Art & Ancestry: Repairing the Fracture
David Rygiol
April 20, 2020
David Rygiol responds with art: I grew up in a fractured world, and the fracture grew into me, challenging, unsettling my identity.
Art
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Our Mission and Values
S. Joshua Swamidass
April 18, 2020
We fill a unique role in the conversation. Our values will be made more concrete as we align our organization, community, blog, and forum to this mission.
News
Response to Madueme: Are People Outside the Garden Ruled Out?
Daniel Ang
April 11, 2020
Madeume's objections do not challenge Swamidass' key thesis: a traditional, literal reading of Scripture does not rule out people outside the Garden.
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The Resurrection, With a Little Help from Richard Dawkins
Gregg Davidson
April 10, 2020
For Geologist Gregg Davidson, the words of Richard Dawkins were a gift from God, helping solidify his confidence in the Resurrection.
Confession
Resurrection
A Round of Written Interviews
S. Joshua Swamidass
March 31, 2020
A readers guide to the written interviews about the The Genealogical Adam and Eve: Christianity Today, Paul Louis Metzger, Sean McDowell, and Duke Divinity.
News
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Implicated vs. Incidental: Relevance Theory and The Meaning of Genesis
John W. Hilber
March 30, 2020
John W. Hilber explains how Relevance Theory clarifies the meaning of text, by clarifying what is implicated vs. incidental to the message.
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Is COVID-19 Created or Designed?
S. Joshua Swamidass
March 12, 2020
Consider COVID-19 with Behe. If God created all things, then in this sense He designed us all. Still, creation is not design and design is not creation.
Design
Evolution
Theology
I Was Wrong on “Monophyletic”
S. Joshua Swamidass
March 10, 2020
I was wrong. I incorrectly used the terms monophyletic and polyphyletic in my book, The Genealogical Adam and Eve. I am correcting the record here.
Science
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The Garden Path To 1+1=3
S. Joshua Swamidass
March 6, 2020
When I disagree with another scientist, I sometimes respond, In my professional opinion, this just looks 1+1=3 to me. Maybe they took the garden path?
Science
Garvey Contemplates The Generations of Heavens and Earth
S. Joshua Swamidass
February 4, 2020
Responding to my book, Garvey argues that allowing for people outside the garden is helpful to theology, recovering the original understanding of Genesis.
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