Origins and Science


Philosophical Considerations

General Information

  • Philosophy of Science
  • Falacious Argumentation
  • Metaphysics
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Scientific Method
  • Accurate representation of positions
  • Presuppositions

Discussion by Topic

  • Anthropic Principle and design
  • Moral Relativism
  • Falsification of theory
  • Certainty and Error
  • Impact of the fall and the introduction of evil
  • Continuity and catastrophy
  • God in the Gaps argument
  • Relationship of man w.r.t. other species
  • Human impact on the environment
  • Sensitivity of the environment
  • Deceptiveness of God in apparent age
  • Metaphysical assumptions needed to do science
  • Balance or precidence between Bible and the science
  • Constancy of nature or changing laws
  • The conflict between assumed processes and the time needed to accomplish them
  • Implications of worldview on the execution of science
  • Large changes in variation, adaptation, and specialization

Other References

  • Reading List
  • Web Sites


General Information

Presuppositional Creationism - This web article explains the tenets of what one group calls Presuppositional Creationism.
Is "Progressive Creation" Still a Helpful Concept? - This article discusses the merits of the progressive creation position.

 God and Evolution FAQ
Evolution and Philosophy FAQ
Scientific Creationism and Error

 Patterson Misquoted: A Tale of Two Cites
The Creation Research Society's Creed
Clarence Darrow Misquoted by Creationist

CHRISTIANITY: A CAUSE OF MODERN SCIENCE? by Eric V. Snow

CHRISTIANITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE The Astonishing Connection by T. V. Varughese, Ph.D.

Design In Nature: The Anthropic Principle by Donald B. DeYoung, Ph.D.
The Christian World View Of Science And Technology
OCEANS OF PIFFLE IN EVOLUTIONARY INDOCTRINATION by Thomas G. Barnes

CREATION IS THE FOUNDATION by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D.
THE SPLENDID FAITH OF THE EVOLUTIONIST by Henry M. Morris
MATERIALISM, ANIMISM, AND EVOLUTIONISM by Magnus Verbrugge, M.D.
AN ANSWER FOR ASIMOV by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D.

 THE REMARKABLE RE-BIRTH OF PLANET EARTH by Henry M. Morris Ph.D.

"How Do I Know There Really Is A God?" by John D. Morris, Ph.D.

Did God Create with Appearance of Age? by John D. Morris, Ph.D.
THE TENETS OF CREATIONISM by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D.

THINGS THAT ARE MADE by Dr. Gary Parker

INTERPRETING EARTH HISTORY by Stuart E. Nevins, M.S.

 CAN YOU ... RECOGNIZE BIAS IN HISTORY CONTENT? by Mary Stanton, Ed. D.

CIRCULAR REASONING IN EVOLUTIONARY GEOLOGY by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D.

 Getting Rid of the Unfair Rules The Battle of Beginnings: Why Neither Side is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate Del Ratzsch Downer's Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1996, 248 pp. Stephen C. Meyer and Paul A. Nelson

The Unraveling of Scientific Materialism Phillip E. Johnson
Alchemy, NK Boolean Style At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self Organization and Complexity Stuart Kauffman New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, 321 pp. William A. Dembski

Looking for the Mind The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory David J. Chalmers Oxford University Press, 1996, 414 pp. Eric Larson

The Belief That Works Best Review of Science and Religion in the Era of William James: The Eclipse of Certainty, 1820-1880 volume one by Paul Jerome Croce (University of North Carolina Press, 1995) Phillip E. Johnson

Darwinism: Science or Naturalistic Philosophy? A debate between William B. Provine and Phillip E. Johnson at Stanford University, April 30, 1994 PHILLIP JOHNSON:

Science, Censorship, and Omni Magazine
Taking the Natural Turn, or How Real Philosophy of Science is Done Organized and moderated by Werner Callebaut

The Whole Question of Metaphysics Report on the AAAS 1993 Boston meeting discussing "The New Anti-Evolutionism" and Professor Michael Ruse's surprising remarks.

Cosmos and Creator William Lane Craig
Daniel Dennett's Dangerous Idea Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life. Daniel C. Dennett New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995; 586 pp. Phillip E. Johnson

Methodological Naturalism? Alvin Plantinga
Methodological Naturalism? Alvin Plantinga
Methodological Naturalism? Part 2 Alvin Plantinga
Darwinism: Science or Naturalistic Philosophy? Phillip Johnson - William Provine Debate at Stanford University April 30, 1994 Video Study Guide Condensed format

Dialogue on Censorship
The Making of a Revolution Tim Stafford
Starting a Conversation about Evolution A review of The Battle of the Beginnings: Why Neither Side is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate by Del Ratzsch Phillip E. Johnson

The Storyteller and the Scientist Joint review of Climbing Mount Improbable By Richard Dawkins and Darwin's Black Box by Michael Behe
Engaging the Third Culture A Review of The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution by John Brockman (Simon & Schuster, 1995) Phillip E. Johnson

No Relevance to the Origin of Life Dr. Walter L. Bradley

The Physics of Immortality Frank Tipler
Darwin, Mind and Meaning Alvin Plantinga
NTSE: An Intellectual Feast
A Report on the ASA Conference Debate on Pandas and People Textbook Paul Nelson

 The Problem of the Absolute in Evidential Epistemology author: DAVID SNOKE

 THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN THEISM, METAPHYSICAL NATURALISM AND RELATIVISM: HOW TO PROCEED IN SCIENCE? by Jitse M. van der Meer

Barrow and Tipler on the Anthropic Principle vs. Divine Design William Lane Craig

The Indispensability of Theological Meta-Ethical Foundations for Morality William Lane Craig

PROFESSOR MACKIE AND THE KALAM COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT WILLIAM LANE CRAIG

MIND, COSMOLOGY, AND SUFFICIENT REASON A VINDICATION OF RATIONAL THEISM James F. Sennett

Did God Cause the Universe in the Kalam Cosmological Argument? James C. Still

WALLACE MATSON AND THE CRUDE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT William L. Craig

Physics and the Reality of Supernature A Physicist Contemplates the Role of the Supernatural in the Scientific Enterprise by Donavan Hall

Preserving Science and Theology through Philosophy Thomas J. Burke, Jr.

The Unraveling of Scientific Materialism Phillip E. Johnson

PARADIGMS LOST: IMAGES OF MAN IN THE MIRROR OF SCIENCE, by John L. Casti, William Morrow and Company

Introduction to Dialogic and HyperTheology
Book Review: The scandal of the evangelical mind
THE FINE-TUNING DESIGN ARGUMENT: A Scientific Argument for the Existence of God Robin Collins(
THE FINE-TUNING DESIGN ARGUMENT: Robin Collins
The Limits of Darwinism David Berlinski
Graham Oppy on the Kalam Cosmological Argument William Lane Craig

The Real Issue How to Sink a Battleship: A call to separate materialist philosophy from empirical science By Phillip E. Johnson, J. D.

John A. Campbell, "Theism, Naturalism and Ethos: A Rhetorical Analysis of Darwin's Origin"

Methodological Naturalism? Alvin Plantinga
Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE: EVIDENCE FOR DESIGN? Edited by John M. Robson
JETTISON THE ARGUMENTS, OR THE RULE? THE PLACE OF DARWINIAN THEOLOGICAL THEMATA IN EVOLUTIONARY REASONING Paul A. Nelson

Kant on the Theological Foundations of Newtonian Science Andrew N. Carpenter

Inclusive Naturalism Dr. Gerald W. Eichhoefer
Enterprising science needs naturalism Created 961205, Last updated 970115 Copyright 1997 by Wesley R. Elsberry
Exploring the Rationality of Methodological Naturalism Robert C. O'Connor

GOD, TIME, AND ETERNITY WILLIAM LANE CRAIG


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