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We're Moving
Science & the Sacred is moving to our new home on The BioLogos Foundation's Web site. Be sure to visit and bookmark our new location to stay up to date with the latest blogs from Karl Giberson, Darrel Falk, Pete Enns, and our various guests in the science-religion dialogue. We're inaugurating ou
posted 8:00:00am Dec. 11, 2009 |
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Shiny Scales, Silvery Skins, and Evolution
Source: Physorg.comIridescence -- a key component of certain makeup, paints, coatings of mirrors and lenses -- is also an important feature in the natural world. Both fish and spiders make use of periodic photonic systems, which scatter or reflect the light that passes against their scales or
posted 8:00:00am Dec. 09, 2009 |
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A Stellar Advent Calendar
Looking for a unique way to mark the days of the Advent season? The Web site Boston.com offers an Advent calendar composed of images from the Hubble Telescope, both old and new. Each day, from now until the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, the calendar will offer a beautiful image from the hea
posted 8:00:00am Dec. 09, 2009 |
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Belief, Guidance, and Evolution
Recently BioLogos' Karl Giberson was interviewed by Marcio Campos for the Brazilian newspaper Gazeta do Povo's Tubo De Ensaio (i.e. "Test tube") section. What follows is a translated transcript of that interview, which we will be posting in three installments. Here is the first.
Campos: Starting o
posted 8:00:00am Dec. 08, 2009 |
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Let's Come at this From a Different Angle
Every Friday, "Science and the Sacred" features an essay
from a guest voice in the science and religion dialogue. This week's
guest entry was written by Peter Enns. Enns is an evangelical Christian
scholar and author of several books and commentaries, including the
popular Inspiration and Incarnatio
posted 8:00:00am Dec. 04, 2009 |
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posted September 24, 2009 at 10:22 am
Not to quibble with “Abraham,” but one of the beauties of Trinitarian doctrine is the idea that God can contemplate Himself and needs no one else!
posted September 24, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Mind is the mirror that reflects and experiences the unfolding of existence. The less grime obscures, the truer is the reflected image. Eliminating bias while not possible is accomplished most effectively by honest, open and direct engagement. When I experience awe and wonder, my mind is free of the usual constraints of word and belief. Instead, I am as though attuned to the most fundamental base, without the need to reduce it to a derivative form. I groan and smile, and whether that supports a worldview or not is immaterial. I am in a state and that state is potent and immediate. This is key. In ecstasy, there is no dogma, there is no disagreement; there is only a delicate and potent flow of states which like a Bach fugue draws many distinct themes into a unified whole.