The only humble contribution I can make to earth day is to note that a Hibiscus we were given a year ago not only survived the winter, but is blooming again. (Of course, we had some help.)

Absolutely Priceless…

The Times pretty much nails it: Prominent evolutionary biologists, like the author and Oxford professor Richard Dawkins — accurately identified on screen as an “atheist” — are provided solely to construct, in cleverly edited slices, an inevitable connection between Darwinism and godlessness. Blithely ignoring the vital distinction between social and scientific Darwinism, the film links… Continue reading

More deep thoughts from Richard Dawkins: Entities capable of designing anything, whether they be human engineers or interstellar aliens, must be complex — and therefore, statistically improbable. Actually, these are the same ‘deep’ thoughts we’ve heard before. Bill Vallicella was on the case, but is worth revisiting. 1. The explanandum, that which is to be… Continue reading

Rod Dreher once again sums it up nicely: I had to sit back and read this three times for its full impact to sink in, and to deal with the emotions it brings forth. From the Boston Globe: “I asked him to forgive me for hating his church and hating him,” said Olan Horne, 48,… Continue reading