WASHINGTON (ABP) — Teaching the alternative to Darwinian evolution known as “intelligent design” in American public schools would require fundamental shifts in one or both of two things — the way scientists generally understand the basic philosophy of their profession,…
‘Young-earth’ creationists value literal reading of God’s word over human intellect
The philosophical evolution of Kurt Wise, a Harvard graduate who studied under paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, has placed him as the leading proponent of young-earth creationism.LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — In his 2006 best-selling nonfiction book, The God Delusion, British biologist…
Intelligent design renews debate between science and religion
WACO, Texas (ABP) — If there ever were a chance that conflict between evolution and religion might die a natural death, it ended with the birth of the “intelligent design” movement. Just ask William Dembski. Educated as a probability theorist, Dembski…
Evolution Sunday says dichotomy between faith and science is false
INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) — While many Christians view evolution as a threat to faith, a growing number of churches view Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his seminal work The Origin of Species as something to celebrate. More…
Darwin controversial in life and death
(ABP) — Two hundred years after his birth on Feb. 12, 1809, British naturalist Charles Darwin remains controversial. His theory of evolution became the linchpin of modern science, but a majority of Americans believe God created humans in their present…
Two centuries after his birth, Darwin still controversial
(ABP) — Two hundred years after his birth on Feb. 12, 1809, British naturalist Charles Darwin remains controversial. His theory of evolution became the linchpin of modern science, but a majority of Americans believe God created humans in their present…
Darwin controversial in life and death
Two hundred years after his birth on Feb. 12, 1809, British naturalist Charles Darwin remains controversial. His theory of evolution became the linchpin of modern science, but a majority of Americans believe God created humans in their present form. And…
2nd Opinion: Christ’s love among the ‘slumdogs’
Slumdog Millionaire—already a Golden Globe Award-winner for best motion picture and a nominee for an Oscar in the same category—is a slap-in-your-face wakeup call to the breadth and depth of injustice and poverty still active on a large scale in…
Obama rearranges faith-based office; vows to maintain church-state wall
WASHINGTON (ABP) — President Obama announced a revamped version of his predecessor’s office on faith-based charities Feb. 5, restructuring it with a broad advisory council and vowing to pay close attention to church-state concerns. “The goal of this office will…
Parents to be reunited with children kidnapped while they were at seminary after 20 years
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (ABP) — A decades-old kidnapping case came to an end Feb. 2 with the arrest of a 72-year-old man accused of abducting two grandchildren left in his care while his daughter and son-in-law headed off for seminary in…
Parents to be reunited with kids kidnapped in seminary days
This is what the Baskin children looked like in 1989, when they disappeared. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (ABP) — A decades-old kidnapping case came to an end Feb. 2 with the arrest of a 72-year-old man accused of abducting two grandchildren left…
Human trafficking is all too real, filmmaker discovers
AUSTIN—A few years ago, Justin Dillon read an article in the New York Times Sunday magazine that detailed the story of young Indian girls who were searching for a better life in the United States but ended up in prostitution….