I'm not much of a scientist, but like everybody, I have a sort of popular culture science learned by osmosis. Increasingly, lately, creationism has seemed so uncool to me that I was tempted to slap the title "theistic evolution" on it just to feel more intelligent. I knew, of course, that that wasn't really based on any knowledge of science, and have been meaning to do some research, just to be informed.Well, this worked quite well as a refresher to my high school biology class, and certainly gives me some talking points whenever evolution enters the conversation. It also clears up a lot of misconceptions about the Intelligent Design group.
Also, Metaxas is hilarious and charming as ever. Enjoy.
"Darwin's Doubt" with Stephen Meyer from Socrates in the City on Vimeo.
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Oh yay, Steve Meyer. Good friend of the family. Uh, not to name-drop or anything... though come to think of it we kind of know ALL the Christians in Expelled. And I've had lunch with Lee Strobel. *sorry* *bends down to pick up scattered names* ;-)
ReplyDeleteYep, I'm impressed. :) Very cool - tell them thanks from an eighteen-year-old trying to survive in a secular culture.
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