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The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Gregg Davidson

42 episodes

3 months ago

Young Earth advocates claim that dating methods using tree rings, annual sediment layers (varves), or carbon-14 cannot be trusted because they are all based on untestable assumptions. In fact, geologists have ways of testing ALL assumptions using the methods of empirical science. In this episode, I'll share my own contributions to the subject showing how tree rings, sediment varves, and carbon-14 can be combined in really, really cool ways to demonstrate that counts of tree rings and varves y...

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Young Earth advocates claim that dating methods using tree rings, annual sediment layers (varves), or carbon-14 cannot be trusted because they are all based on untestable assumptions. In fact, geologists have ways of testing ALL assumptions using the methods of empirical science. In this episode, I'll share my own contributions to the subject showing how tree rings, sediment varves, and carbon-14 can be combined in really, really cool ways to demonstrate that counts of tree rings and varves y...

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Religion & Spirituality,

Society & Culture,

Episodes (20/42)

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 41 - Tree Rings, Sediment Varves, and Carbon-14

Young Earth advocates claim that dating methods using tree rings, annual sediment layers (varves), or carbon-14 cannot be trusted because they are all based on untestable assumptions. In fact, geologists have ways of testing ALL assumptions using the methods of empirical science. In this episode, I'll share my own contributions to the subject showing how tree rings, sediment varves, and carbon-14 can be combined in really, really cool ways to demonstrate that counts of tree rings and varves y...

3 months ago

41 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 40 - The Wild World of Embryos with Dr. Jeff Hardin, Part 2

In the second of a two part conversation with embryologist Dr. Jeff Hardin, we get into the ethical/moral implications of experimentation with embryos, how a human embryo should be treated in terms of its human nature or capacity, fixing vs enhancing genes, creating trans-species chimeras, and attempts to make humanzes (human-chimp embryos. Wild times in which we live!

4 months ago

40 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 39 - The Wild World of Embryos with Dr. Jeff Hardin, Part 1

In this two part conversation, I am joined by Dr. Jeff Hardin, a zoologist at the University of Wisconsin and co-author of the textbook World of the Cell. In part 1, we spend most of the discussion on the amazing and sometimes mind-boggling science of the embryo, including splitting an embryo to create two or more fully developing individuals, two or more embryos merging to form one chimera, trans-species chimeras, glow-in-the-dark cells, gene editing, clones, and designer babies. With lots o...

4 months ago

46 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 38 - Brain Science and Personhood, with Dr. Paul LaPenna - Part 2

Materialists argue we are essentially brains with legs - what your brain does is who you are. No brain function - no person. This episode is part 2 of a conversation with neuroscientist and Christian, Dr. Paul LaPenna, for a fascinating conversation on the relationship between brain function and who we are as soul-bearing individuals. What does it mean if someone’s personality changes after brain trauma? Does existence continue in the absence of brain function? What about near death experienc...

5 months ago

38 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 37 - Brain Science and Personhood, with Dr. Paul LaPenna - Part 1

Materialists argue we are essentially brains with legs - what your brain does is who you are. No brain function - no person. In this episode and the next, I am joined by neuroscientist and Christian, Dr. Paul LaPenna, for a fascinating conversation on the relationship between brain function and who we are as soul-bearing individuals. What does it mean if someone’s personality changes after brain trauma? Does existence continue in the absence of brain function? What about near death experience...

5 months ago

43 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 36 - History of Science & Faith, with Dr. Ted Davis

Science is frequently described as advancing as religious belief is overcome. I am joined by Dr. Ted Davis, a historian of science and Christian faith, to talk about the development of scientific though in pre-Christian/pre-Western cultures, the interplay of faith and science during the Scientific Revolution, and the drift from open expressions of appreciation of God in the opening pages of scientific texts to the modern ban on any reference to the divine. From there the conversation moves in...

5 months ago

1 hour 11 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 35 - Archeaology & Inerrancy, with Dr. Steven Ortiz

In this first episode in a new series on the Web of Science & Christian Faith, I am joined by archaeologist Dr. Steven Ortiz from Lipscomb University. Dr. Ortiz has led many digs in Israel and surrounding lands and was a contributor to the book Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith. Topics include expectations and the reality of archaeological evidence for the Exodus, a Jewish kingdom at the time of David, and the mixed remnants of occupation of Jerusalem - all with respect to the questio...

6 months ago

55 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 34 - Planetary Rovers and Martian Geology, with Dr. Roger Weins

Final episode in the 7-part mini-series Designed for Discovery! The creation has not just been designed to explore the history of our planet, but others as well. In this episode, I am joined by Planetary Scientist Dr. Roger Weins to talk about things like how we can tell a meteorite on earth came from a planet 100 million miles away, and how we can decipher the history of water on the Martian surface that has been gone for billions of years!

7 months ago

57 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 33 - Dinosaurs and Birds!, with Dr. Mary Schweitzer

Mary Schweitzer is best know for the discovery of surviving organic tissues in 65 million year old dinosaur fossils. Her story is fascinating, for she started her educational journey as a young earth creationist intent on disproving evolution, but studying actual fossils not only convinced life had truly adapted over time, but also that modern birds trace their origins back to theropod dinosaurs. More importantly, she never lost her faith in Christ or the truth of the Bible. You will hear som...

7 months ago

55 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 32 - Evolution of Whales, with Dr. Ryan Bebej

Whales and hippos share a common terrestrial ancestor? And we can tell that how? In this episode, I talk with Dr. Ryan Bebej about the story of discovery of whale evolution from a four-legged land ancestor. The conversation takes us from early speculation on the origin of whales, the discovery of transitional fossils in the Middle East, and how the discovery of ankle bones allow competing hypotheses to be put to the test.

8 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 31 - Discovery of Moving Continents

This episode continues the Designed for Discover series, but shifting from evidence of intentionality in creation to stories illustrating how creation is designed to allow discovery of earth's ancient past - long before human eyes were around to see. In this episode, you get a glimpse of what my geology students learn about how we figured out that continents move, how we know they were once all together, and how we can test the competing hypotheses of conventional geology and young-earth floo...

9 months ago

32 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 30 - A Special Place in the Cosmos, with Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez

The universe is not only finely tuned for life to exist (see Ep 29), but our unique position in the solar system and galaxy also appears intentionally crafted for scientific exploration and discovery. Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez, co-author of The Privileged Planet, joins me in this episode with a special focus on just how unique our earth-moon-sun system is, and our position in the Milky Way galaxy.

9 months ago

50 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 29 - Fine Tuning of the Universe, with Dr. Luke Barnes

Multiple physical properties turn out to require incredibly precise values for stars, planets, and life to exist. I am particularly intrigued by how weirdly easy it is for stars to produce carbon, an atom that turns out to have no equal in its ability to support life, and the cosmic distribution system for supplying that carbon to planets. I am joined in this episode by Dr. Luke Barnes, co-author of A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos, to talk about fine tuning, evidence for ...

10 months ago

1 hour 11 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 28 - Water: Weird and Wonderful

New series: Designed for Discovery! Our universe has the hallmarks of being intentionally fashioned with exploration and discovery in mind, allowing scientific methods to be applied to discover ancient earth history (before any humans were around to observe), and to find bread crumbs to a trail that leads back to a Creator. In this kickoff episode, I share my own expertise on water, delving into the unique properties of water that make it just plain weird relative to most other natural subst...

10 months ago

38 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 27 - Heresy of Ham, with author Joel Anderson

In the 7th and final episode in the mini-series on Questions of Creation, I am joined by author Dr. Joel Edmond Anderson to discuss his newly revised book, The Heresy of Ham. Joel shares his story of loss of employment and severed relationships that resulted from questioning young earth dogma, and explains why he now believes the young earth message to be legitimately labeled as heresy. The Heresy of Ham https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMK2JN88/

11 months ago

59 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 26 - Young Earth Tactics: Part 2

Young Earth arguments often sound very convincing, though too often because critical information is left out, opposing arguments are misrepresented, quotes are taken out of context, or claims are made that simply not true. In Friend of Science, Friend of Faith, I have a full chapter devoted to the methods employed by Young Earth organizations that are aimed more at winning converts than communicating truth. In the long run, barriers are constructed that block the view of the Cross. In ...

11 months ago

38 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 25 - Young Earth Tactics: Part 1

Young Earth arguments often sound very convincing, though too often because critical information is left out, opposing arguments are misrepresented, quotes are taken out of context, or claims are made that simply not true. In Friend of Science, Friend of Faith, I have a full chapter devoted to the methods employed by Young Earth organizations that are aimed more at winning converts than communicating truth. In the long run, barriers are constructed that block the view of the Cross. ...

1 year ago

44 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 24 - Intelligent Design: New, And Not Improved

In this episode of the Questions of Creation series, I discuss how the definition of Intelligent Design (ID) has changed over the last few decades, in ways that are not an improvement over the original formulation. Modern ID has attempted to take on a scientific mantle, with theological and logical baggage.

1 year ago

57 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 23 - Does the Bible Predict Scientific Discoveries?

In an effort to defend the Bible as teaching accurate science, many claim it contains descriptions of nature that preceded scientific discovery by thousands of years. Examples include the hydrologic cycle, ocean floor topography and currents, a spherical earth, and an expanding universe. In this episode, we take a closer look at the verses in question, asking what they would have meant to the original audience, if a consistent hermaneutic is being applied in modern interpretations, and whethe...

1 year ago

23 minutes

The Seven Series with Gregg Davidson

Ep 22 - What happened to nature when humans sinned? with guest Dr. Jon Garvey

In the second episode in the series Question of Creation, I am joined by British doctor and author Jon Garvey, to discuss his book God's Good Earth, The Case for an Unfallen Creation. What started as a personal quest to understand historical and contemporary Church understanding about the Fall turned into a book - with some unexpected discoveries.

1 year ago

47 minutes