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“Faith can and should be proclaimed from every mountaintop and city square. But it has no place in science class.”1 One week ago, Charles Krauthammer – a respected journalist, commentator, and a friend of religion as a public voice – wrote that “intelligent design” supporters make a grievous error when they attempt to integrate their…
A good friend in Kansas City told me how awkward he feels in broaching the subject of faith. We both agree that religion is treated like cigarette smoking today – it’s fine to smoke in private; but rude in public. So here he is – enjoying a summer cookout with his neighbors – and all…
As you well know, Tuesday, June 21st, was the longest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere – in terms of sunlight. The summer solstice occurs when the sun is farthest north and the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset is at the maximum for the year. From June 21st until January…
As you well know, Tuesday, June 21st, was the longest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere – in terms of sunlight. The summer solstice occurs when the sun is farthest north and the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset is at the maximum for the year. From June 21st until January…
Americans are uniquely infected with “affluenza” according to authors John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor, and David Horsey.1 They claim Americans confuse “the good life” with “the goods life,” spending more than $21,000 per year on consumer goods. This disease contributes to our credit card indebtedness tripling in the 1990s, more people filing…
What is twelve times twelve? Most of us, if we were paying any attention in school, know the answer is a gross – 144. Okay, then what’s thirteen times thirteen? Gotcha, didn’t I? That’s because in our school multiplication tables, we stop at twelve – the last number before the compounds (“three-ten” for “thirteen”) kick…
Baseball and blacks. This spring, when the Washington Nationals played an exhibition baseball game against Bethune-Cookman College, the school fielded almost two dozen white and Latino players. The irony is that the Bethune-Cookman is a historically black institution. Today, just five of the 28 players on the roster are African American. There are even fewer…
Up until 1994, Rwanda was hailed as a leading “Christian nation.” Proportionate to its population, it had more evangelistic crusades – and more recorded converts – than perhaps any other African nation. Then, on April 6, 1994, Rwandan President Habyarimana and the Burundian President were killed when Habyarimana’s plane was shot down near Kigali Airport. …
At this time of writing, time is running out for Terry Shiavo, so let’s get to the issues (and there are many): First and foremost, the Judeo-Christian tradition holds to principle of the sanctity of human life. This is front and center. But for those who don’t subscribe to this ancient principle, there are others…
Incoherent Science – Part 2
Michael Metzger
August 30, 2005
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?1 A year ago, biologist Richard Sternberg (who holds two PhDs in evolutionary biology) published a paper by Stephen C. Meyer (a Cambridge University-educated philosopher of science) making a case for “intelligent design.” At that time, Sternberg was the…