One hundred and forty years. It took humanity a long time to accept a simple fact: the Earth orbits the Sun, not the reverse. Think about that time span. Copernicus published De revolutionibus in 1543. Newton's Principia appeared in 1687. Five generations lived and died in between. Entire academic careers were built defending geocentrism. Brilliant... Continue Reading →
Origins 2019-Third Day, Reclaiming Wisdom
Saturday was the beginning of Cedarville’s Reclaiming Wisdom conference. The conference was a success; I would like to see a similar conference at Bryan sometime. A personal highlight of the third day was catching up with an old friend, Mike Bowling of Cincinnati. Sometime after I left Cincinnati Mike began a several year ordeal with... Continue Reading →
The Great Cambrian Debate: Information, Evolution, and Creation
Why did so many complex creatures appear so suddenly in the Cambrian Period? And what does this mean for how we think about life’s origins? The Cambrian Period remains one of the most puzzling episodes in Earth’s history. In a geological instant, multicellular life forms appeared in astonishing diversity. Charles Darwin admitted in 1859 that... Continue Reading →