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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 15, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canadians, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, Dan Tawfik, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Douglas Murray, epicycles, God Hypothesis, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, naturalism, neo-Darwinists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, protein folding, Ptolemy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Weizmann Institute}

Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

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August 15, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, aliens, debate, inference to the best explanation, James Croft, motives, philosophers, reductio ad absurdum, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, Substack, William A. Dembski}

Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic

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August 13, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, earthquakes, evolution, First Cause, floods, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, James Croft, mind, naturalism, Prime Mover, programming, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, uniformitarianism}

Meyer vs. Croft: Vying for the Lyellian Mantle

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August 9, 2021

Biology, Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Stephen Meyer has aligned himself in spirit with the geologist Charles Lyell, who explained geological features “by reference to causes now in operation." Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 6, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Lyell, Charles Sanders Peirce, Croatia, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, Lydia McGrew, masks, philosophers, puppy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Substack}

God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

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August 6, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, Bayesian reasoning, computer code, David Berlinski, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent agency, intelligent design, James Croft, likelihood ratio, philosophers, probability, Return of the God Hypothesis, St. Louis, Stephen Meyer, Substack, syllogism, Unbelievable, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

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August 2, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy

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Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
July 30, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, beauty, Carl Jung, Holocaust, hydrogen, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, john lennox, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Shermer, myths, physicists, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sam Harris, scientific method, scientific revolution, scientism, Stephen Meyer}

Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism

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July 30, 2021

Faith & Science, Psychology

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There’s a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Peterson’s particular ways of spinning all this. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, God Hypothesis, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientists, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, universe}

Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

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July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
July 5, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, abortion, babies, disability, Down syndrome, England, London, Scotland, Wales}

Heidi’s Story: Down Syndrome Goes to Court

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July 5, 2021

Bioethics

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She wants to change the law. Specifically, the law that says people like her can be aborted up to birth. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
June 9, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, ARF, China, Emily Reeves, Erika DeBenedictis, Evolution News, Forbes, gene editing, genome, He Jiankui, HIV, Hong Kong, INK4a, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Marxists, Nature (journal), scientists, TEDx talk, twins, U.S. Senate, Wesley Smith}

Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God

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June 9, 2021

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
May 25, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, atheism, Charles Darwin, Evolution News, Francis Collins, intelligent design, Jane Goodall, materialism, Peter Singer, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Tanzania, Templeton Foundation, The Descent of Man, theism}

Jane Goodall Meets the God Hypothesis

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May 25, 2021

Bioethics

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Goodall proves that rejecting materialism is not the end of the story. Even opening up the floor for intelligent design is not the end of the story. Read More ›