Charles Darwin – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

11May 2024 by Post

An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Source

05Apr 2024 by Post

Gould’s God-Talk: Is the Panda’s Thumb Incompatible with ID?

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Stephen Jay Gould was renowned as a paleontologist, not as a theologian. Yet perhaps his most iconic argument is theological in nature. Source

15Mar 2024 by Post

Notes on the Mysterious Origin of Hippos

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The family Hippopotamidae appears abruptly in the fossil record — like all the other groups that I have so far investigated in detail. Source

21Feb 2024 by Post

Darwin’s Bluff — Continued

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Recently, I turned up some later letters showing that Darwin’s bluff extended well beyond 1863. Source

15Feb 2024 by Post

Fruit Fly Eyes and More Surprises for Darwin

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Don’t swat too quickly! There’s more awe in that little fly than might be apparent from a cursory glance. Source

12Feb 2024 by Post

For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff

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Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished. Source

05Feb 2024 by Post

Parables from Nature: A Profile of Margaret Gatty

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Although she refrained from challenging Darwin publicly, Margaret had strong thoughts of opposition to Darwin’s proposals. Source

18Jan 2024 by Post

Sex Is a Spicy Problem for Evolutionary Theory

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Could sex be the product of a gradual evolutionary process, one dictated by “numerous, successive, slight, modifications,” as Darwin himself put it? Source

15Jan 2024 by Post

“All Things Are Ordered to Their End”

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In that one simple phrase, St. Thomas Aquinas, the greatest Christian theologian of all time, echoed the fundamental teaching of Aristotle. Source

08Jan 2024 by Post

Design in the Grand Human Story

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Two famous individuals who share the birthdate of February 12, 1809, are Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Source