Citius, Altius, Fortius

Posted on 04/05/2016 by Jon Garvey

Imagine you’re on a scientific grants committee (perhaps you are!). A young PhD comes to you and says, “I want a grant to investigate the physical explanation of the Babylonian theory of astrology.” Continue reading →

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Soothsayer, say your sooths

Posted on 03/05/2016 by Jon Garvey

Just a quick observation on the BBC radio news this morning. For some reason, despite Leicester City winning the league, they were short enough of news to run a piece on three possible earthlike planets orbiting (as I understand it) a single star. So what else is new? Continue reading →

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God’s Good Earth – Chapter 11: What difference does it make, anyway?

Posted on 02/05/2016 by Jon Garvey

Here is a link to chapter 11 of my book. Continue reading →

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You see more on a camel

Posted on 29/04/2016 by Jon Garvey

As regular readers will know either from moonlighting on Biologos, or from the heads up in the comments on a previous post, BioLogos moderator Caspar Hess started a thread there questioning why The Hump should both feel the need, and dare, to exist.

The way that thread has developed is the answer, as far as I am concerned, and explains why I don’t bother to discuss much there now, even on a thread about me. Continue reading →

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God’s Good Earth – Chapter 10: Direct Effects of the Fall on Nature

Posted on 28/04/2016 by Jon Garvey

Here is a link to chapter 10 of my book. Continue reading →

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God’s Good Earth – Chapter 9: On Pain and Suffering

Posted on 25/04/2016 by Jon Garvey

Here is a link to chapter 9 of my book. Continue reading →

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God’s Good Earth – Chapter 8: The Non-Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Posted on 21/04/2016 by Jon Garvey

Here  is a link to chapter 8 of my book, and an apology. Continue reading →

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On God’s uniqueness

Posted on 19/04/2016 by Jon Garvey

I’ve been trying to keep The Hump’s recent blog posts focused on the drip-feed of my book God’s Good Earth in twice weekly chapters – even that is a lot of reading for busy people, and I want to present my case in an orderly manner rather than firing off posts on all kinds of subjects in between. Continue reading →

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God’s Good Earth – Chapter 7: Bogeys in the Evolutionary Coal-Cellar

Posted on 18/04/2016 by Jon Garvey

Here is a link to chapter 7 of my book. Continue reading →

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God’s Good Earth – Chapter 6: Tracking the Fall of Creation

Posted on 14/04/2016 by Jon Garvey

Here is a link to chapter 6 of my book. Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, History, Philosophy, Prometheus, Theology | 6 Comments