Success!!

Thanks to input from my son, I think I'm back in business with this blog stuff. If you read my work in the past, you know I suddenly had to stop due to technical issues I still don't understand. I have lots of material I want to cover in this new school year.

For one thing, I'm sponsoring a club on Palomar's campus--Ratio Christi. It's an international organization that provides students rational explanations for the truthfulness of Christianity. I read a stat that indicated two-thirds of all Christian kids walk away from their faith during their college years. A study found that the number one reason for this was intellectual difficulties. They thought there were no good answers to the challenges they heard while in classes. But that's not the truth. There are great answers. We will be exploring some of these during this school year.

In addition, we will be starting our apologetics class at our church in just over a week. That's always a lot of fun. Steve Bruecker and I will be leading these classes. I want to invite anyone who wishes to learn more about Christianity to come out on Thursdays from 7-8:30 in EC-20 on Emmanuel Faith's campus.

On a personal level, I probably will write about our two grandsons. They are such a blessing, and I don't use that term lightly. I smile all week if I know we will be seeing them over the weekend. The two-year-old is a hoot. Everything that comes out of his mouth cracks me up. I caught a lizard in our backyard and let him see it the other day. He held it and gave it a tender kiss on its back--gulp . . . Oh well, the lizard apparently took it in stride.

Of course, with this being an election year, you just know I will post some political comments. This strikes me as such an important election--do we want Europe-style governmental intervention in all aspects of our lives, or do we want the freedom to develop as self-reliant humans?

Again, it's good to be back. Stay tuned for specifics on the above topics.

Meyer and ID

Trying new post w/correct paragraphing

Stephen Meyer, the director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, spoke the other evening at a forum called “Socrates in the City.” Normally it’s in New York City, but tonight it was at the University Club in Washington, D.C. The founder, Eric Metaxas, gave a great introduction. He’s someone who doesn’t follow the intellectual herd.

The author of an influential book, Signature in the Cell, Meyer addressed the question, “Is there a scientific controversy about the theory of evolution?” He made a strong case that there is. A few days later, I also interviewed him about the prospects for intelligent design.


In his talk, inquiring how life first appeared from simpler pre-existing chemicals, Meyer emphasized the concept of biological information, which is embedded in DNA. Think of it as analogous to software code. Bill Gates said that “DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.” Software contains instructions that direct computers to accomplish various functions. Likewise, DNA contains instructions for the assembly of tiny machines called proteins, which perform vital functions within every cell.


In the 19th century the cell was thought to be simple. Darwin and his contemporaries had no way of knowing just how complex it is. Today it is compared to a high-tech factory. (Except it’s much more complex than that—factories can’t replicate themselves.)