Eight Pillars: A Biblical/Christian Approach to the Origins Controversy
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of December 2010 by Richard Peachey 1. The Bible, the “inspired” Word of God, has a great deal to say about creation and the Creator God. The matter of creation is therefore not an unimportant “side issue.” (Genesis 1:1-2:22; Exodus
Why Christians Should Not Be Open to Darwin!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of September 2010 by Richard Peachey Waldo Berg, in the March 2010 issue of the Mennonite Brethren (M. B.) Herald, urged that Christians should be open to accepting Darwinian evolution (“A Plea for Understanding: Is there a Christian view of
On Being Labeled “Extreme”
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of June 2010 by Richard Peachey Regent College theologian John Stackhouse certainly caught my attention with his recent statement in the BC Christian News (June 2010, page 14): “No one needs to be alarmed about Catholic bishops, or the Evangelical
Sir John William Dawson: A Great Canadian Creationist
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of September 1999 by Richard Peachey November 19, 1999, will mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Canada’s greatest creationist scholar: Sir John William Dawson (1820-1899). Dawson was an internationally known scientist and educator who served as principal of
The Peppered Moth Story: Prime Example of Evolution?
With a special Appendix: University of Chicago evolutionist Jerry Coyne on his discovery of the many flaws in this “icon of evolution”! (following the conclusion of this article) by Richard Peachey IMPORTANT NOTE: The argumentation in the article below requires updating in light of new experimental work by lepidopterist Michael
Is Evolution Really So Central to Biology?
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of March 2010 by Richard Peachey A well-beloved mantra of the secular scientific establishment is: “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.” This was the title of a classic article by geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973 [Mar.]. The
Do Examples of “Microevolution” Provide Support for Macroevolution?
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of September 2005 Introduced by Richard Peachey Is it legitimate to extrapolate from instances of small-scale change (such as those found in peppered moths, Darwin’s finches, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria) to large-scale changes of the sort that would allow protists to
The “Big Bang” Explains Nothing!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of December 2005 Introduced by Richard Peachey An excerpt from Alex Williams and John Hartnett. 2005. Dismantling the Big Bang. Green Forest, AR: Master Books. pp. 59f. The theoretical astrophysicist, Professor Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University, in his best-selling book
How Darwinism Contributed to Modern Views on Abortion, Infanticide, and Euthanasia
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of June 2008 Introduced by Richard Peachey A specialist in modern German history argues that evolutionary thinking contributed significantly to our current “culture of death”! All quotations are from Richard Weikart. 2004. From Darwin to Hitler: Evolutionary Ethics, Eugenics, and
The “Science” of Paleoanthropology (Human Fossils) — Exposed!
Introduced by Richard Peachey In this article, an evolutionary paleoanthropologist describes the subjectivity and questionable science inherent in his own discipline! All quotations are from Roger Lewin. 1997. Bones of Contention. 2nd edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Page number references from this book are given at the beginning of