Why Douglas Adams’ Puddle Analogy FAILS

In his “rebuttal” to Christian apologist Frank Turek’s refutation of Douglas Adams' silly puddle analogy, the Genetically Modified Skeptic said that Frank Turek “can’t contend” with the puddle analogy.  He acknowledged that the puddle analogy indicates  the universe appears to be designed. Yet to him that means “nothing until we can demonstrate that there is …

Are We Alone in the Universe? A Response for both Theists and Atheists

Yesterday I created a survey on Twitter in which I asked respondents to indicate whether they believe in space aliens. Of the 2,357 respondents, 12% were theists who said “yes,” 20% were theists who said “no,” 43% were atheists who said “yes,” and 25% were atheists who said “no.”  In other words,  38% of theists …

Genesis and Jesus’ Genealogies Support an Old Earth Creation

Two reasons that young earth creationists (YECs) believe the earth is around six thousand years old are their interpretations of the Hebrew word “yom” in the book of Genesis and their computation of the years in the lifetimes of the people listed by Matthew and Luke in Jesus’ genealogies. The present article seeks to refute …

What Does the Bible Say About the Big Bang of the Universe?

Most scientists offer the Big Bang theory to explain the way the universe sprang into existence approximately 13.8 billion years ago. According to the theory, the universe inflated (hence the term “big bang”), expanded and cooled, starting from a very small, very hot singularity that emerged into what we know of the universe today. Astrophysicist …