He is risen!

I can't get past Jesus.  Science can say what it wants about millions of years ago, but 2000 years ago the world fundamentally changed.  Was it actually today?  Who knows, and does it really matter? The world is fundamentally not right.  We all know this.  We all feel the brokenness permeating everything, just below the

Life after People?

I just watched the documentary Life after People from the History Channel.  It was a very interesting idea.  Their concept was to document the progression of the planet if humanity suddenly disappeared.  The music and voice-over give it a distinctly creepy feel; which sort of makes sense given that it is discussing the planet without

So where does this leave us?

This is interesting.  According to an article on discovery.com we are hard-wired to react to unfair situations. Disgust over an unfair or immoral social situation is hard-wired into the human body as strongly as the reaction to a foul taste, according to research published today in the journal Science. The idea that this study is

Torture, Ethics, and God

I haven't had much time to blog, I'm on reading week, which is attempting to live up to its name.   I've finally gotten around to answering my good friend Matt's (who should blog) response to my thought's on torture.  I meant to keep it short but it kind of exploded.  You can read and

Evolution and God 1

Evolution and God are not necessarily incompatable.  It's been interesting reading a few interviews with Dr. Francis Collins who is a leading biologist (head of the Human Genome Project) and also a believing Christian.  It's comforting to think that even though I'm not quite sure where I stand on the extent of evolution I'm in