So you are interested in becoming a conspiracy theorist?

By SteveP, on April 20th, 2010%

So you want to be a conspiracy theorist? It’s simple and easy, and my one-stop, Ten-step Guide will help you get started. It certainly doesn’t matter what you want to be a conspiracy theorist about. I can help. Let’s get started. We need an example, so let’s just say you want to be a ‘Extrasolar Planet‘ denier. You know, those planets orbiting stars not in our solar system? Well, no one is denying the science behind them, yet, so it’s fertile ground in which to start a conspiracy theory. So where to begin? Continue reading So you are interested in becoming a conspiracy theorist?

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The implications of evolution for key LDS Doctrines: My SMPT paper part IV

By SteveP, on April 11th, 2010%

Here are few pictures from my talk to show some of the evolutionary convergences I was talking about: Continue reading The implications of evolution for key LDS Doctrines: My SMPT paper part IV

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The implications of evolution for key LDS Doctrines: My SMPT paper part III

By SteveP, on April 8th, 2010%

Continuing . . .

Below are the points seem to cause some confusion and may need the most work in framing a detailed reconciliation. Here I sketch of where I think these pivot points lie. I’ll start where I feel there is little tension between science and our religion and that the hermeneutics of each seems not to pose any major difficulties in providing narratives that are comfortable lying side by side. Continue reading The implications of evolution for key LDS Doctrines: My SMPT paper part III

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The implications of evolution for key LDS Doctrines: My SMPT paper part II

By SteveP, on April 5th, 2010%

The relationship between Science and Theology

I begin with a controversial claim from Haught,

“For its part, theology can become reputable in an age of science only if it abandons any attempt to provide information of a scientific sort. It must allow that the Bible and other religious teaching cannot add anything to our store of scientific knowledge. However, scientists for their part must concede that evolutionary theory, or any other set of scientific ideas, cannot provide answers to religious or theological questions either.”

Continue reading The implications of evolution for key LDS Doctrines: My SMPT paper part II

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