Groothuis on Expelled

Read an excellent review of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed by Dr. Doug Groothuis here, a man I don't always agree with but who I highly respect after reading his excellent book Truth Decay. I will write my own review after I see it this week.

Expelled: The Movie

I am really excited to see the new documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, which opens today!

It's about the scientific establishment's censorship of intelligent design. Watch the trailer here and search youTube for many clips. You can watch an older trailer below. Enjoy!

Stem Cells w/o Embryos?

As I've been saying on this blog for some time now, embryonic stem cell research (ESCR)--the destruction of a little human to harvest its stem cells--aside from being immoral and evil is now found to be unnecessary according to scientists here.

And, if you're as uninformed as Bill Handel (KFI 640 AM radio host in LA) who says ESCR is the most promising stem-cell technology, don't forget this very valuable chart. Do know, the reason the ESCR side is empty is not because the government has banned ESCR, but has only refused to fund it.

Dawkins' God Delusion

This article says Archbishop Rowan Williams gave the same assessment of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion as my friend and mentor and president of the Apologetics Information Ministry Craig Hawkins gave it on his radio show last night, Living By The Word, namely, that Dawkins is a good scientist, but a bad philosopher.

Adult Stem Cells Heal Stuff???

Here is yet another story about the medical value of adult stem cells. Why don't I hear about this in the news?

This is more evidence that the push for embryonic stem cell technology is totally unnecessary and ideologically, not medically, driven.

Don't forget this very important chart for any who think embryonic stem cell research is now, or has been medically beneficial.

Dr. Craig on Dr. Dawkins' Delusion

If you have encountered the revival of atheism going on in the last few months and been disturbed here is a helpful refutation of one of the revival's leaders, Richard Dawkins, and his book The God Delusion by Dr. William Lane Craig.

Bush Vetoes Democratic ESCR Bill

It is for reasons like this that voting is so critical.

Don't forget that when it come to embryonic stem cell research around the world there is NO scientific evidence that it will help anything, regardless of what Sen. Clinton says:

"This is just one example of how the president puts ideology before science, politics before the needs of our families, just one more example of how out of touch with reality he and his party have become," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., told the Take Back America conference of liberal activists Wednesday."

Call me crazy, but further funding projects that have offered NO evidence for success seems to me to be the definition of putting ideology before science, politics before the needs of our families and being out of touch with reality.

If you want to know more about the scientific reasons to further fund adult stem cell research without killing and dismembering embryonic human beings, click here.

Guillermo Gonzalez Denied Tenure at ISU

Read here and here about this developing story about intellectual discrimination that took place this week at Iowa State University when Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez, an assistant professor of astronomy and physics, was denied tenure for being a proponent of intelligent design.

Adult vs. Embryonic Stem Cells

In the war over the medical use of embryonic stem cells vs. adult stem cells, the scientific research so far has adult stem cells now winning 73-0!!!

Dinos WITH humans?

Is that...that looks like a Stegosaurs! My sciences teachers told me dinosaurs went extinct millions of years before humans evolved. If they're right, I guess stegosaurs evolved the ability to draw themselves.

This fascinating article as well as this site give us more proof that dinosaurs and human beings co-existed relatively recently...just like they would if the Bible's account of creation is true...which it is.

Being Clear About ESCR

Click here and read a short and very well-reasoned article by Greg Koukl on the moral logic undergirding the Embryonic Stem Cell Research (ESCR) debate.

If you want your own thinking challenged and refined or you're wavering between both poles on the issue, this is a great place place to go.

New Stem Cell Source?

Click here for the full story about Dr. Anthony Atala's (pictured above) promising and ethical new discovery:

Scientists reported Sunday they had found a plentiful source of stem cells in the fluid that cushions babies [Not fetus; Yeah!] in the womb and produced a variety of tissue types from these cells—sidestepping the controversy over destroying embryos [Why not babies here too? Boo] for research.

Researchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard University [These are backwoods, hick, fightin' fundy schools, right?] reported the stem cells they drew from amniotic fluid donated by pregnant women hold much the same promise as embryonic stem cells. They reported they were able to extract the stem cells without harm to mother or fetus and turn their discovery into several different tissue cell types, including brain, liver and bone [So what! Destroy the embryos anyway! It's the compassionate thing to do!].

For those of you who still fall for the lack of distinction in the media between "stem cell research" (which no one really opposes) & "embryonic stem cell research" (the ethically problematic destruction of a fetus for it's stem cells) and also think ESCR should not be banned because it's so promising, please take a second and read this chart.

Hope from ADULT Stem-Cells

"Every two minutes someone, somewhere, has a heart attack," according to Britain's Daily Mail.

So, thank God British doctors have pioneered a "very exciting" new procedure for treating and hopefully curing unhealthy heart muscles in heart disease patients by injecting them with stem cells. Click here to read the full story.

Please notice the graphic. Once again, the promise of stem-cell research coming from ADULT stem cells, thus, bypassing any and all ethical issues surrounding killing embryos for their stem cells. If you still think embryonic stem cell research is a promising avenue of study, please click here and get educated.

Sadly, lawmakers in Australia are being driven by emotion and not science as they are close to lifting of the ban on cloning to harvest stem cells from embryos (click here to read the story in this tragic development).

Michael J. Fox & Stem Cell Research

Before I start, let me say I love Michael J. Fox. Some of my fondest memories revolve around his body of work, namely, coming home after school to watch Family Ties, and I think some of the most creative movies ever made have been his Back to the Future trilogy.

Also, I am not cold-hearted when it comes to Parkinson's disease. It is a horrifying illness, and I pray for a cure. A very good friend of mine has it, and it is painful watching him try to do the simplest things. I have deep compassion for those with this disease.

With that being said, if you’ve watched or listened to his political ad (click here if you haven’t), please notice first that the benign phrase "stem cell research" is a euphemism for the morally-charged "embryonic stem cell research." This is the same tactic used in another political ad here in California for Jerry Brown.

No one has a moral problem with stem cell research when it’s performed on adults. And, regardless of the moral issues, if you click here or on the title of this post above, you’ll see that it’s only adult stem cell research that is having any scientifically documentable benefits.

The point: Regardless of Mr. Fox's disease, it’s dishonest to accuse people of being against “stem cell research” while leaving out the moral issue regarding that research, namely, killing embryos to harvest their stem cells.

Because the ad's dishonest, it's manipulative too. It makes Democrats look caring and compassionate as they are on the side of science and Parkinson patients when in fact, the science shows ESCR won't help them.

As dishonest and manipulative, the ad ends up being both spiteful, because it uses a sick man to make Republicans look heartless for the benefit of votes, and wicked, because it promises millions of suffering people the fool’s gold of ESCR.