First, Literal Creationism may be versions of YEC and OEC beliefs. The share the common belief that the Pentateuch is in some way a literal accurate history.
https://apologeticspress.org/literal-creationists-holding-their-ground-in-the-polls-4509/
Literal Creationists Holding Their Ground in...
In another thread a reference was made to: Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of the Human Fossils
by Marvin L. Lubenow as an argument against evolution. One key problem with his argument is he is a Young Earth Creationist.
One of the key argument by Lubenow was that the evidence of...
In a previous thread For trinity believers: Does your world come unravelled if Jesus is not God,but ONLY Gods Son? the question came up concerning the problems of science dating fossils by @Dimi95, which was off topic. It is a complex topic that deserves its own thread.
The first question...
The main issue is ancient religions are not relevant to the contemporary world, and this results in many if not most believers intentionally ignorant and rejecting science. This also reflects a philosophical question of "potential Free Will." Are believers and non-believers able to comprehend...
I posted this in another thread and I believe it deserves it;s own thread.
Out of interest in the issue I did a search of RF on 'Intelligent Design' and I was amazed at the number to threads on the topic including several addressing the problem of Islam and Intelligent Design. I was discouraged...
The problem of fundamentalist Creationism in Islam
Today, 09:35 AM
Before 18th-19th fundamentalist Creationism was dominant in the Christian and Islamic world based on a plain reading of scripture. The Christian West the advances in science and the advent of the Age of Enlightenment has given...
.A second source is
Israelites - Wikipedia
The name of Israel first appears in the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt, dated to about 1200 BCE. Modern archaeology suggests that the Israelites branched out from the Canaanites through the development of Yahwism, a distinct monolatristic—and later...
A number of threads have dealt with aspects of the Israel's history from the religious, archaeological and historical perspective. Even though this thread will primarily deal with the archaeological and historical history of Israel it will deal with the history of Israel present in the Bible...
Between ~12,800 to 12,000 years ago Paleo hunter gatherer cultures were replaced by agriculture and village cultures all across the northern hemisphere, What caused this change in human culture. The conclusion was an airburst caused the decline of the paleo cultures, drop in population, and the...
Tribal turf wars have dominated the history of Judaism, Christianity and Islam throughout their history. Superficial tolerance and getting along fades as the underlying motivations of belief return in violent anti-semitic and anti-Islamic violence increases in even what we attempt to call...
This a topic I have been interested in for a long time. The nature of the evolution of Middle Eastern written languages lies at the foundation of all Middle Eastern religions. To begin the discussion I will propose that the written languages of the Middle East evolved from two sources. Sumerian...
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Footprints found at ancient lake in New Mexico challenge old belief of first humans in Americas
The study finds that footprints discovered at an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago
By Lawrence Richard Fox News
Published October...
Off-topic discussions have bounced around in other threads concerning Exodus. In this thread, I will provide specifics
Bart Ehrman, a historian at UNC University has done research over the years concerning the Bible.
First, the Biblical contradictions concerning Jericho...
In a thread on Noah's Arc the inability to respond coherently to the impossibility of the flood and the construction of the Arc it was decided to change the topic to Abiogenesis loaded with all the blue smoke and mirrors and 'arguing from ignorance' posts. Like all science, there are unanswered...
520 million year old monster found
Today, 09:08 AM
Not really a monster, but an odd beast that contributes to our knowledge of early evolution at that time.
Source: Three-Eyed “Fossil Monster” – 520 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Amazing Detail of Early Animal Evolution
Three-Eyed “Fossil...
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding concerning the nature of the outcomes of cause-and-effect events and the nature of our physical existence including mutations, evolution, Quantum Mechanics,, and the question of randomness in how the variation of the outcomes of cause-and-effect...
Today, 08:56 PM
ew discovery in South America pushes back the time humans arrived in the Americas.
Source: Humans were in South America at least 25,000 years ago, giant sloth bone pendants reveal
Humans were in South America at least 25,000 years ago, giant sloth bone pendants reveal
News...
Yes evolution involves outcomes of change and effect events that occur within a limited range determined by Natural Laws. In 19th century Cope's rules were proposed for evolution within how evolution takes place in the changes in the environment driving force of evolution. In summary cope's rule...
Recent discovery of 500 million year old Sea Squirt important find.
Today, 08:37 PM
Sea squirts are common today with 3000+speciesm but this sea squirt fossul discover is unique and the only one found likely because of its small suc=ze and fragile nature, It represents a very important find in...
There have been a number of threads and posts that challenge the scientific basis for a natural evolved basis for an evolved natural consciousness.
The following are basic definitions of consciousness:
The Cambridge Dictionary defines consciousness as "the state of understanding and realizing...