Cosmology
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New YorkTimes op-ed asks whether Big Bang model is in trouble
Read more: New YorkTimes op-ed asks whether Big Bang model is in troubleThe new results from the James Webb telescope add to prior problems that raise questions, but don’t yet overturn, the Standard Model of cosmology. The piece can be found here. Our own Rick Jones addressed evidence for the Standard model at our recen meeting at Biola, found here.
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RELIGIONS: Special Issue
Read more: RELIGIONS: Special Issue“Exploring Science from a Biblical Perspective,” a special issue of the online, open-access journal Religions, for which I was the invited guest editor, has been completed. The articles cover a range of topics, from the Big Bang to the Panda’s Thumb. A brief Introduction with links to all of the articles is here: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/8/1023 .…
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Review of the meeting on extraterrestrials
Read more: Review of the meeting on extraterrestrialsI’ve heard a lot of positive feedback from those who attended the meeting on Saturday. For those who missed it, the video should be available in a few weeks. Here are some of my impressions and responses. We heard good scientific arguments from Bijan Nemati and Jay Richards that from a purely naturalistic standpoint, the…
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comments on Hugh Ross’s talk
Read more: comments on Hugh Ross’s talkBy Brett van de Sande, member I was thinking a bit about Hugh Ross’ fine-tuning argument. Essentially, he is saying that any instance of fine-tuning is a good thing and that it is best explained by a personal creator. The “personal” adjective comes about since the precise value of these various constants of nature are…
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Program for the Annual Meeting in April (Webinar Only): Final Update
Read more: Program for the Annual Meeting in April (Webinar Only): Final UpdateThe annual meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 21-22, 2020. The theme will be “Does Anyone Come to Christian Faith by a Rational Process?” Once again we have a top-notch set of speakers. The meeting will be presented as a Webinar ONLY. Registration is free to anyone, but participants must register in…
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New website on interpreting Genesis
Read more: New website on interpreting GenesisFull member David Bossard informs us that he has recently done a major rewrite/revision of his website http://www.creationnarrative.org. This is a detailed look at the texts from a “concordantist” perspective (the viewpoint that the texts really do give us chronology consistent with modern science.) David invites comments and/or corrections. This post has an open comments section…