Bill Pratt | April 5, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt A recent NY Times article linked people who are skeptical about evolution with people who are skeptical about global warming. The author noted that there seems to be a correlation, that if you doubt one, then you likely doubt the other. This really has me thinking about why that is, as [...]
Bill Pratt | February 20, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt Constrained or Unconstrained Vision? Which is it? In my view, the more biblically sound vision must be the constrained – for one simple reason: original sin. The Bible teaches that every human being is born with a sinful nature, that we are not born with a clean moral slate, as the [...]
Bill Pratt | February 18, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt Recently I read an incredibly thought-provoking book written by Thomas Sowell, called A Conflict of Visions. In this book, Sowell traces out two conflicting visions of the nature of man, the constrained and the unconstrained. Sowell argues that these two visions have been at odds for centuries and the conflict between [...]
Bill Pratt | April 14, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt I have written on this topic before, but it’s so important that when I come across more information, I feel compelled to write about it. Recently I was reading a book by Hugh Ross (More Than a Theory) and he listed off several stark contrasts between man and all other animals: awareness [...]
Bill Pratt | January 7, 2009
I can remember having this debate with my friend, Mike, when I was in college. He argued that humans are no different from other animals except for our larger brains. There is nothing we can do that animals can’t do. Animals just do things in a more primitive and basic fashion. This always struck me as [...]
