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Quoting Jonathan David Whitcomb

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Jonathan Whitcomb

I don’t often write more than 200 words without mentioning modern pterodactyls, but this is different. I now quote myself and hope you enjoy at least some of it, whether it’s funny or thought provoking or just entertaining. If you … Continue reading →

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Real Science

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Jonathan Whitcomb

By nonfiction author Jonathan Whitcomb The following, at least in part, will probably be included in my upcoming book One LDS Perspective on Evolution [update on March of 2021: This has been postponed]: Real science is not what’s in a … Continue reading →

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Is the New Book About Religion?

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Jonathan Whitcomb

By the investigative journalist Jonathan Whitcomb My new nonfiction is for middle-grade children and many (but not all) teenagers: The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur. This is a short cryptozoology book, not about religion but about eyewitness sightings of … Continue reading →

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Evolution and Religion

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Jonathan Whitcomb

This relates to concepts about the “age of dinosaurs,” but let’s put aside that concept for the moment. Have you ever encountered a statement similar to the following? “Evolution is a proven scientific fact.” True scientific progress requires working with details, and “evolution” (meaning Darwinian … Continue reading →

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Promoting Pterodactyls and the “Mormon Religion”

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Jonathan Whitcomb

Did I promote the “Mormon Religion” by publishing my web page “Searching for Ropens and Finding God?” I would be delighted if a reader not yet a member of my church investigated the LDS faith after reading that page, yet … Continue reading →

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Handing out Criticism

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Jonathan Whitcomb

In nonfiction writing, how should we hand out criticism? When we find that a person is really in error, we must remember this is a real person, someone whose life in general may have only limited relevance to that error. Consider the alternative you have … Continue reading →

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Truth-Versus-Error and Truth-Plus-Error

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Jonathan Whitcomb

Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, understand your choices involving truth and error in human characters and in human beliefs. Consider a balance between extremes, not to ever compromise the truth but to perceive and elucidate, sometimes separate and label, the truths and … Continue reading →

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