Factual Faith by J. Prinsloo - HTML preview

Introduction

1. Schwitzgebel, Eric, "Belief", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2011 Edition),

Edward N. Zalta (ed.), <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2011/entries/belief/>

1: So Many Viewpoints

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<http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/>

2. Newman, Barbara M. and Philip R. Newman. Development Through Life: A Psychosocial

Approach, Tenth Edition, (Thousand Oaks: Michele Sordi, 2009)

3. Ferraro, Gary P. and Susan Andreatta. Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective,

Eighth Edition, (Thousand Oaks: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2009)

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Characteristics. (London: Routledge, 1963)

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1999)

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12. Relativism, Wikipedia.org, 20 Mar. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativism/>

13. Hate Crimes Language Prompts Republicans To Vote Against Defense Bill, RTT News. 8

Oct. 2009 <http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1089080>

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15. Iranian Website Repaints Holocaust „Lie‟, FightHatred.com, 05 Aug. 2010 <

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16. Williams, Kipling D., Joseph P. Forgas and William von Hippel.The social outcast: ostracism,

social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. (New York: Psychology Press, 2005)

17. Gorman, Lyn and David McLean. Media and society into the 21st century: a historical

introduction, (West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2009)

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California: University of California Press, 2003)

19. Brueggemann, John. Rich, free, and miserable: the failure of success in America.

(Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2010)

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22. Wolfinger, Nicholas, H. Understanding the divorce cycle: the children of divorce in their own

marriages. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005)

23. Today‟s Family Culture, InStep Ministries, 29 Oct. 2011

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25. Monroe, Edwin Price. The V-chip debate: content filtering from television to the Internet.

(Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998)

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Inc , 2007)

2: A Little Background

1. Menton, Ham and Bodie Hodge. War of the World Views: Powerful Answers for an

"Evolutionized Culture". (Green Forest: New Leaf Publishing Group, 2006)

3: How Does One Prove Something to be True and Factual?

1. Relativism, Wikipedia.org, 20 Mar. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativism/>

2. Flat Earth, Wikipedia.org, 11 Nov. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth>

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5. Gravitation, Wikipedia.org, 20 Mar. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation>

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Legacy. (Heidelberg: Springer, 2009)

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11. Williams, Alex and John Hartnett. Dismantling the Big Bang: God's Universe Rediscovered.

(Green Forest: New Leaf Publishing Group, 2005.)

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No.4, p. 55)

14. Redshift, Wikipedia.org, 12 Oct. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshift>

15. Albrecht, Andreas and Joao Magueijo. A time varying speed of light as a solution to

cosmological puzzles (Submitted on 2 Nov 1998 (v1), last revised 5 Jan 1999 (this version, v2))

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19. Trevor, Norman and Barry Setterfield. The Atomic Constants, Light and Time. (Adelaide:

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1987)

20. Nobel goes to scientist who knocked down „Berlin Wal ‟ of chemistry”, cnn.com, 21 Oct.

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21. Hypothesis, Wikipedia.org, 16 Aug. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis>

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23. Chomsky, Noam. Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda. (New

York: Seven Stories Press, 2002)

24. Sire, James. Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept (InterVarsity Press, 2004), 19.

25. Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the

Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (referred to simply as "Origin of

Species"), (Bantam Books, 1999)

26. “Science, evolution, and creationism” National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Institute of

Medicine (U.S.), (Washington DC: The National Academies Press, 2008)

27. Radiometric dating, Wikipedia.org, 14 Aug. 2011

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28. Carbon/Radiometric Dating, Oocities.org, 17 Aug. 2011

<http://www.oocities.org/stuball127/dating.html>

29. Geologic time scale, 25 Jul. 2011. Wikipedia.org. 27 Jul. 2011

<http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_column>

30. Evolution, 13 Aug. 2011. Wikipedia.org. 15 Aug. 2011

<http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_evolution>

31. Uniformitarianism, Wikipedia.org, 20 Aug. 2011

<http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformitarianism>

32. Fiore, Corina. Methods of Dating Fossils, 24 Aug. 2011

<http://www.ehow.com/way_5422879_methods-dating-fossils.html>

33. Denton, Michael. Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, (Adler and Adler, 1985), 261

34. Cambrian explosion, Wikipedia.org, 25 Aug. 2011 34.

<http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_explosion>

35. Trilobite, Wikipedia.org, 26 Aug. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite#Eyes>

36. Whitcomb, J. C. and H. M. Morris. The Genesis Flood, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian and

Reformed Publishing Co., 1961) pp. 180-211

37. Fossil, 22 Jul. 2011. Wikipedia.org. 14 Aug. 2011

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38. Cretaceous, Wikipedia.org, 15 Aug. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous>

39. Polystrate fossil, Wikipedia.org, 22 Aug. 2011

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41. Ham, Ken. Did Adam Have a Belly Button?, (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2000)

42. Huse, Scott M. The Collapse of Evolution, (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1997). Third edition.

43. Balogh, Rick. Does Fossilization Require Millions of Years?, 24 Aug. 2011

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44. Trevor, Major. Genesis and the Origin of Coal & Oil, (Montgomery, AL: Apologetics Press,

1996)

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Forest,” Geology, 8[7]:309-313. 1980a

46. Fritz, Wil iam J. “Stumps Transported and Deposited Upright by Mount St. Helens Mud

Flows,” Geology, 8[12]:586-588. 1980b

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49. Coelecanth, Wikipedia.org, 23 Aug. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth>

50. Wieland, C. “Sensational Australian tree ... like 'finding a live dinosaur.'”, Creation 17(2):13.

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51. Patterson, Colin. Personal communication. Luther Sunderland, Darwin's Enigma: Fossils

and Other Problems, Master Books, 4th edition, 1988, 88-90.

52. Kitts, David B. "Paleontology and Evolutionary Theory," Evolution, vol. 28, 1974, p. 467

53. Nilsson, Herbert. Synthetic Speciation, (North America: Evolution Protest Movement, 1973)

p. 31

54. Adler, Jerry & Carey, John [journalists]. "Is Man a Subtle Accident?," Newsweek, November

3, 1980, pp.54-55, p.54

55. Raup, David M. "Evolution and the Fossil Record," Science vol. 213, July 1981, p. 289.

56. Ancient Man Display Missing Links, Discovery News, 24 Aug. 2011

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play3.html>

57. Humphreys, D. Russel . The Mystery of Earth‟s Magnetic Field, Institute for Creation

Research, 25 Aug. 2011 <http://www.icr.org/article/mystery-earths-magnetic-field/>

58. Science Teachers speak from a Christian Worldview, 26 Aug. 2011

<http://sites.google.com/site/sbusciencemethods/macroevolution>

59. Abiogenesis, Wikipedia.org, 26 Aug. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis>

60. Bellis, Mary. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), About.com, 27 Aug. 2011

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70. Richards, Lawrence O. It Couldn't Just Happen, (Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1989), pp.139-140.

71. Missler and Eastman. The Creator Beyond Time and Space, (Word for Today, 1995), 80.

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4: Does God Exist and Can We Prove It?

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2. “Time travel”. 8 Sep. 2011. Wikipedia.org, 18 Sep. 2011

<http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel>

3. “Paral ax”, Wikipedia.org, 18 Sep. 2011

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4. “Distance measures (cosmology)”, Wikipedia.org, 19 Sep. 2011

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5. “Redshift”, Wikipedia.org, 12 Oct. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshift>

6. “Doppler effect”, Wikipedia.org, 20 Sep. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect>

7. “Second law of thermodynamics”, Wikipedia.org, 18 Oct. 2011

<http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics>

8. IAP Member Academies, “IAP Statement on the Teaching of Evolution, 21 June 2006, The

Global Network of Science Academies, 20 Sep. 2011.

<http://www.interacademies.net/10878/13901.aspx>

5: The Bible - A Hyper-dimensional Document

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2. Bible, Wikipedia.org, 23 Sep. 2011 <http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible>

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Publishing House, 1999), 64-65

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Press. 1960): 21-28.

8. Design, Dictionary.com, 22 Sep. 2011 <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/design>

9. Chaos, Dictionary.com, 22 Sep. 2011 <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chaos>

10. About Bible Codes: Medieval Beginnings, BibleCodeDigest.com, 24 Sep. 2011

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