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Argument From Cosmic Redemption
Category: General
Topics: Creation Care
Hello folks, I’m coming to my fifth argument defending my Satan-in-Nature (S.I.N) hypothesis — the view that “natural” evil can only adequately be explained by positing that evil cosmic forces have a corrupted nature. If…
The Argument from a Cursed Nature
Category: General
“Man…trusted God was love indeedAnd love Creation’s final law –Tho’ Nature, red in tooth and clawWith ravine, shrek’d against his creed/”Tennyson, In Memoriam Tennyson nailed it. We trust that God is love. But we also…
The Argument from God’s Non-Violent Creational Ideal
Category: General
Topics: Creation Care
Hello blogging community. Thanks for tuning in. I’m getting a lot of feedback on my recent posts about “natural evil,” and I appreciate it. Some of it has been people offering criticisms of my view,…
The Argument from God’s Creational Battles
Category: General
Greetings my erudite internet friends, I’m in the process of summarizing my defense of my claim that “natural” evil can only be adequately accounted for if we accept that fallen spirits have, to some extent,…
The Argument From Demonically-Influenced Infirmities
Category: General
Hi folks, I’m summarizing my case for my belief that “natural” evil can only be adequately accounted for if we accept that fallen spirits have, to some extent, interfered with God’s good creational design for…
The Argument From Animal Suffering
Category: General
Topics: Creation Care
Hello my smart friends out there in virtual reality land! It’s so good to be back home with family and friends. Not that I didn’t love being with all the philosophical, theological and scientific brainiacs…
Milbanks and the Satan in Nature Hypothesis
Category: General
Some of you may be familiar with John Milbank, one of the founders of a movement called “Radical Orthodoxy.” (His best known book is Theology and Social Theory). I don’t agree with everything he writes,…
A Meeting With the Grand Master
Category: General
Hello my brilliant blogging friends, Today (Friday) was the grand finale of the science and open theology conference, and what a finale it was! Our visiting guest was Sir. John Polkinghorne, the grand master of…
The Emergent Self
Category: General
In our next-to-last session at the Quincy Science and Theology conference, Dr. Bill Hasker (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Huntington University) presented a comprehensive argument for what he calls “the emergent self” (or “soul”). It…
A Frustrating Debate
Category: General
Hope you all had a nice fourth of July! God bless America — and all other countries!! To be honest, I have a little bit of trouble really getting into this particular holiday. Should I…
The Science of Forgiveness
Category: General
Well, the conference took a different turn today. We talked about forgiveness — not exactly a topic you’d think would arise at a science and theology conference! Our discussion was led by Dr. Everett Worthington,…
Reflections on the Body, Soul, and Spirit
Category: General
Hello comrads in the great and mighty battle! Trust all is going well for you. I’m still out here in Quincy at the Science and Theology Conference. I’m starting to really ache for my family…
Historical Fall, Historical Redemption
Category: General
Hello my Blogging Buds,I’m still out here in Quincy. I’m missing my adorable wife and family terribly. I’m missing my friends. I’m missing my dogs. But, as compensation, I’m enjoying great intellectual stimulation. Life is…
Back to the Drawing Board on the “Gap Theory”
Category: General
Heh folks, I’ve heard from quite a number of you, and I’m delighted you’re enjoying my daily posts on the Science and Theology Conference out here in Quincy. (I also know its not everyone’s cup…
A Great Time Talking Faith and Politics
Category: General
Hi folks,I took Wednesday off from the Science and Theology conference to fly out to Washington D.C. and participate in a one day Conference on Faith and Politics, alongside Jim Wallis, Tony Campolo, and Melissa…
Satan and the Carnage of Nature
Category: General
Hello my blogging friends, Well, we had another FANTASTIC discussion at the Science and Theology Conference this morning (Tuesday). The presenter was Jeffery Schloss, Professor of Biology at Westmont University in Malibu California (Westmont is…
Intelligent Design and Intelligent Anti-Design
Category: General
I flew back home this weekend to preach a couple sermons, then flew out to re-join the science and theology conference in Quincy — and I am frankly sick of FLYING!! But, at the same…
Temporal Flow, Relativity Theory, and Open Theology
Category: General
Hello friends, In our fifth session of the Quincy Science and Theology Conference, we heard from Robert Mann. Mann is the head of the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Waterloo in…
Reflections on the Science Conference
Category: General
Hello bloggers and bloggets, Well, I’m having a great time out here in Quincy. The discussions with fellow theologians, philosophers, and scientists who are Open Theists is very stimulating. Plus we’re having a lot of…
Notes from the Quincy Conference: Does Science Rule Out Miracles?
Category: General
(admin’s note…this blog was written by Greg yesterday…sorry for the delay in posting!) Philip Clayton is one of the leading philosophers of science in the world, and today he delivered the lecture that we then…