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CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: APRIL 27th, 2017
–Quote Of The Month–
“When it comes to the origin of life there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was disproved one hundred years ago, but that leads us to only one other conclusion, that of supernatural creation. We cannot accept that on philosophical grounds; therefore, we choose to believe the impossible: that life arose spontaneously by chance!” (Paraphrased. Context: goes on to explain how, under the right circumstances and time, spontaneous generation could have occurred)
George Wald (Harvard University biochemist and Nobel Laureate), “The Origin of Life,” Scientific American, May 1954
–New Online–
1. Nathan Krause submitted an article: “The Theories of Evolution.”
2. 5 new commentators
3. 5 new subscribers
4. New Topic: If Evolution is true, does religion become completely useless, even detrimental, to society?
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: MAY 18th, 2017
–Quote Of The Month–
“Christianity has fought, still fights, and will fight science to the desperate end over evolution because evolution destroys utterly and finally the very reason Jesus’ earthly life was supposedly made necessary. Destroy Adam and Eve and the original sin, and in the rubble you will find the sorry remains of the son of God...If Jesus was not the redeemer that died for our sins, and this is what evolution means, then Christianity is nothing.”
G. Richard Bozarth, “The Meaning of Evolution,” American Atheist, Sept. 20, 1979, p. 30
–New Online–
1. 3 new commentators
2. 14 new subscribers
3. New Topic: “Why is Evolution so prevalent today despite all the evidence against it?”
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: JUNE 18th, 2017
–Quote Of The Month–
“A new scientific truth is usually not propagated in such a way that opponents become convinced and discard their previous views. No, the adversaries eventually die off, and the upcoming generation is familiarized anew with the truth.”
Max Planck; Vortrage und Erinnerungen, S. Hirzel-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1949 (translated from German)
–New Online–
1. 2 new commentators
2. 2 new subscribers
3. New Topic: “ If Evolution is considered a religion, does Creationism become a more acceptable alternative to it?”
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: JULY 8th, 2017
–Quote Of The Month–
“Contrary to the popular notion that only Creationism relies on the supernatural, evolution must as well, since the probabilities of random formation of life are so tiny as to require a ‘miracle’ for spontaneous generation tantamount to a theological argument.”
Chandra Wickramasinghe (Professor of Applied Math & Astronomy, University College, Cardiff), cited in Norman L. Geisler, Creator in the Courtroom: Scopes II (Mieford, MI: Mott Media, 1982) P. 151
–New Online–
1. 2 new commentators
2. 2 new subscribers
3. Basic Glossary of terms used in the Creation v. Evolution Debate released
4. New Topic: “What is science, what is theology? Which category does Creationism fit into?”
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: August 3rd, 2017
–Quote Of The Month–
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
(Genesis 1:1, ESV)
–New Online–
1. 4 new subscribers
2. New Topic: “Should Theology have any place in the scientific world, and should our religious beliefs be allowed to affect the way we perform and teach science?”
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: AUGUST 29th, 2017
–Quote Of The Month–
"From first to last it is a dish of rank materialism cleverly cooked up ... .
And why is this done? For no other reason, I am sure, except to make us independent of a
Creator."
-Adam Sedgwick (1785- 1873),
British geologist and Professor of Geology at Cambridge, England.
This was written by Sedgwick after he had read Darwin's book On the Origin of Species.
Adam Sedgwick, cited in Ronald Clark, The Survival of Charles Darwin, Random House, New York, NY, USA, 1984, p. 139.
–New Online–
1. 1 new commentator
2. 2 new subscribers
3. New Topic: “If evolution is true, how much of the Bible is false?”
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
–Quote Of The Month–
“Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind."
-E. O. Wilson
–New Online–
1. New Topic: "Can "God" be a scientifically legitimate answer to any scientific problem?"
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: OCTOBER 23, 2017 –Quote Of The Month–
“Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason- I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other- my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.”
-Martin Luther
–New Online–
1. New Topic: "Why is evolution considered so controversial?"
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: NOVEMBER 25, 2017 –Quote Of The Month–
‘If all the animals and man had been evolved in this ascendant manner, then there had been no first parents, no Eden, and no Fall. And if there had been no fall, then the entire historical fabric of Christianity, the story of the first sin and the reason for an atonement, upon which the current teaching based Christian emotion and morality, collapsed like a house of cards.’
-H.G. Wells
–New Online–
1. 3 new commentators
2. 3 new subscribers
3. Book review by Kirk Peters of the book "UNDENIABLE" by Douglas Axe released
4. Movie review of "Genesis: Paradise Lost" released
5. New Topic: “Do Scientific Facts Line Up With Creation, Or Evolution?"
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: DECEMBER 20, 2017 –Quote Of The Month–
"It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door."
Richard Lewontin, Billions and billions of demons (review of The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan, 1997), The New York Review, p. 31, 9 January 1997.
–New Online–
1. 2 new commentators
2.4 new subscribers
3. Forum at Peaceful Science revealed by Swamidass
4. New Topic: “Is Science A Higher Authority Than The Bible?"
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: March 19, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
-Stephen Hawking
–New Online–
1. Reviews of ICR science materials released
2. New discussion question: "Is Theistic Evolution A Slippery Slope?"
3. 1 new subscriber
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: January 18, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"Even if all the data point to an intelligent designer, such a hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic."
-Dr. Scott Todd
–New Online–
1. New article by Jonathan Schulz "The Implications Of Evolution" released
2. New forum categories added
3. New discussion question: How can both young-earth creationists and theistic evolutionists deliver a unified Christian witness?
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: February 19, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
“My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism.”
-Richard Dawkins
–New Online–
1. A defense of Jonathan Schulz's article "The Implications Of Evolution" released
2. Blog post "Thoughts On Darwin Day" released
3. New forum category added
4. New discussion question: "Is it unreasonable to reject evolution?"
5. 1 new commentator
6. 3 new subscribers
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: April 19, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"There is something fascinating about science. One gets such a wholesale return of conjecture out of a trifling investment of fact."
-"Mark Twain" (Samuel Clemens)
–New Online–
1. New reviews of ICR science materials released
2. New discussion question: "Is Historical Science Reliable?"
3. 1 new subscriber
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: May 19, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”
― Abraham Lincoln
–New Online–
1. New blog posts on the CE-DEBATE logo and Postmodernism released
2. New discussion question: "Does Evolution Undermine The Bible?"
3. 9 new subscribers
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: June 18, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"Today, the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun."
-Richard Dawkins
–New Online–
1. New blog post on mutualistic symbiotic relationships released
2. New discussion question: "Does Evolution Undermine The Bible?"
3. 2 new commentators
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: October, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?"
-The Apostle Paul, I Corinthians 1:20 (ESV)
–New Online–
1. New discussion question: "Is Ambiguous Evidence Valid?"
2. 3 new subscribers
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: Summer, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"Truth springs from argument amongst friends."
-David Hume
–New Online–
1. New discussion question: "Does The Evolutionary Timeline Irreconcilably Contradict The Bible?"
2. 1 new subscriber
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: September, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"Hear the other side."
-Saint Augustine
–New Online–
1. New discussion question: "Is Ambiguous Evidence Valid?"
2. 1 new subscriber
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: November, 2018 –Quote Of The Month–
"For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly."
-Saint Peter (2 Peter 3:5, ESV)
–New Online–
1. New discussion question: "What is your favorite piece of evidence for or against an old earth?"
2. 2 new subscribers
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: Winter, 2018-2019 –Quote Of The Month–
We have arrived at what looks to be a decisive argument. In a sentence: Functional coherence makes accidental invention fantastically improbable and therefore physically impossible. Invention can’t happen by accident.
-Douglas Axe ("UNDENIABLE")
–New Online–
1. New discussion question: "How Did Life Originate?"
2. 1 new commentator
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: February, 2019 –Quote Of The Month–
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
-Saint John (John 1:1-5, ESV)
–New Online–
1. New discussion question: "What are your favorite pieces of evidence for or against evolution?"
2. 3 new subscribers
CE-DEBATE NEWSLETTER: Summer, 2019 –Quote Of The Month–
“Faith and reason are not, as many seem to be arguing today, mutually exclusive. They never have been. The letter to the Hebrews in the New Testament defines faith as ‘the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of the things not seen.”
― Francis S. Collins. "Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith."
–New Online–
1. New discussion question: "What are your favorite arguments for or against the existence of God?"
2. 5 new subscribers
3. 2 new commentaters