Tag Archives: Genesis
Big. White. WHALE! (or- How educated people sometimes miss the obvious)
Lately, the church attenders in our nation have wondered how, if it’s so obvious to people like me that Genesis 1-3 are meant to be read as literal history, that so many people with college degrees have decided that it … Continue reading
Putting the FUN in Fundamentalist, one DAY at a Time
The Following is from a conversation I had with a Catholic friend I like and admire. If you are defining a “Fundamentalist” as someone who refuses to accept any part of the bible as poetic or figurative, then I do … Continue reading
A Quick look into Church History About the History of the Earth
The following is from a conversation I had with a Catholic friend I like and admire: You made a passing comment about the lack of uniform belief in a literal week about 6,000 years ago through church history, and of … Continue reading
Mark 6 and a Literal Interpretation of Scripture
This is part of a conversation I had with a Catholic friend I like and admire. In his previous email, he had questioned by use of Mark 10:6 to defend the idea that Jesus believed and taught that the creation … Continue reading
Consider the Text (Genesis gets its YOM on)
The following is from a conversation I had with a Catholic friend I like and admire: Genesis 1 refers to each day as a “day”, in numbered order, and with the inclusion of evening and morning. What in the text, … Continue reading
Big White Whale (Not a post about dieting)
Lately, the church attenders in our nation have wondered how, if it’s so obvious that Genesis 1-3 are meant to be read as literal history, that so many people with college degrees have decided that it is a literary device … Continue reading
Geology and the Myth of Deep Time- Confessions of a YEC part 19
Welcome back to the Confessions of a Young Earth Creationist (YEC). We’ve looked into the Bible and then into the stars, and now we’re going to take a look at the ground beneath our own feet. When trying to prove … Continue reading
The Distance to the Stars!- Confessions of a YEC part 18
It is true. I confess! I believe the bible when it says God created the heavens and the earth within a single week, about 6,000 years ago. I know it sounds crazy to all of the kids raised on PBS, … Continue reading
The Not So Smoking Gun of the Big Bang- Confessions of a YEC part 17
Now let’s take a look into the “smoking gun” of the Big Bang: The Cosmic Background Radiation. Discovered by accident in 1964, it’s basically a faint glow of heat, everywhere we look in the night sky. It’s Cosmic, it lurks … Continue reading
Red Shift, Escape, Delete: Science- Confessions of a YEC part 16
Last time, we took a look at the Data which is presented as observable evidence for the Big Bang (AKA: The Horrendous Space Kablooie). What about it then? Does the data point to a BIG BANG? Would you be terribly … Continue reading
A Bit of Orange 