Tag Archives: Gerald Rau

One Endless Debate …

Posted on September 10, 2013 by rjs5

This post wraps up our look at Gerald Rau’s book Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything. The final two chapters What Can We Learn From Each Other and The Heart of the Debate summarize his … Continue reading →

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Humans … Qualitatively or Only Quantitatively Different?

Posted on September 3, 2013 by rjs5

The final case study in origins considered by Gerald Rau in his book Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything is the Origin of Humans. From a strictly natural, scientific, viewpoint this may be considered nothing … Continue reading →

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The Origin of Life

Posted on August 20, 2013 by rjs5

Among the issues shaping the origins debate, the most complex scientific questions surround the origin of life. Gerald Rau outlines some of the confusion and uncertainty concerning the origin of life in chapter 4 of his book Mapping the Origins … Continue reading →

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The Origin of the Universe – Three Views

Posted on August 13, 2013 by rjs5

In his book Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything Gerald Rau considers four different aspects of origins – the origin of the universe, the origin of life, the origin of species, and the origin of … Continue reading →

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Models, Models, Models

Posted on July 30, 2013 by rjs5

A few weeks ago I started a series on a book by Gerald Rau Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything. In this book Rau tries to categorize and organize the various views that Christians take … Continue reading →

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What is Science?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by rjs5

Last week I started a series of posts on a new book by Gerald Rau Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything. The first chapter lays the groundwork for his exploration of the origins debate. In … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Debate

Posted on July 4, 2013 by rjs5

A few months ago I received, compliments of the publisher, a book by Gerald Rau Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything. Scot posted a brief introduction to the book, Origins and Models, shortly after it … Continue reading →

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