False, Flawed, and Unrepeatable — How “Science” is Losing its Aura
by Richard Peachey During the last decade or so, the weaknesses of current experimental science have been given increasing publicity. Below I provide a sampling of web-accessible articles from my (thick!) file titled “Questionable Science.” In the context of the origins controversy, my basic point is this: If experimental science, being
Do Creationists Oppose “All of Science”?
with an Appendix: Scholarly Evidence that Creationists Do Not Oppose “All of Science” by Richard Peachey During the debate “Evolution versus Creation: War of the Worldviews!” (May 5, 2006), near the beginning of his opening remarks, evolution spokesman Scott Goodman showed the following on a PowerPoint slide: “Definition of Terms
How a Literal Understanding of Genesis Promoted the Rise of Modern Science!
In this article, a non-creationist historian of science describes how a literal understanding of Genesis, as favoured by the Protestant Reformers, actually promoted rather than hindered the rise of modern science! All quotations are from Peter Harrison. 1998. The Bible, Protestantism, and the rise of natural science. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge
Science: Child of the Biblical Worldview
by Richard Peachey (based largely on Nancy R. Pearcey and Charles B. Thaxton. 1994. The Soul of Science. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books) Various ancient cultures, such as China, were able to produce a high technology — but only Christianized western Europe generated true science based on the scientific method (experimental
On Restoring Science to its “Rightful Place”
by Richard Peachey [Featured as an advertorial in Cascade News, University of the Fraser Valley student newspaper, Oct. 23, 2009] Back in January, as the recent Nobel prizewinner Barack Obama was being inaugurated into the most powerful political office in the world, the new U.S. president voiced this commitment: “We