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I subscribe to the journal, Theology and Science, published by Taylor & Francis. Most articles in each issue are fairly interesting. In the latest issue, I read, “A New Hope for Christian Eschatology in Cosmic Perspective: Beyond the Predictions of Standard Big Bang Cosmology” by Hyung-Joo Lee. The author has expertise in theology (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) andContinue reading “The End of the Universe and Everything”

It is kind of a truism in medical conferences (and all sorts of academic conferences) that some people pretend to ask a question after a presentation, when in reality, they just want to give a mini-talk themselves. Typically, such “mini-talks” are ways for people to act like they are important. “More of a comment thanContinue reading “More of a Comment Than a Question”

This past weekend I was a speaker / moderator / advice-giver at the 2nd year fellows’ conference for the North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN). NASPGHAN is the international association of all pediatric gastroenterologists from Mexico, the United States, and Canada. As background, a “fellow” is a trainee who subspecializes afterContinue reading “The Missing Third Circle”

Graduates from the Open & Relational Theology program at Northwind Theological Seminary do an on-line journal club every few weeks. This past week we read “Evolution: Like any other Science it is Predictable” written by Simon Conway Morris and published in Philosophical Transactions B. Luckily, this article is open access. Here is the link. Dr.Continue reading “Theology Journal Club!”

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”