http://evolution.nfshost.com A Quest for Reconciliation Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:43:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mormons usually are not particularly unique in their creationism. Except for a few details on the timing of creation and the creation of Adam and Eve, they usually let other segments of Christianity do the work for them and follow their lead. However at WeaverResearch there are some new (or ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2007/01/18/variant-lds-creationism/jared/ I don't know much about the organization that put out this book, and I haven't been able to give it a thorough reading, but it looks great! I recognize the names of several of the contributors as being prominent in science. Topics covered include: the origin of life, constructing the tree ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/11/30/free-book-evolutionary-science-and-society/jared/ In comments here and here, Mark Butler decries the notion David Bailey formulates as "Render unto science the things which belong to science; and unto God the things which belong to God." Mark rails against science as being "determined to rule out the world of the spirit as an article ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/07/19/who-keeps-science-and-religion-separate/christian-y-cardall/ David Bailey, a mathematician of some note who happens to be Mormon, was the speaker at the Miller-Eccles Study Group in southern California last week. I was not there, but Matt Thurston was kind enough to send me his thoughts on the presentation and a link to the slides Bailey ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/07/19/david-bailey-on-mormonism-and-intelligent-design/christian-y-cardall/ In the years before DNA sequencing scientists relied on morphology in order to determine the relationships of animals to one another. Tracking changes of anatomy in the fossil record as well as surveying the anatomy of living organisms was the best they could do. The discovery of DNA and the ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/07/16/mobile-genetic-elements-and-animal-relationships/jared/ Elder Russell M. Nelson recently gave an interview where he speculated on the resurrection. As quoted in the Deseret News: I've got a DNA that's specifically mine, a blood type that's specifically mine. Those formulas are written in every cell of my body. No doubt those are on file in that ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/06/05/identical-by-state-or-descent/jared/ Elder Packer made some remarks directed against evolution in a recent Women's Conference address (pdf). Most of the pertinent comments were not new, rather they were taken from two former talks, "The Pattern of our Parentage" and "Little Children." I have previously posted a collection of his statements, with some ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/05/15/a-recent-speech-by-elder-packer/jared/ It seems that, to many, one of the most offensive parts of evolutionary theory is that it does not contain--or actually disavowes--any sense of progress that makes humans the triumphant result. Of course this is because it clashes with religious beliefs that humans were the intended and crowning creation of ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/04/29/the-good-of-eliminating-progress/jared/ Over at No Death Before the Fall, Gary has been posting on the views of Harold B. Lee and David O. McKay concerning pre-Adamites. I've been intending to do this post for a while, so I guess now is as good a time as any. The following material is taken ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/04/13/spencer-w-kimball-on-evolution/jared/ From time to time I run into the claim that the processes of evolution cannot add new information to the genome. It's time to talk about why this is not the case. First let's get some things straight: DNA is not simply a code. Yes it codes for proteins, but it ... http://evolution.nfshost.com/2006/04/08/creating-information/jared/