Expelled: A New Documentary by Ben Stein
The fact that someone - anyone - is willing to take on big science and secular fundamentalists like Richard Dawkins is terrific, but the last person I would have pictured in this role is Ben Stein.
Stein, however, and in spite of his most recent gig as the host of VH1’s thankfully dormant America’s Most Smartest Model, may just be the man for the job!
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a Michael Moore-ish kind of documentary that investigates, exposes, and challenges the assumptions, presumptions, presuppositions, biases, and academic/intellectual prejudices of the so-called “big science” and its blind fascination and devotion to the Neo-Darwinian materialism that is funneled into classrooms all over the country in suppressing fashion. Read More »
Fueling Tips to Get the Most Out of the Gas Pump
Do you need a few fueling tips that will help you save money and make the most of the gasoline you pump into your vehicles. These tips will not only save you money at the pump, but also will lead to more intentional thinking about gasoline stewardship (a theological issue?). Ultimately, we all need to move as far away from oil as we can, but until that glorious day, we should at least try to use our money and gasoline wisely. The following tips for the pump are a good start. Read More »
The Birthmark: Can We Lose Our Humanity?
A classical short story titled The Birthmark (Nathaniel Hawthorne) raises a few very important questions concerning the relationship between religion, theology, ethics, and science. Read More »
Science Experiment for Kids: Surface Tension
My son and I are continuing our shared quest for scientific enlightenment. I admit it is his sudden and insatiable appetite for scientific knowledge is the catalyst driving this new relational venture. It’s fantastic! I am shocked at the joy offered me by participating in the most basic of scientific experiments for kids. Our latest science adventure was focused upon “Surface Science” or “Surface Tension”. Read More »
Diggin’ Up Dinosaurs
Watching children learn is beyond incredible. It is simply amazing. The seemingly unimpressive and little but changing expressions on innocent faces reveal some deeply cerebral ideas and internal concepts being formed on the fly. Incredible, to say the least. A child naturally diving into the stream of human curiosity to instinctively drink and satisfy the thirst perpetuated by our very human quest for knowledge is one of the most positive aspects of our nature. Read More »