Category Archives: Faith, Science & Doubt

“Frankly, my dear …”

Posted on February 11, 2008 by me

“Frankly speaking, these are just fancy words we use to name something we do not understand.” Christian Boehmer, quoted on MSNBC, discussing dark matter and dark energy. I haven’t spent much time at all studying dark matter and dark energy … Continue reading →

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Galileo: an inconvenient truth?

Posted on February 5, 2008 by me

A couple of weeks ago we had a rousing discussion about the foolishness of the NAS (the National Academy of Sciences). My friend Mike responded: In movies the old guard looks foolish. In Disney kid movies the grownups are always … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther’s Definition of Faith

Posted on February 5, 2008 by me

An excerpt from “An Introduction to St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans,” Luther’s German Bible of 1522 by Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Translated by Rev. Robert E. Smith from DR. MARTIN LUTHER’S VERMISCHTE DEUTSCHE SCHRIFTEN. Johann K. Irmischer, ed. Vol. 63(Erlangen: … Continue reading →

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Contact: are we better off because of science?

Posted on February 4, 2008 by me

I watched one of my favorite movies again yesterday (I was one of the 5 people not watching the Superbowl), Contact, based on Carl Sagan’s book of the same name. If you get that sense of deja vu, it’s okay… … Continue reading →

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