Homo extinctor?
A recent fine-grained archaeological study in the Southern Levant (Eastern Mediterranean region) by the University of Tel-Aviv has...
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Peter Stork
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
An Advent Reflection
The Advent Season invites us to revisit the ancient foundations and look forward to a new Church Year. Having been drawn for the last...
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Peter Stork
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Science and the Wisdom of God
It is no secrete that many scientists are committed to the idea that scientific knowledge is the only knowledge there is. This “myth of...
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Peter Stork
- Nov 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Baby Picture of the Universe and Its Meaning
Many elements of the universe whirl around us whose presence we neither see nor feel. Radio waves or Wi-Fi signals are good examples. One...
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Peter Stork
- Nov 10, 2021
- 3 min
Tiny Brain -- Large Intelligence or Natural Evil in Deep Time?
We commonly associate intelligence with advanced brain development, even with large (mammalian) brains of chimpanzees and dolphins,...
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Peter Stork
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Gymnastics: A Cosmic Sport?
When athletes hurl themselves into the air to perform a flip, the only force acting on them is gravity. But since gravity only affects...
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Peter Stork
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
The Incarnation and Atomic Indestructibility
· At the atomic level we encounter a phenomenon unknown elsewhere in the creation. Atoms are indestructible. Applying this...
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Peter Stork
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Awesome Wholeness of Creation
In Cosmos and Revelation, I wrote on page 108: “An astonishing feature of this vast and complex cosmos is its underlying wholeness. What...
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Peter Stork
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Beyond the Limits of Language
In his paper to the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Nashville, TN, on November 22, 2000, Neil Douglas-Klotz drew...
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Peter Stork
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
Life — An Abundant Cosmic Phenomenon?
In a preprint of twenty papers accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, the authors present evidence from their study of ...
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Peter Stork
- Sep 11, 2021
- 1 min
Evolution Before Our Eyes 2
As mentioned in my first Blog on the subject, the Covid-19 virus is learning to fight back, and we have not yet wrestled it to the...
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Peter Stork
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
Rising Acceptance of Evolution
A recent survey by the Pew Research Center of public opinion about science related questions found that the median score for the...
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Peter Stork
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
Evolution Before Our Eyes 1
I am referring to the mutations in in the COVID-19 virus from the alpha variant to the more transmissible delta variant and the...
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Peter Stork
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
Does Quantum Physics Explain Consciousness?
Scientists have long hypothesized that consciousness may be generated by quantum processes in the brain. Already in the 1990s, two...
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Peter Stork
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
Starting to Think Theologically about Extra-terrestrial Life
In my previous post I reflected on the possibility that our home galaxy may be inhabited by observers like us, who may be looking at...
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Peter Stork
- Jun 28, 2021
- 1 min
Someone Looking at Us?
For thirty years astronomers have been in hot pursuit of planets outside our solar system. The search for “exoplanets” markedly...
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Peter Stork
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
"In the Beginning ..."
Genesis 1:1 is usually translated as “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” This traditional rendition, so familiar in...
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Peter Stork
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
Science, Covid, and the Future
In the twelve months of the global Covid pandemic, we have learned much about ourselves as a civilization, perhaps even as a species: our...
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Peter Stork
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
From Chapter 9: Trinity
Christians believe that God is eternally “triune” or Three-in-One: Father—Son—Holy Spirit, whose self-subsisting unity is at the same...
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Peter Stork
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
From Chapter 6: The Human Brain: Complexity and Mystery
The main organ in the human nervous system is the brain. Protected by the skull, its largest component is the cerebrum, which is divided...
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