Tag: Unbelievable
Of Lunar Eclipses and the Dark Ages Myth
Last night Americans across the continent were treated to a most beautiful and informative natural phenomenon.
Listen: No, Bill Nye, a Big Cosmos Isn’t a Problem for Religion
Bill Nye recently dusted off this old saw, but the Old Testament itself, in the Psalms, depicts man and the Earth as tiny in compared to a vast universe.
Myth: A Big Universe Is a Problem for Christianity
Atheists say people in the Western tradition had to wait for modern science to grasp that the universe was huge, and had to shed historic Judeo-Christian views to do so.
Science and Storytelling
To advance the false conception that science is always in conflict with religious tradition, some influential scientists and science popularizers tell us stories about the past and the present.
Michael Keas and Unbelievable: Scientists and the Myths They Cherish
The myth merchants play on our egos, the wish to appear smart and enlightened. Against this emotional manipulation, Keas detonates six myths about our world and the universe.