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Toasted Ham and Nye
So, the big debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye is history. We didn’t really pay a whole lot of attention to it, and here’s why. In order for there to be a winner in this debate (because of the way it was framed) you had to choose between the false dichotomy of a believing the Bible or taking science seriously.
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The REAL Problem with Divine Violence in the OT
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An Apology from Greg
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Friday Lights: The Bee
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Does Science Kill Faith? (podcast)
Greg talks about science and faith in this deep and profound episode that expands, then devolves, into a strange strange dance. Episode 538 http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0538.mp3