevolution is real. But does Darwinian evolution explain new proteins, animal body plans, and the Cambrian explosion? A serious look at the scientific reasons for skepticism.
Tag Archives: skepticism
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Jan
Jan
When a recent archaeological discovery in Jerusalem—an Assyrian administrative inscription corroborating the biblical account of Sennacherib’s invasion—hit social media, skeptics responded not with historical analysis but with comic book analogies. “Spider-Man mentions New York,” one skeptic argued, implying that real places in fiction mean nothing, proving anything. This absurd comparison reveals something troubling about modern…
Philosophy
Evidence-Based vs. Worldview-Based Skepticism: A Methodological Framework for Avoiding Irrational Skepticism
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Dec
Dec
Modern skepticism toward biblical accounts and early Christian history often presents itself as the natural result of rigorous historical methodology. Scholars dismiss miracle accounts, question eyewitness testimony, and reconstruct naturalistic alternatives, all while claiming to follow the evidence wherever it leads. But a closer examination reveals something troubling, leading to irrational skepticism: much of what…
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Apr
Apr
There was a time when notions of the obvious were so simply eloquent that there was no need to meddle with its argumentation. In fact, there was no argumentation needed since the obvious was so, well obvious. Then came the postmodernist, deconstructionist ideologies that aimed to topple the towers of fundamental knowledge and question the…
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Dec
Dec
Why do people just believe in Abraham Lincoln when no one alive has ever seen the man? Not one person has seen him. No one has touched him or spoken to him. I realize that the claim is that he’s been dead for a while, but can we really trust that such a person really…
