It’s not “Human Reason vs. God’s Word”!

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Dr. Lisle

Perhaps you have heard the origins debate as being about “human reason” on the one hand, and “the Bible” on the other. Many evolutionists like to frame the debate this way. It creates a “heads I win: tails you lose” type of situation. By contrasting the Bible with “reason”, they are implying that the Bible is unreasonable. They may use some other terminology. Whether framed as “Rationality vs. faith” or “science vs. religion,” the implication of framing the debate this way is that the Bible is anti-reason, anti-science, anti-rational.

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Deep Time – the god of our Age

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

Throughout history, human beings have had the tendency to reject their Creator, and replace Him in their lives with gods of their own making.  From the Greek and Roman pantheons, to the Egyptian sun-god, people would rather worship a god that they create than the God who created them.  Such false gods always have the following characteristics.  (1) They are attributed one or more characteristics or powers that belong only to the Living God, especially a power over some aspect of nature.  (2) They are given allegiance, worship, or reverence above God in at least some way.  (3) They are created either physically or conceptually by man. (4) They are not the Living God, the Creator of all things.
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The Rest of the Story

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

Recently, I was interviewed by CNN reporter Lisa Sylvester for a brief news story regarding Congressmen Paul Broun’s comments about origins. CNN aired only a tiny snippet of my comments. So it seems appropriate to give a more detailed summary here.

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Honor – a Balanced and Biblical View

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

Recently, the best athletes in the world competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. These people have spent years in training, working hard to make their body an efficient machine capable of feats far superior to the rest of us. Certainly, they deserve our respect and admiration. Biblically, we are supposed to give honor to whom honor is due (Romans 13:7).

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Arbitrariness and Inconsistency – the Opposites of Rationality

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

We live in a world where many people simply do not reason rationally. They are not able to make a good, cogent argument for their position. This is sometimes seen in political or religious arguments. Such debates often have more heat than light. People have very strong opinions, and voice them with fervor. But often their arguments are simply not rational! The conclusions do not follow from the premises. Why is this? And what can we do about it?

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Evolutionism – an “Endangered Species”

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

Among the belief systems of the world, evolutionism can be classified as an endangered species.  Though it has many followers, it is not a “healthy” belief that can survive on its own.  Other belief systems survive because they are supported or confirmed by scientific evidence and rational thinking.  Not so with evolution.  It survives only because it enjoys special protection under the law, which is afforded only to endangered species that cannot compete without such help.

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The “Authorists” have Chimed In!

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

A few weeks ago I posted an innocuous little satirical article for my blog, which made the modest proposal that articles have no authors.  The article committed just about every logical fallacy that evolutionists use in defending their beliefs.  It was a fun little article, and many of you posted comments that you enjoyed reading it.  Thanks!

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On the Origin of Articles

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

You might think that someone wrote this article.  But of course, you would be mistaken.  Articles are not written by people.  They are the result of chance.  Every intelligent person knows it.  There might be some people who want you to think that articles are written by people.  But this view is totally unscientific.  After all, we cannot see the person who allegedly wrote the article.  We cannot detect him or her in any way.  The claim that this article has an author cannot be empirically verified, and therefore it must be rejected.  All we have is the article itself, and we must find a scientific explanation for its origin.

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Research at ICR

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

Hi Folks,

I’m taking a break from the “God’s Law” series (which I do intend to continue in the near future) to get settled in at my new position here at the Institute for Creation Research.  ICR is the leading biblical creation research organization, and I have recently been granted the role of director of research.  I’m really excited about what is happening here, and you can expect to see some new resources coming from ICR very shortly.

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God’s Law: Case Laws

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dr. Lisle

Some of God’s laws are given as general principles such as, “You shall not steal.  You shall not murder.”  And then we can apply these general principles in specific situations.  We know that it is wrong to steal a particular thing from a specific person because in general it is wrong to steal.  However, some of God’s laws are just the opposite.  They give a specific example, from which we are supposed to derive the general principle.  These are called “case laws.”  Let’s look at some examples.

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