http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:28:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Cosmological Principle basically says that the distribution of stuff (and lack of stuff) in the universe is smooth (homogeneous) and pretty much the same in every direction (isotropic). In other words, there isn't a huge pile of galaxies over here with just a few scattered over there, nor is ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2008/09/04/the-cosmological-principle/ Just posted on the web today is a paper from a talk given at a conference last year entitled "Is Science Nearing Its Limits?" The speaker, a French scientist, notes that this question has arisen before, but for very different reasons. The previous questionings assumed that science was near its limits ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2008/04/15/is-science-nearing-its-limits/ It seems to me that our current understanding of the word superstition requires some clarification. According to etymonline.com, the Latin root of the word superstitious means "standing over or above." According to wikipedia.org (as you can see, I've done my research on this), it was originally used by medieval scholars ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/27/superstition/ John Byl has written an excellent book on approaching cosmology under the assumption that the Biblical account of creation is accurate, time scales and all. Taking this view immediately brings one into conflict with much of modern astronomy; a helpful list of the difficulties can be found in some of ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/14/the-speed-of-light/ The Bible and modern science each have their own creation story. On the face of it, the stories are obviously not the same. Many Christians attempt to reconcile the two, under the assumption that the contradiction between them is only an apparent one, but I hold to the view that ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2008/03/14/the-creation-story/ In a recent post on modern science, I listed several indications that God is currently making fools out of us scientists. While this is not exactly a prediction, I have a speculation that would make a great addition to this list. One of the unfortunate features of modern science is ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2007/11/09/black-holes/ Natural versus supernatural is not a Biblical distinction. The Bible talks about miracles, signs and wonders. One of the Greek words used to refer to miracles is dunamis. And yet Heb. 1:3 has Christ "upholding all things by the word of His dunamis." It's all miracle. http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/11/getting-rid-of-the-supernatural/ I'm more historically-challenged than I thought. Um, Galileo - the Catholic Church - the Middle Ages --- Ug. It turns out that Baxter was a contemporary of Galileo as well - the latter was forced to recant in 1633 - so it's not really surprising to find Aristotle's influence still ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/11/correction-on-baxter-and-aristotle/ From chapter 1 of The Reformed Pastor: Your study of physics and other sciences is not worth a rush, if it be not God that you seek after in them. To see and admire, to reverence and adore, to love and delight in God, as exhibited in His works - this ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2007/09/17/more-from-baxter/ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. One of the reasons God created stars was to mark time. The Bible mentions days and years, ... http://reformingscience.reformedblogs.com/2007/09/16/12/