ConsciousnessAfter Death I.d.—will I Still Be Me?10/1/2001 Most Christians are convinced that people will know each other in heaven. This belief brings great comfort to believers as they watch loved ones pass on. But as popular as this belief may be, many Christians would be hard-pressed to produce much support for it. Bird Thinks It Can Dance - Soulish Animals Designed To Bring JoySeptember 1, 2009 Sometimes tests for the validity of evolutionary and creation models come from unusual research. In this case it’s a bird’s dancing ability. Body And Soul Part 1: Why Consciousness Isn’t Physical4/1/2001 Throughout history, Christianity has been interpreted as giving an affirmative answer to questions about the reality of the three great topics of Western philosophy: namely, God, the soul, and life everlasting. Body And Soul Part 2: Why The Soul Is Immaterial10/1/2001 Tom's mother lies in a hospital bed in a darkened room. Suddenly, the blips on her heart monitor become erratic. Within seconds, a flat line appears. A nurse hurries into the room and turns the monitor off. After a long illness, Tom’s mom is dead. But is she? Body And Soul Part 3 - More Than Meets The Eye: A Response To Physicalism1/1/2002 As Megan stood in the checkout line at the grocery store, a magazine caught her eye. On its cover a voluptuous blonde posed nude, certain body parts concealed only by strategic positioning. Sharp anger mixed with grief at the display of "just a body" provoked Megan to complain to the manager. The words "just a body" echoed in her thoughts all the way home. Darwin's DoubtJanuary 1, 2009 Can Naturalistically Evolved Human Minds Be Trusted To Give True Beliefs About Reality? Do False Beliefs Promote Survivability?9/9/2008 I have always taken my good memory for granted. Remembering names, dates, and facts has always been easy for me, particularly when it comes to history, philosophy, and sports. Magnets And MoralityJune 1, 2010 A team of neuroscientists from MIT made headlines recently when they reported that they could alter a person’s capacity to make moral judgments by sending magnetic pulses into the brain, temporarily disabling a region called the right temporoparietal junction (RTPJ). Origin Of Soulish Animals1/6/2009 Ongoing debates over the origin of life have focused only on the origin of the physical attributes of life. The origins of the "soulish" and piritual aspects of Earth's higher life-forms remain largely ignored. So Easy A Caveman Could Do It? Part 1 (of 2)8/13/2007 The slogan of the popular Geico commercials is now familiar to most television viewing people. It shows the frustration, resentment, and anger of cavemen toward certain twenty-first century corporate executives who portray their company’s product as being so easy to use that these mere cavemen can do it. It is a marvelously successful ad campaign. So Easy A Caveman Could Do It? Part 2 (of 2)8/20/2007 Last week we explored one aspect of human nature—language—that sets humans apart from animals and we proposed the neural synapse as a mechanism by which a Creator could communicate with humans. In the second part of this article we will consider mind and matter interaction documented by the clinical studies of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The Dark And Bright Sides Of Cosmology10/1/2007 Astrophysics has its ironies. Here’s one: Studies of the brightest galaxies in the universe led to the discovery that 99 percent of all matter is "dark matter".1 But matter is only part of the universe (about a fourth). The rest is energy. Adding irony to irony, research focusing on the brightest stars in the universe shows that "dark energy" is far more abundant than dark matter, making up most of the rest of the universe. Uniqueness Of Social Cognition In Humans10/22/2007 One of the cornerstone doctrines of the Christian faith is that humans alone among all life-forms on Earth are created in the image of God. Part of this image entails that humans are spiritual beings uniquely endowed with the physical apparatus to engage in spiritual activity. ConsciousnessExpansion of the Universe and DNA BarcodingAuthor: Hugh Ross, Fuz Rana, Kenneth Samples, and Joe Aguirre Links to Spirituality Found in the BrainDownload Episode Response to "15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense" in Scientific AmericanHugh Ross, Fuz Rana and Krista Bontrager Stellar Research Shows Fine-TuningHugh Ross, Dave Rogstad, Kenneth Samples, and Joe Aguirre Toumai Man Update: Early Hominid Creates Evolutionary ConundrumsHugh Ross, Fuz Rana, Kenneth Samples and Krista Bontrager Whales: Evidence of Special CreationHugh Ross, Fuz Rana and Krista Bontrager ConsciousnessCreation & Evolution 101Price: $12.99 In this entry in their Christianity 101 series, Bruce and Stan provide a very basic introduction to science apologetics, compatible with many of RTB's perspectives. This book is a great, non-threatening way to introduce other Christians to an old-earth creationist approach to integrating the Bible and science. The included questions for application and discussion make this userfriendly guide perfect for individual or group use. (Note: This is a revised version of a previous title, Bruce and Stan's Guide to How it All Began, by the same authors.) RTB Live! Volume 6 - Made in the Image of God: Kenneth Richard SamplesPrice: $9.95 Did human beings evolve from animals? Comparing the perspective of naturalism with the historic Christian doctrine of imago Dei, Kenneth Samples explores what it means to be human. Viewers will discover ways to test anthropological theories--including Darwin's view that humans naturally evolved from animals. Also presented are the seven significant differences that distinguish human beings from animals. Recorded during an outreach event at Christ's Church in Washington D.C. |
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