Thoughts from a scientist who is a Christian (not a Christian Scientist)
Most people who were unfortunate enough to receive a public education think that ancient people believed the earth was flat. Indeed, I thought that myself until I started studying the history of science. If you do the same, you will learn that the earth was known to be spherical even in ancient times. In fact, Continue reading "A Modern Version of an Ancient Spherical Earth Experiment" The post A…
Three years ago, a reader sent me an article written by Philip J. Senter and published by the The American Biology Teacher. In it, Dr. Senter used a series of false statements to assure the Faithful that carbon-14 in dinosaur fossils is not a challenge to the dogma that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. Continue reading "Senter Continues to Use False Information to Assure the Faithful" The…
Biology is a vocabulary-driven science, especially in the introductory classes that are required for high school and early college. In the biology course I co-wrote with Dr. Paul Madtes, for example, students are required to learn more than 15 new vocabulary words every two weeks. More importantly, the later vocabulary words require that they remember Continue reading "Science Roots: A Great…
Roger Bacon was the father of the modern scientific method, and it is no coincidence that he was also a devout Christian. Most of the great scientists of the past were Christians, and their motivation for studying the natural world was to learn more about God. Indeed, Roger Bacon claimed that a good scientist should Continue reading "Christianity and Science: Partners in the Search for Truth Part…
With a new school year coming up, I decided to play with ChatGPT a bit to see if I could notice any patterns that might help me recognize when students use it to help them with their writing assignments. I know there are tools that help you do this, but they are not as reliable Continue reading "Interesting Exercise with Artificial Intelligence Writing" The post Interesting Exercise with…
In my opinion, one of the best ways to think deeply about an issue is to read about it from different points of view. Generally, I have to do that by reading many books by different authors on the same topic. In that situation, however, I don t get to experience any interaction between the authors. Continue reading "Perspectives on the Historical Adam and Eve: Four Views" The post Perspectives on…
I wrote the first two editions of Exploring Creation With Physical Science, but the publisher used a different author (Vicki Dincher) to make changes for a third edition. As I noted on this blog, there were many serious scientific errors in that third edition, and the discussion of some topics was very confusing. I assume Continue reading "My Review of Exploring Creation With Physical Science, 4th…
Will Rogers once said, The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. The High Priests of Science are well aware of the public s short memory. In fact, they count on it. Consider, for example, the picture above. It was a common sight 10-15 years ago. The credulous costumed characters Continue reading "The High Priests of Science Are Counting on the Public s…
As some of you may be aware, I am not a fan of the third edition of Exploring Creation With Chemistry (ECC). Others have also taken a dim view of ECC (see here, here, and here). Because I couldn t recommend ECC to homeschoolers, I wrote a new chemistry course, whose front cover is pictured on Continue reading "A Schedule for Using Discovering Design With Chemistry in Classical Conversations" The…
From a young age, students are taught that photosynthesis uses sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce oxygen. On land, photosynthesis is carried out by plants, while in water, it is carried out by various single-celled organisms as well as by multicellular algae. Although there are some other natural processes that produce oxygen (such as Continue reading "Dark Oxygen" The post Dark Oxygen…