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I’m slowly writing a new book as I have referenced in some of my prior posts. My current thought is that the book will consist of five chapters, and I am about done with the 4th chapter. I don’t want to talk about this book too much as I still have to write the 5thContinue reading “Morality: Epigenetics and Culture (and Theology)”

“The electron blindly runs either within or without the body; but it runswithin the body in accordance with its character within the body; thatis to say, in accordance with the general plan of the body, and this planincludes the mental state.” –Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World I have always found the aboveContinue reading “A Metaphor for the Electron”

Northwind Theological Seminary had its journal club last week, and on line attendees to this event are those who are studying or have graduated from the Open & Relational Theology program at Northwind. Our journal club tends to discuss scientific issues in the setting of theology. This combination makes sense when one considers that anyContinue reading “Theology Journal Club”

I have been reading Juan V. Mayoral’s excellent new biography of Thomas Kuhn titled Thomas Kuhn: From Physics to Philosophy of Science. I imagine I will be using this book as a reference for future posts. I highly recommend it. Thomas Kuhn (1922-1996) was one of the more important philosophers of science in the 20thContinue reading “Prehension and Kuhn”

First of all, biological evolution is a real thing. The effect of organisms changing through time can be seen in the fossil record as well as in the science of genetics. Inherent mutation rates at the DNA level exist. Human diseases and human adaptations occur in the setting of genetic change. Epigenetics is real. BiologicalContinue reading “Is Sin Equal to Removing the Evolutionary Potential of Others?”

Morality is a difficult idea to process. One can think of the recent U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela as an example. One can believe that the U.S. shouldn’t be involved in the politics of other countries for moral reasons. One can believe that an outside agent removing an autocrat who has crashed aContinue reading “The Brain and Morality”

Recently, the Ark Encounter in Kentucky had a measles exposure due to an unvaccinated visitor visiting the park. You may wonder what the Ark Encounter is… It is simply an extension of the Creation Museum in Kentucky which is run by the group, Answers in Genesis. I’m not going to provide a link to eitherContinue reading “The Sadness of the Ark Encounter is Sadness for All of Us”

As I get ready for Christmas Day, I have contemplated what it really meant for God to come as an infant to our planet and perhaps to our reality. I realize that December 25 is not the day of Christ’s birth, but it is the day when most of the world celebrates the birth ofContinue reading “God, the Halting Problem”

I will be away over the next week and want to write a quick post. I have been reading through Nicholas Spencer’s book titled, Magisteria, which is a wonderful book discussing the history of science and religion.  I recently read through Chapter 13 titled “Peace and War.”  In this chapter, a quote from James ClerkContinue reading “A Great Maxwell Quote”

Our seminary (Northwind Theological Seminary) had its recent book club for its graduates interested in process theology / open & relational theology. We discussed Dr. Andrew Davis’s recent article in Zygon, titled “Extraterrestrial Metaphysics in Process Perspective: Implications of Our Anthropocosmic Nature.” The article is open access, and the link is here. The article isContinue reading “Theology Journal Club!”