Category Archives: The Creation SoapBox
Don’t Touch That Dial! (Or we’ll all die!)
Your Rent a Friend is waking to the sounds of Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. Is he on heaven’s doorstep? After the explosion, everything went dark, and now he’s hearing the voices of dead musicians… Our intrepid hero, Rent a … Continue reading
Taking a Closer Look at Nature
There was once a group of philosophers having dinner together, one of which was a Christian. The others asked him, “If someone were to ask you for proof that God exists, what would you say?” He considered it for a moment, … Continue reading
Was Genesis 1 Written for a Poetry Slam? | Feedback Friday!
Welcome again to Feedback Friday! Today’s comment is about the Creation account in Genesis 1, and is a response to THIS POST . If I may make an aside for a moment, this comment is an example of one of my pet … Continue reading
Shooting the Messenger Doesn’t Change the Message
I recently wrote a post invoking the name of a very controversial man: Ian Juby. He is a congenial Canadian who happens to be a member of Mensa (The genius club*) and a robotics engineer who has done a lot … Continue reading
First Prove God? (Another way Evolution Fails)
I find that a lot of conversations with atheists on social media tend to follow the same path. I always hope for better conversations, but instead I wind up in deja vu land, and I have yet another good reason … Continue reading
Evolution is to blame for the violence in Charlottesville
In late 2016 a collection of Nazis and KKK Klanspersons met in Charlottesville to protest something or generally be annoying. I don’t remember why and it’s not important enough to my point to Google. But it is worth noting that … Continue reading
Evolution and the Flat Earth
Having spent some quality time looking into the moon landing conspiracies (this is what I do for fun while other people are golfing), the next obvious stop was the narrow world of the flat earth. I imagine many people don’t … Continue reading
Gene Duplication, Printing Errors, and the Secrets of Lady Duck
Imagine you wrote a book. It’s a novel about a Bluebird who is actually a secret agent with MI6: “The Nest is Not Enough” (Followup to your runaway best seller “Gold Feather”). It’s a real page turner and is doing … Continue reading
There’s a Sucker Inheriting Traits Every Minute
In an attempt to educate/enlighten/indoctrinate/brainwash me, I often have readers and viewers send me comments like this one: “Evolution is the process of change in heritable traits in population subject to descent with modification.” Even though A Bit of Orange … Continue reading
Does PBS KIDS Count as “Scientific Studies”?
In the comments section of the A Bit Of Orange YouTube channel, we get a lot of “words of encouragement” from people whose main message to us is, “Here’s something I think you don’t know!” and “You’re an idiot!” And … Continue reading
A Bit of Orange 