The Nye/Ham Debate (Part 8): 7 Things to Do, or Do Not do…(there is no try!)
HURRAH! If you don’t want to actually read this post, but would rather listen to ME read it for you, well YOU ARE IN LUCK! A YouTube video is available fo...
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The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 46): Enlightenment Odds ‘n Ends–Revolution, Columbus, and the Slave Trade
The last few Ways of the Worldviews posts have been quite heavy in the philosophy department. And it’s true, the philosophers of the Enlightenment have had a tr...
Inside the Nye/Ham Debate (Part 7): Unleash the Kraken! (i.e. How AiG Dismisses the Evidence and Attacks its Opponents)
In my past six posts reflecting on the Nye/Ham debate of three years ago, I focused on how Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge (HH) “analyzed” the debate in their book, Ins...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 45): Immanuel [you] Kant [be serious]
In this brief post today, we will look at Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), the philosopher who really “changed everything.” Now, I am not an expert in Kant, so ...
The Nye/Ham Debate (Part 6): The Mirrors are in Place…Cue the Smoke! (Ham’s biblical predictions that aren’t predictions; plus: giants and dinosaurs in a pre-flood coliseum!)
In my last two posts about the analysis that Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge (HH) gave regarding Ken Ham’s main presentation at the Nye/Ham Debate three years ago, I se...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 44): More on the Enlightenment–Two Brief Notes on Voltaire and David Hume
Today’s post will simply provide a few brief observations about two more Enlightenment thinkers: Voltaire and David Hume. Voltaire, Natural Religion, and ...
Inside the Nye/Ham Debate (Part 5): The Last Three “Mirrors” of YEC’s Debate Tactics
In my last post, I began to point out five specific talking points/tactics that are routinely used by young earth creationists. We see these in play in both Ken...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 43): The Enlightenment and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Is it too much to say he’s the devil?)
When we speak of the Enlightenment, we are primarily speaking of 18th century Europe. After 200 years of religious wars throughout Europe, the men of the Enligh...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 42): The Bridge to the Enlightenment: Bacon, Locke, Descartes, and Pascal
In order to understand where the Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire and Rousseau really came from, you have to first “bridge the gap” between what happened wi...
Inside the Nye/Ham Debate (Part 4): Ken Ham’s Presentation and Fun With Mirrors–Historical Science and the Laws of Logic
This week, I am continuing in my walk through of Inside the Nye/Ham Debate by Ken Ham and Bodie Hodge, in which they “analyze” the debate that took place betwee...