Author: Douglas Axe

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
October 8, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, ATP synthase, bacteria, enzymes, evolution, intelligent design, molecular machines, penicillin, protein chains, protein folding, proteins, random mutations, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

Can New Proteins Evolve?

_{Douglas Axe
October 8, 2021

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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What enables a long chain of linked amino acids to perform highly specific molecular functions with machine-like precision? Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
July 22, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Book of Job, communication, conversation, creation, Crossway, dialogue, eagle, evolutionary theory, Günter Bechly, hawk, intelligent design, misrepresentation, paleontologists, rhetoric, rhetorical strategies, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Undeniable (book), Washington University}

Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

_{Douglas Axe
July 22, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
February 11, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, discrete combinatorial objects, environmental conditions, fireflies, geckos, Hans Vodder, Howard Van Till, insects, intelligent design, lungs, mice, orcas, origami, statues, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Of Statues and Sponges — Progress in My Conversation with a Theistic Evolutionist

_{Douglas Axe
February 11, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Only by sheer coincidence would blind factors produce such remarkable things, and coincidence is never that lucky. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
January 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian theory, debate, discrete combinatorial objects, Douglas Axe, evolution, Hans Vodder, improbable, intelligent design, No Free Lunch, scientists, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book), William A. Dembski}

Keeping the Debate Over Undeniable on Track

_{Douglas Axe
January 14, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Hans Vodder is a friend with whom I’ve been enjoying an unfolding discussion for well over a year. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, assumptions, chance, Darwinism, deduction, discrete combinatorial objects, evolution, Hans Vodder, Howard Van Till, intelligent design, Michael Behe, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why the Conclusion that Life Is Designed Really Is Inescapable

_{Douglas Axe
December 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

8}

For theists to eschew the claim that life is designed is puzzling, because nothing seems to force them to adopt that counterintuitive stance. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino-acid sequences, Caltech, Cambridge, cells, Darwinian evolution, design, directed evolution, enzymes, evolution, Frances Arnold, genes, intelligent design, New York Times, Nobel Prize, protein evolution, selection, University of Missouri}

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Intelligent Design?

_{Douglas Axe
October 3, 2018

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

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The problem these efforts face in the lab is exactly the problem faced by Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism in the wild. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
September 21, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, calculations, computer, Darwinian evolution, dolphin, dragonfly, Hans Vodder, Howard J. Van Till, Human, improbability, intelligent design, monkey, natural causes, natural law, organisms, sculpture, statisticians, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Evolution by Blind Guidance Is Really Just Unguided Evolution

_{Douglas Axe
September 21, 2018

Evolution

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As a theistic evolutionist, Hans Vodder thinks God may well have used Darwinian evolution to create the full diversity of life. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Genetics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, biogeography, Charles Darwin, common descent, cosmic rays, Darwinism, de novo creation, Douglas Axe, earth, Hans Vodder, intelligent design, Michelangelo’s David, miracles, natural, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, Undeniable (book), unnatural, wind}

Two Views of Evolution, and Why They Don’t Mix

_{Douglas Axe
June 22, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science, Genetics

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If he chose to, could God use a sandstorm to turn a block of marble into a representation of the human form that would put Michelangelo’s David to shame? Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alvin Plantinga, calculations, cellular metabolism, coincidence, Darwinian theory, DNA, enzymes, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, hummingbird, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, organisms, probability, reaction networks, Undeniable (book), Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences

_{Douglas Axe
May 2, 2018

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
March 6, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, accuracy, adjustable wrench, Darwinism, Del Ratzsch, design intuition, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, intuition, Neil deGrasse Tyson, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why Certainty Doesn’t Always Require Accuracy — A $5 Lesson in Probability

_{Douglas Axe
March 6, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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As our dialogue continues, I think I’m starting to understand your position more clearly. Read More ›