Science in the Bluegrass — The church and science
“For most of its history the Catholic Church rejected scientific findings that conflicted with its doctrine.” I work for the Vatican’s astronomical observatory and…
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Science in the Bluegrass —
Does science conflict
with the book of Genesis?
“Doesn’t science, like evolution and the Big Bang, conflict with Genesis and Adam and Eve?” This question was posed to me at a Science…
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Ciencia en el Bluegrass —
La Ciencia y el libro de Génesis
“¿No entra en conflicto la ciencia, como la evolución y el Big Bang con el libro de Génesis y Adán y Eva?” Esta pregunta…
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Science in the Bluegrass —
Our adventure as beings
in the physical universe
Some people love math. Recently I had the opportunity to visit the home of one such person — the 18th-century astronomer Benjamin Banneker. His…
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Science in the Bluegrass —
Celebrate science at the Gold Mass
There is going to be a Gold Mass — for those in science — in the Archdiocese of Louisville. You may be familiar with…
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Science in the Bluegrass — Nothing ‘just happens’
Randomness is a popular concept. People invoke it as an explanation for the world: Stuff just happens. No explanation or cause needed. The world…
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Science in the Bluegrass — Clocks, Jupiter and Genesis
Here is a tale about clocks, Jupiter, Genesis and how science can raise big questions without even trying. Early clocks were like “grandfather” clocks…
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Science in the Bluegrass — Something beyond the material universe
John Adams, the second president of the United States, surely was no fan of Advent. Writing to Thomas Jefferson in January of 1825, he…
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Science in the Bluegrass — Consider: St. Robert Bellarmine, Galileo and how to think
Look around the Archdiocese of Louisville for a statue of a prominent scientist. You won’t find much. But you can find a large statue…
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Science in the Bluegrass — All people are of one family
Where does life come from? The first chapter of Genesis describes life being created by God, who instructs living things to “be fertile and…
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