Memes! Memes! I Feel God Deep Down in My Memes! (Part 15: The God Delusion)
In this post, I’m going to address what Richard Dawkins specifically says about what he calls “religious memes.” If you don’t know what ...
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Richard Dawkins and “The God Delusion”: Natural Selection, Religion, and Meme Theory (Part 14)
When I first read The God Delusion back in 2011, that was the first time I had ever come across “Meme Theory.” Now, you have probably heard the term “internet m...
Better Watch Out! Better Not Cry! Ken Ham is Coming to Town! (Part 1)
This past weekend, Ken Ham came to my hometown for an Answers in Genesis conference at a local church. I knew he was coming as far back as last May, when it was...
Adventures in the Subterfuge of “Answers in Genesis”: Andrew Snelling and the Skeptics
As we continue in our Answers in Genesis Week on my blog this week, in anticipation to the appearance of Ken Ham at the up and coming AiG conference in my town ...
Richard Dawkins: “I’m a Scientist! I’m Qualified to Speak Authoritatively on Religion!” (Part 7)
Dawkins is Blinded by Science? Near the end of Dawkins’ second chapter in The God Delusion, he reveals what I believe to be a fundamental problem with his entir...
Ken Ham, Young Earth Creationists, Atheists…in the Wonderful World of Twitter
As you will inevitably know if you read my blog, I’m not a fan of Ken Ham. The young earth creationism he espouses is, to put it mildly, wrong across the board:...
Larycia Hawkins, Wheaton College, Muslims, Evolution…and Political Idolatry (Part 2)
Yesterday, in my previous post concerning the Larcycia Hawkins/Wheaton College story, I tried to reflect on what the more fundamental issues really were....
Larycia Hawkins, Wheaton College, Muslims, Evolution, and Politics (Part 1)
Over the past month, the story of Lacycia Hawkins has gained national attention. She is the tenured professor at Wheaton College, a prominent Evangelical colleg...
Ken Ham and Bryan College…and that Evil Evil Secular Media that Just Distorts Everything!
Today, I’d like to share a short response to one of Ken Ham’s blog from a couple of years ago. This response has not made it into the book I am writ...
Ken Ham Answers the Question: “Why don’t scientists accept young earth creationism?”
Yesterday, I came across Ken Ham’s most recent entry on his blog entitled, “Why Don’t More Scientists Believe in Creation?” It’s a rather short post, but as I r...