The Confessing Scientist
S. Joshua Swamidass
November 5, 2017
For many years, I often wondered how an encounter with Jesus could change the Creation War. As my contemplation deepened, I wrote and lectured often on how Jesus is fundamentally reordering my view of world. This reordering grew my discomfort with the term theistic evolutionist. I continue to affirm evolutionary science, as most scientists do, \[...\]
Confession
Dialogue
Society
Confession
Dr James Tour and the Great Pascal
James Tour, et al.
July 3, 2017
Dr. James Tour is one of the great chemists of our time. Echoing Pascal, he writes "I do not know how to prove ID using my most sophisticated of analytical tools."
Confession
Design
Dialogue
Science
Confessing Jesus in Science
Joel Okamoto
April 30, 2017
When one confesses, one declares a commitment. Confessing is like "stepping forward" or "standing up and being counted."
Confession
Science
Finding A Grounded Faith
S. Joshua Swamidass
April 26, 2017
Finding a Grounded Faith is a part of a series of excerpts of my story originally published in Finding Confident Faith in Science. Didaskalia 27 (2017): 165-88. It is senseless to follow Jesus because of family, culture, comfort, or even science. No, we are to follow Jesus because he rose from the dead, revealing to all mankind that God exists, \[...\]
Confession
Other Ground is Sinking Sand
S. Joshua Swamidass
April 16, 2017
Other Ground is Sinking Sand is a part of a series of excerpts of my story originally published in Finding Confident Faith in Science. Didaskalia 27 (2017): 165-88. We live in a scientific world, one that looks to science as the only reliable path to public truth. In this world, where do people of faith look for \[...\]
Confession
Q&A: The Age of Rubio’s Earth
S. Joshua Swamidass
November 29, 2012
In 2012 I published an article in the Wall Street Journal about Marc Rubio's comments to GQ Magazine about the age of the Earth. You can read it here. I decided to make this page to include a few parts of this article to include a few key parts that had to be cut from the article to meet space requirements and to answer questions from readers as they come up.
Confession
Evolution
Science
Theology