Last Thursdayism

By Sean Pitman In response to interesting comments by Professor Kent (who was responding to a post by Dr. Paul Giem): @Professor Kent: Paul, as you well recognize, one cannot reasonably prove this possibility of life evolving millions of years ago, not today, not tomorrow, never. More importantly, even if you could prove it, God…

Faith without Evidence: Are we really a bunch of ‘Flat Earthers’?

By Sean Pitman The following discussion is based on Lawrence Geraty’s (retired president of LSU and supporter of long-age views of origins) review of the creation presentations given at the General Conference in Atlanta – as originally published by Spectrum. @Ken: Clausen sees the Sabbath as symbolizing what Anselm said about “faith seeking understanding.” In…

Elliot Sober: Just Don’t Call the Designer “God”

By Sean Pitman www.DetectingDesign.com The anti-ID Arguments of Elliot Sober Elliot Sober is a well-known philosopher of science. In the above-listed essay he presents his arguments against the notions of Creationists and Intelligent Design theorists. He extensively discusses the famous watchmaker argument of William Paley and what he considers to be the logical flaws in…

Honest thieves

By Sean Pitman Is it possible to be honestly wrong, to be ever so sincere and yet be completely off base?  Is it therefore fair or even accurate to refer to such a person as a liar? I think not. Regarding the issue of promotion of evolutionary theories at LSU and the opposition to the SDA…