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10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew about the Creation vs. Evolution Debate. Mike Lehmann edits Jesus & Dawkins, a blog that looks at the intersection of Christianity, science, and atheism. Recently, Lehmann had an exchange with Creation Museum founder Ken Ham about the creation/evolution debate. We asked him to list what he wishes everyone understood about creation and evolution. 1. Darwin’s idea can help us read the Bible better. Darwin has helped us recover a truth the church fathers knew well but us moderns often forget: The Bible’s authority doesn’t depend on our ability to harmonize it with the latest scientific discoveries. 2. As the National Academy of Sciences explains, a scientific theory is “a comprehensive explanation of some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence.” In this debate, we should use the word “theory” properly. 3.

Theologian William Carroll describes what the doctrine of creation is really about: The doctrine of creation is not about cosmological or biological change — it’s about why anything exists at all. 4. 5. 6. Talks to watch when you don't know what to do with your life | Playlist. Alan Watts - Acceptance of Death. Charity Navigator - America's Largest Charity Evaluator | Home. Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods. Spiritual/religion selector quiz. Which religion suits me? Compare world religions and belief systems. BuddhaNet - Worldwide Buddhist Information and Education Network.

Intuitionistic Theism: Religion without Faith | Is it necessary to take the word of others about answers to the most important of questions? The author contends no. The Bible and homosexuality? | gay | bible | lesbian. By Matt Slick The Bible doesn't speak of homosexuality very often, but when it does, it condemns it as sin. Let's take a look. Lev. 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

" Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Homosexuality is clearly condemned in the Bible. Unlike other sins, homosexuality has a heavy judgment administered by God Himself upon those who commit it - and support it. "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error," (Rom. 1:26-27). Is this politically correct? ....really? 100 Truths About Jesus.

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