Creation on Campus: Part 4

I went into the event with as open of a mind as I could have. The ones who put it on seemed genuine in their efforts to have a real, rational discussion on creationism and evolution. I was, however, very disappointed. The preacher’s main point was to convince the audience to be critical of science […]

Creation on Campus: Part 3

Let’s talk about transitional fossils. One bold statement was made by Mr. Young: There is no such thing as a transitional fossil. Based on his knowledge of evolution that he had demonstrated thus far, there wasn’t much reason to believe the things he said at this point. Once again, Mr. Young makes a number of […]

Creation on Campus: Part 2

Throughout Brian Young’s presentation, he seemed to offer many reasons to believe that the theory of evolution is false and offered little evidence of why Creationism is the logical choice other than presenting it in such a way that it was self-descriptive within the context of itself. What I mean by this is that he […]

Creation on Campus: Part 1

Recently, a campus group presented a creationist speaker. I thought it would be nice to have a voice of reason in the audience, so I decided to go along with some of my heathen friends. I compiled a list of questions, and even cited some sources from the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.
I […]

The Problem of Evil

This semester, I am taking a course that is new to my college’s catalog: Philosophy of Religion. It is an introductory Philosophy course, and in it we cover various topics pertaining to problems within theistic religion. The first topic of discussion is the Problem of Evil. The syllogism is as follows:

If God exists, then God […]