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Friend of Science, Friend of Faith: A Review

April 5, 2020 by Randal

Gregg Davidson, Friend of Science, Friend of Faith: Listening to God in His Works and Word. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2019. The year was 1988 when I brought my dog-eared copy of Paul Ackerman’s It’s a Young World After All to my high school science teacher: “Mr. Vogt, you need to read this! It will prove […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evolution, Gregg Davidson, intelligent design, review, science, young earth creationism

Is Theistic Evolution a Contradiction in Terms? A response to J. Warner Wallace

December 7, 2019 by Randal

J. Warner Wallace recently posted an article titled “Why I’m Not a Theistic Evolutionist.” He begins by assuming that Moses wrote Genesis. (I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised: Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch is to biblical studies as young earth creationism is to biology.) Right after that, Wallace really gets our attention by asserting that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evolution, J. Warner Wallace, science, theistic evolution, theology

Rethinking Origins: The Evolution of a Young Earth Creationist

December 4, 2019 by Randal

In this article, I share a dialogue with David MacMillan, a former young earth creationist who has since come to a very different opinion. MacMillan currently lives in Washington DC with his wife and their children, where he works as a paralegal while studying for his J.D. at Columbus School of Law. He is featured […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Answers in Genesis, creationism, David MacMillan, evolution, fundamentalism, interview, Ken Ham, Neo-Darwinism, science

Ain’t Gonna Make a Monkey Out of Me! Is Darwinism Compatible with Human Dignity?

April 7, 2018 by Randal

Over the years, I’ve encountered many objections to the reconciliation of Christianity to Neo-Darwinian evolution. One of the most common and forceful objections pertains to the alleged loss of human dignity that comes with a biology of common descent. As Christian rock singer Larry Norman sang in “God Part III,” “I don’t believe in evolution. I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: anthropology, creationism, Darwinism, evolution, image of God

Natural Evil and Young Earth Creationism

December 1, 2017 by Randal

In this short discussion (short being a relative term: it’s under ten minutes) I explain why young earth creationists have a problem of natural evil that they need to explain. Music Credit: Apero Hour Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: creationism, evolution, natural evil, problem of evil, theodicy, young earth creationism

100. Evolution and Christian Faith: A Conversation with Denis Lamoureux

November 24, 2017 by Randal

It’s hard to believe but it has been four 1/2 years since The Tentative Apologist Podcast was launched in May 2013. Since then a lot of water has flowed under that bridge. Now for this, our 100th episode, I invite my first guest, Dr. Denis Lamoureux, back to continue our conversation on evolution, the Bible, and Christian […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Denis Lamoureux, earth science, evolution, Neo-Darwinism

The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: A Review

February 3, 2017 by Randal

Abby Hafer, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not. (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2015).  If you love intelligent design, you’ll (probably) hate this book. If you hate intelligent design, you’ll (probably) love this book. If you’re somewhere in-between in your assessment of intelligent design, you’ll probably find yourself somewhere […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Abby Hafer, creationism, Darwin, Discovery Institute, evolution, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, review

God, Evolution, and Creation: A Short Interview

January 18, 2017 by Randal

Here’s are some clips from an interview I did with Pastor Todd Petkau of Riverwood Church in Winnipeg. In these clips we discuss creation, Darwinian evolution, and doubt. Dr. Randall Rauser Interview – Unapologetic from Riverwood Church on Vimeo.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Darwinism, doubt, evolution, interview, Todd Petkau

“There is no evidence for…” On the unqualified and indefensible claims of bad apologists

September 22, 2016 by Randal

A few months ago I was approached by an individual after a speaking event. “Do you believe in evolution?” he asked. It was a surprising question given that it had nothing to do with my topic. I replied that on matters outside my area I defer to the consensus of experts unless I have a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, evolution, historical Jesus, science, Victor Stenger

On Ape-Men and Grand Illusions

November 27, 2015 by Randal

Last week when I was at a conference in Atlanta I attended a session featuring a dialogue between geneticist Darrel Falk of Biologos (an evangelical organization which promotes theistic evolution) and Nathaniel Jeanson of Answers in Genesis (the premiere young earth creationist organization). It was a significant event insofar as this is one of the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evolution, indoctrination, Merchants of Doubt, Terry Mortenson, young earth creationism

57. Terry Mortenson on Creationism

January 5, 2015 by Randal

When I was in high school I gave my science teacher a copy of Paul Ackerman’s book It’s a Young World After All. The book aimed to show that evolution was false and the earth was a mere six to ten thousand years old. My science teacher politely received the gift and then, for all I […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, creationism, evolution, Genesis, hermeneutics, science, six day creationism, Terry Mortenson, young earth creationism

56. Deborah Haarsma on BioLogos, God, and Evolution

December 18, 2014 by Randal

For many people today, the relationship between science and religion or theology can be summarized in one word: “conflict”. While conflicts inevitably do arise, there are many Christians who believe that a more helpful framework for conceiving the relations between science and theology is one of harmony. In this episode of the Tentative Apologist Podcast […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Biologos, Deborah Haarsma, evolution, science, theistic evolution

Can animals sin?

July 14, 2014 by Randal

For centuries, theologians and philosophers alike have maintained an absolute categorical distinction between human beings and other animals. According to this assumption human beings are moral agents who are capable of both moral virtue and moral vice. They are also linguistic agents who are capable of speech. Animals, by contrast, are neither moral nor linguistic. No […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agency, chimpanzee, evolution, humanity, moral nature, morality, personhood

Evolution plus Secular Dogma? A Response to Victor Stenger

July 3, 2014 by Randal

One of my readers, Frokid, forwarded to me an article by Victor Stenger titled “How to Debate a Christian Apologist.” The article presents the most cynical view of debating possible, reducing it to little more than a base exercise in sophistry. This is the reason I’m not very keen on the conventional debate format, because by […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, atheism, evolution, God, naturalism, Victor Stenger

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