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EVOLUTION: A black and white issue?
Back during Barack Obama’s campaign, I noted in a cartoon the amazing similarity of Michelle Obama to the Geico cavemen. Having a rather caveman-shaped forehead myself, I felt this was fair game and a funny way to work in yet another dig on Chairman Maobama. But I’ve been thinking–primarily about the cartoons I could have [...]
The real legacy of Darwin should not be celebrated
In some circles today, Darwin is treated like a great celebrity. A recent article points out that there will be “scientific” meetings in Britain concerning the ideas of Darwin. It seems, the man is framed by some science historians as an Einstein-like genius, though he wasn’t. He did bring to the forefront of science some [...]
The Case for a Creator: Part II
Editor’s Note: Lance Ponder continues his series summarizing Lee Strobel’s book, The Case for a Creator. Refuting homologous embryos from different species First Problem: In the 1860’s Ernst Haeckel’s studied the embryos of various species in the animal kingdom. After observing these embryos, Haeckel rendered drawings, which depicted embryos of a fish, a salamander, a [...]