On Creationism

Dispensationalism is an important theology in the US, though seems less common outside there. The basic idea is that there are seven (or between three and eight anyway) ages, or dispensations, with these being: Innocence, or Adamic Law , in the garden of Eden Conscience , from the Fall to the Flood Human or civil law, or Noahide law , from the Food to the Tower of Babel Promise or Patriarchal Rule, or Abrahamic Law , from Adam to Moses Law or Mosaic Law , from Moses to the crucifixion Grace , from the crucifixion to the rapture and the wrath of God Millennial Kingdom , from the rapture until 1000 years have passed History The roots of this are quite interesting. The very earliest concept of the resurrection was that the nation of Israel would be raised again by God, and was not about the righteous coming back to life at all. Isaiah 32 is very much about that: Isaiah 32:1 Behold, a king will reign righteously, And officials will rule justly. 2 Each will be like a refuge from the wind An...

This is a response to an article on the Discovery Institute website: https://evolutionnews.org/2023/11/fundamentals-friday-the-logic-of-intelligent-design/ The point of the article is the claim that ID is not simply a God-of-the-gaps argument. Instead: In reality, the logic of ID theory is this: Premise One: Despite a thorough search, no materialistic causes have been discovered with the power to produce the large amounts of specified information necessary to produce the first cell. Premise Two: Intelligent causes have demonstrated the power to produce large amounts of specified information. Conclusion: Intelligent design constitutes the best, most causally adequate explanation for the origin of the specified information in the cell. Is that good logic? I think not. Consider this argument: Premise One: Despite a thorough search, no non-human causes have been discovered with the power to produce the large amounts of specified information necessary to produce the first cell.  Premise...