Consensus Science, Geocentrism and Aliens

Originally posted on Defending Genesis:
In 2003, the late science fiction author Michael Crichton delivered a lecture at Caltech entitled, “Aliens Cause Global Warming.” The purpose of the lecture was to take to task the sort of science that uses political and social pressure to enforce groupthink. His lecture is often cited in critiques and…

Are Aliens Demons?

​The short answer to the question is No and Sometimes. While there were some in the Contactee movement of the 1950s and 60s who described aliens as technological angels, and even some today who ascribe to an Ancient Astronaut theory that all historical mentions of angels, gods and demigods were in actuality pre-scientific encounters with…

A Shout-out to Answers in Genesis for a Recent Display of Rational Restraint

Originally posted on Defending Genesis:
It seems that lately this blog has been fixated on?creation exotheology, theology that concerns itself with how Biblical Christianity might deal with the discovery of extraterrestrial life. One of the reasons for this is quite obviously because I just published a book on the subject. Of course, I wrote the…

Read the Most Hated Book in Creationism

Originally posted on Defending Genesis:
It’s the same old story. The consensus hides behind an appeal to authority while suppressing dissenting views by barring those who stray from the party line from discussion forums and attacking the dissenter instead of his arguments. We’ve seen it a thousand times. FROM EVOLUTIONISTS. Since the publication of Strangers…