Ability to Comment Coming Soon July 29, 2009 Assuming any readers of this average blog are still around, you will soon be able to comment—meaning that this blogger will get back to... by Joe Aguirre Read
Navigating Verbal Minefields January 1, 2009 Are you an evolutionist or a creationist? It’s a simple enough question, but the answer may not be so easy. Like many words, factors... Theology by Joe Aguirre Read
Dawkins’ Book Alongside Bible in Hotels? December 23, 2008 You've retreated into the solitude of your hotel room after a tiring day of travel and business. More pensive than usual on this occasion,... Worldviews by Joe Aguirre Read
Science in the New White House November 17, 2008 A recent article (Science in the Obama Era) summarizing president-elect Barack Obama's view on science said that Obama would "take scientific integrity seriously" and... by Joe Aguirre Read
Mental Illness not Acknowledged by Church? October 27, 2008 There's no way to dress this one up. Here's the first paragraph of a recent report titled, "Church Pastors Dismiss Mental Illness." by Joe Aguirre Read
Care to Worship at the Science Temple? October 1, 2008 How's this for a house of worship: cathedral-style stained-glass windows patterned to show the cosmic microwave background radiation, a liturgy based on sounds of... by Joe Aguirre Read
And Now … A Politics Gene September 25, 2008 Previous posts explored recent efforts to account for human sexual behavior, but now it really gets dirty. Few discussions can muster emotion faster than... by Joe Aguirre Read
Adultery Gene? September 3, 2008 Several previous Average Joe posts explored the question of whether there was a genetic connection to homosexuality (here, here, and here). To paraphrase some... by Joe Aguirre Read
Does Naturalism Better Explain Hoaxes? August 25, 2008 The recent Bigfoot hoax garnered enough public attention to warrant comment all over the Internet. A fascinating article titled, "Monsters, Ghosts and Gods: Why... Evolution by Joe Aguirre Read
No room for God in science? How about other disciplines? August 6, 2008 In an age when tolerance is expected of rational people, those who find some ideas objectionable nevertheless attempt to put those notions in a... by Joe Aguirre Read
Genetic Basis for Sexual Orientation? (cont’d) July 24, 2008 Based on comments in previous posts, many of you maintain that despite a genetic predisposition (which science has not yet demonstrated), the Bible adjures... by Joe Aguirre Read
Is Sexual Orientation Biological? June 27, 2008 A recent study, "Gay Men, Straight Women Have Similar Brains," seems to provide evidence for a biological basis for homosexuality. Researchers found that gay... Bible by Joe Aguirre Read