Archive for August 1, 2023
CONSIDER THIS: Are We Merely Blobs of Matter Or Do We Also Have Non-Material Minds and Souls?
At the most basic level, the fundamental point of disagreement that separates thoughtful people of faith from knowledgeable atheists and agnostics is whether human beings are merely collections of physical materials or that plus non-material minds and souls. There is a superb new book out by Joshua Farris entitled “The Creation of Self: A Case…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Are Humans and Chimpanzees Basically the Same? Or Is That Zombie Science?
You’ve probably heard at one time or another the claim that we human beings share 98-99 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, so we are basically the same. But the reality is that we humans also share about 60 percent of our DNA with bananas and nobody argues we are a lot like bananas. The…
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