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Category Archives: Religion
Created Last Thursday
It’s hard to argue with someone who says that the whole universe was created last Thursday. Everything in its place, a stage built and actors entering. Is this the way you picture reality? I hope not – you would be … Continue reading
Curse of the Petrified Tree Trunks
Summer driving season is creeping up on us and the world’s national parks want to again warn visitors that removing protected rocks and artifacts can get you into big trouble. With the government, of course. But even worse, you may … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Geology, Religion
Tagged Arizona, Einstein, Hawaii, Pele, petrified forest, petrified wood
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Ted Cruz, The Science Guy!
Ted Cruz, the science guy! Those are five words that tickle your tongue when spoken together. But it’s true, the senator is now America’s science guy. Senator Ted Cruz (R–TX) is the new chair of the science and space panel, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Exploration, Religion, Space
Tagged Canada, Explorer I, NASA, Rafael Cruz, Ted Cruz, Van Allen
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Yummy. Buffon’s Pi.
As I write this, pi day is happening. On our local (Mountain Savings Time) clocks, it will soon be 3.14.15 (month-day-year) then 9:26:53. We use the American month-day-year for this event (rather than day-month-year as the rest of the world … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Geology, Religion
Tagged Archimedes, Buffon's Needle, Count Buffon, Iceland, math, value of pi, volcanoes
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Creationism and the Grand Conjectural Canyon
Originally posted on Age of Rocks:
“The writing on the wall” It was a Friday afternoon like any other. Katrina pulled into the driveway promptly at 4:30 PM upon returning from her weekly exercise class and a much needed shopping run. For…
Heresy without Redemption
Today’s date, February 17, coincides with the day they killed Giordano Bruno. For years, he had been imprisoned for blasphemy, for practising magic, and for heresy. Execution was recommended, though he could have had a less tortuous death had he … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Culture, Non-drift Theories, Philosophy, Religion, The Book
Tagged Art of Memory, Bruno, contraction, Galileo, Giordano Bruno, history, mountain mystery book, Roman Inquisition
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Charles Darwin, the Geologist
It’s his birthday. It seems Charles Darwin’s legacy is experiencing a renaissance. Sure, some 60% of Americans vilify the man and hope he is roasting in hell. Or undergoing reincarnation as a toad, or is still awaiting release from purgatory. … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Culture, History, Philosophy, Religion, The Book
Tagged coral reefs, Darwin, evolution, geology, history, James Dana, Lord Kelvin, mountain mystery book
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Okotoks, The Big Rock
A shattered rock as large as a 3-storey house sits in an alfalfa field on the flat Alberta prairie. It is about 30 minutes from my home in Calgary and the rock is more than a little startling, resting out … Continue reading
The Theory of Everything
The marriage of Stephen Hawking and Jane Wilde – as told through the ex-wife’s memoir – has become the stuff of a Hollywood tragic-romance. I have not read her memoir but have read excerpts and reviews of it. The Jane … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, Culture, History, People, Religion
Tagged ALS, history, Lou Gehrig's, motor neuron disease, Stephen Hawking, Theory of Everything
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We Love Comets… but it wasn’t always that way
So, today we kissed a comet. Many of us shared the excitement of the European Space Agency’s successful landing. Something built on the Earth is now sitting on a comet, traveling at 135,000 kilometres an hour, heading towards an even … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Engineering, Exploration, History, Religion, Science Education, Space
Tagged comets, Edmond Halley, European Space Agency, Halley, history, Immanuel Velikovsky, myths, Philae, Rosetta, Whiston
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