I was pretty surprised today to be sent this month’s copy of the Pacific Union Recorder, a Seventh-day Adventist publication representing the Pacific Union of the Church, containing an article written by Alberto Valenzuela, the Editor of the Recorder, entitled, “Honoring God Through Science and Scripture” (Link, Link). I was expecting a nice article supporting…
A recent lecture I gave at Loma Linda University for the “Second Look Sabbath Seminars” of Dr. Paul Giem (Link) entitled, “Brilliant and Beautiful, but Wrong” (October 5th, 2019). Sometimes a scientific theory can appear to beautifully explain all or at least almost all of the data at hand. Yet, upon closer examination, it can…
How much of the overall human genome is actually functional? Well, this has been a matter of hot debate since 2012 when the ENCODE scientists announced their estimate of ~80% functionality for the human genome (ENCODE: The human encyclopaedia, Sept 5, 2012). This initial estimate was strongly challenged and even mocked by numerous scientists (Link). …