https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2024/02/28/relationship-the-grand-unifying-theory/2024-02-28T15:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2023/01/21/where-this-story-begins/2023-01-21T22:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/about/2019-10-02T23:52:14+00:00weekly0.6https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2019/06/22/a-life-changing-challenge-as-a-scientist-could-i-also-believe-in-god/2019-06-22T18:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2019/06/22/religious-belief-can-fully-accept-a-scientific-account-of-the-world/2019-06-22T18:11:28+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2019/06/22/gods-love-lifts-all-of-creation-this-lifting-we-may-call-evolution/2019-06-22T18:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2019/06/22/there-is-absolutely-nothing-in-science-to-suggest-that-the-universe-is-bereft-of-meaning/2019-06-22T18:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2019/06/22/constructing-a-foundation-to-defend-the-harmony-of-religion-and-science/2019-06-22T18:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/22/55-implications-for-students-of-the-bible-part-1/2019-06-14T18:28:06+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/17/why-did-animals-seem-designed-for-conditions-after-the-fall-if-they-were-created-for-a-perfect-world/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cmm-carcharocles-skeleton.jpgCMM Carcharocles SkeletonReconstructed jaws of the extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon. No sharks living or extinct were herbivorous.https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-2-edited-cat-and-mouse.jpgFig 2, Edited Cat and Mouse2019-04-26T11:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/12/10/why-is-the-genesis-creation-account-so-similar-to-mesopotamian-and-egyptian-creation-myths/2017-12-12T01:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/12/10/do-the-first-three-days-of-creation-really-parallel-the-next-three-days/2017-12-10T16:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/30/is-the-genesis-creation-account-an-anthropocentric-cosmic-temple-inauguration/2017-12-06T23:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/30/conclusions-about-john-waltons-book-the-lost-world-of-genesis-one/2017-12-09T20:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/30/does-the-hebrew-verb-bara-mean-assign-a-function-rather-than-create/2017-12-04T12:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/30/review-of-john-waltons-the-lost-world-of-genesis-one/2017-12-01T00:56:42+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/28/fossils-in-life-position-part-3/2017-12-09T19:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/28/fossils-in-life-position-part-2/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/figure-5.jpgFigure 5Fossil clam shells of the genus Glossus sp., preserved in the sediments in which they lived. These clams occur just slightly above the fossil Pycnodonte oyster reef. Just like in modern marine environments, these clams lived in great numbers in this exact place for as long as environmental conditions were suitable. Any one of these clams lived here longer than the purported duration of Noah’s Flood.https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/figure-4.jpgFigure 4One valve (half-shell) of a typical Miocene Pycnodonte oyster from Bed 4 of the Calvert Formation, Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. An old individual showing many growth lines that was collected from the reef shown in the previous post.2024-10-20T15:42:48+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/28/fossils-in-life-position-part-1/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/figure-3.jpgFigure 3https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/figure-2.jpgFigure 2A view along the oyster reef at the base of the cliff seen in Figure 1. Here the Pycnodonte oyster reef formed on a heavily burrowed blue marl (i.e., the clay layer on which I was standing when I took this photo).https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/figure-1.jpgFigure 12017-11-28T16:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/28/are-the-bibles-theological-claims-invalidated-if-they-rest-on-literary-rather-than-historical-grounds/2017-11-28T15:15:48+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/25/56-implications-for-readers-of-the-bible-part-2/2017-11-28T14:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/10/28/paleontologist-peter-dodson-on-science-and-faith/2017-11-28T14:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/28/a-question-from-a-reader-about-methodological-naturalism/2017-11-28T14:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/11/28/is-genesis-describing-the-creation-of-photons-before-the-sun/2017-11-28T14:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/contact/2017-10-28T17:25:12+00:00weekly0.6https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/26/57-implications-for-readers-of-the-bible-part-3/2017-09-26T10:09:19+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/18/51-day-2-according-to-ancient-cosmology/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/day-2.jpgDay 22017-09-18T11:37:23+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/14/49-in-the-beginning-god-created-the-sky-and-the-land/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sky-and-land1.jpgSky and landhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sky-and-land.jpgSky and Land"The sky and the land." (Sedona, Arizona, photograph by Priscilla Smith)2017-09-14T16:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/13/48-genesis-cosmology-and-its-implications/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_5278.jpgIMG_5278"It was very good." (A waterfall on Jeju Island Korea, that drops directly into the ocean.)2025-05-20T20:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/21/54-implications-for-scientists/2018-01-21T00:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/20/53-day-4-according-to-ancient-cosmology/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/day-6.jpgDay 6https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/day-4.jpgDay 4https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/day-5.jpgDay 52018-01-21T18:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/19/52-day-3-according-to-ancient-cosmology/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/day-3.jpgDay 32017-09-19T15:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/15/50-day-1-according-to-ancient-cosmology/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/day-1.jpgDay 12018-01-21T20:04:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/06/43-would-evolution-not-allow-for-the-development-of-species-beyond-humankind/2017-09-06T14:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/04/41-its-typical-of-god-to-begin-a-new-thing/2017-09-04T22:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/31/39-fishing-in-the-middle-of-the-lake/2017-08-31T11:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/05/42-how-can-humans-have-a-special-status-within-creation/2017-08-31T11:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/30/38-the-basis-of-our-confidence-in-the-bibles-moral-authority-part-4/2017-08-30T20:04:13+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/12/47-has-the-creation-been-getting-better-or-worse-part-2/2017-08-29T18:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/11/46-has-the-creation-been-getting-better-or-worse-part-1/2017-08-29T18:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/07/44-was-there-death-before-the-fall-of-humanity-part-1/2017-08-29T18:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/08/45-was-there-death-before-the-fall-of-humanity-part-2/2017-08-29T18:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/09/01/40-is-the-evolutionary-scenario-brutal-and-wasteful/2017-08-29T14:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/29/37-the-basis-of-our-confidence-in-the-bibles-moral-authority-part-3/2017-08-29T10:34:51+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/25/35-the-basis-of-our-confidence-in-the-bibles-moral-authority-part-1/2017-08-25T18:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/24/34-observational-cosmology-observational-cosmogony/2017-08-24T12:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/23/33-methodological-naturalism-vs-metaphysical-naturalism/2017-08-23T15:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/22/32-genesus-and-the-human-condition-or-genesis-and-human-origins/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_0980.jpgIMG_09802017-08-22T12:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/18/30-snow-melt/2017-08-21T12:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/21/31-why-dont-matthews-generations-add-up/2017-08-22T12:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/17/i-encounter-some-new-paradigms-in-biology-and-biblical-intepretation/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/obc-notice.jpegOBC NoticeA flyer from the program I taught some courses for. The school later became part of Tyndale University College and Seminary.2017-08-17T11:24:42+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/16/an-old-earth-gap-theory-of-biblical-genealogies/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/immanuel-sermon-prep.jpgImmanuel sermon prepReflecting on the Scripture passage I'd shortly be preaching from at my first church.2017-08-16T11:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/15/27-the-day-age-theory-the-literal-approach-and-the-framework-view/2017-08-14T21:29:53+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/14/26-meredith-kline-and-the-genesis-creation-account/2017-08-13T13:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/11/some-members-of-our-christian-fellowship-turned-out-to-be-to-my-astonishment-evolutionists/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/in-college-days.jpegIn College DaysA picture of me from my contemplative college days.https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/detur-seal.jpegDetur sealThe plate inside the copy of Pilgrim's Progress that the college gave me, by my selection, as a "Detur Prize." I wrote my senior thesis on this work, and I still have this volume on my bookshelf. 2017-08-10T22:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/10/24-some-very-good-questions/2018-01-01T07:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/09/a-personal-commitment-and-a-new-paradigm/2017-08-08T23:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/08/limericks-and-epics/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/three-generations.jpegThree GenerationsThe Rev. Charles L. Smith, Sr. (center); the Rev. Charles L. Smith, Jr. (left); and the [eventual] Rev. Dr. Christopher Smith (right).2017-08-08T19:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/28/36-the-basis-of-our-confidence-in-the-bibles-moral-authority-part-2/2017-08-02T15:22:15+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/02/18-were-natural-mechanisms-at-work-within-the-creative-process/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fig-20-clustering-of-similar-forms-in-time.jpgFig 20 Clustering Of Similar Forms In Time2017-08-02T11:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/18/my-college-honors-project-on-dinosaurs-and-birds/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-3-brachiosaurus-and-compy-archaeo.jpgFig 3, Brachiosaurus and Compy-Archaeo2017-07-18T12:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/12/the-dog-skeleton-and-my-grandmothers-toothbrush/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dog-skeleton1.jpgDog Skeleton1Dog Skeleton from Sisson and Grossman, Anatomy of Domestic Animals.https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sugarpine.jpgSugarPineSugar Pine Cone (Pinus lambertiana)2017-07-12T11:16:11+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/11/a-personal-word-from-each-of-the-authors/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/authors.jpgAuthorshttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13606502_10208059036847243_3891123760982938210_n.jpgChristopher SmithRev. Dr. Christopher R. Smithhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/s-godfrey-2016-sf.jpgS Godfrey, 2016, SFhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4march_for_science.jpeg4march_for_scienceAt the March for Science, April 22, 2017https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dscn1191.jpegDSCN11912025-04-06T16:58:34+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/10/introduction/2017-07-10T11:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/07/rain-shadows/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/peru.jpgPeruThe northern reach of the Atacama Desert, in parts of which rainfall has never been recorded.2017-07-08T23:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/04/20-atheistic-meteorology-or-divine-rain/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/clouds.jpgCloudsSky at sunset on the Chesapeake Bay.2017-07-08T23:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/03/what-part-of-creation-was-still-solely-the-domain-of-god/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/f3-large.jpgF3.largeOrigin of Whales from Early Artiodactyls: Hands and Feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan Philip D. Gingerich1,*, Munir ul Haq1,2, Iyad S. Zalmout1, Intizar Hussain Khan2,3, M. Sadiq Malkani2 + See all authors and affiliations Science 21 Sep 2001: Vol. 293, Issue 5538, pp. 2239-2242 DOI: 10.1126/science.10639022018-01-01T06:53:27+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/08/01/why-did-the-oldest-birds-have-teeth/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/800px-ichthyornis_dispar.jpg800px-Ichthyornis_disparA Mesozoic toothed bird, Ichthyornis.2017-07-08T23:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/31/i-let-go-of-my-belief-in-a-young-earth/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fig-19-devils-coulee.jpgFig 19 Devil's Coulee2017-07-08T23:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/28/i-wanted-to-see-proof-in-the-ground-for-myself/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fig-18-stratigraphy-below-the-royal-tyrrell-museum.jpgFig 18 Stratigraphy Below The Royal Tyrrell Museum2017-07-08T19:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/27/14-same-time-different-places-or-same-place-different-times/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fig-17.jpgFig 172017-07-08T19:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/26/13-paleontologists-are-not-fiddling-with-the-evidence/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fig-16c-strepsodus.jpgFig 16C Strepsodushttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fig-16-a-b.jpgFig 16 A & Bhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fig-15-animals-in-time.jpgFig 15 Animals in Time2017-07-08T19:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/25/12-the-gloves-come-off/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-14-arthropleura-b.jpgFig 14 Arthropleura Bhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-14-arthropleura-a.jpgFig 14 Arthropleura A2017-07-25T16:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/24/11-the-tree-stumps-lined-up/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-13-joggins-a.jpgFig 13 Joggins AFossilized tree stumps in life-position in successively drown forest horizons.https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-13-drawing-w-random-stumps.jpgFig 13 Drawing w Random StumpsRandom placement of fossilized tree stumps.https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-12-quarrying-stump-at-joggins.jpgFig 12 Quarrying Stump at Jogginshttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-11-greererpeton-drawing.jpgFig 11 Greererpeton Drawing2017-07-08T19:06:43+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/21/10-time-for-me-to-shift-my-world-view/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fleming.jpgFlemingRev. Dr John Fleming, 1785 - 1857. Professor of Natural Philosophy at Aberdeen University. https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/100_1013.jpg100_1013Sedimentary rock layers within the Grand Canyon, Arizona.https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-10-colorado-plateau-fossil-footprints.jpgFig 10 Colorado Plateau Fossil Footprintshttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/grandcanyon1.jpeggrandcanyon12017-07-08T19:06:06+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/20/09-those-fossilized-footprints-in-kansas/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-9-parrsboro-footprints.jpgFig 9 Parrsboro Footprintshttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-8-c.jpgFig 8 Chttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-8-b.jpgFig 8 Bhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-8-a.jpgFig 8 Ahttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-7-footprints-from-garnet.jpgFig 7 Footprints from Garnethttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-6-edited-drawing-of-layers-at-garnet.jpgFig 6 Edited Drawing of Layers at Garnethttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-5-bw-edited-garnet-quarry.jpgFig 5 Edited Garnet Quarryhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-4-geologic-time-scale.jpgFig 4 Geologic Time Scale2017-07-08T19:05:41+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/19/summer-field-work-and-the-start-of-graduate-school/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ency0047.jpgency0047Sir William Dawsonhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bw-edited-sigillaria-roots-at-joggins.jpgB&W Edited Sigillaria Roots at JogginsRedpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada2017-07-08T19:04:14+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/05/15/book-to-blog/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/book-cover.jpgBook Cover2017-12-12T07:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/14/the-first-cracks-appear-in-my-creationist-belief-system/https://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fig-1-edited-snowblower-drawing.jpgFig 1, Edited Snowblower Drawing2017-07-08T14:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.com/2017/07/13/04-early-training-in-creationism/2017-07-08T14:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paradigmsonpilgrimage.comdaily1.02025-05-20T20:05:05+00:00