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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 19, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, amino acids, bacterial cells, Big Bang, coding, DNA, Energy, Foresight (book), function, heredity, intelligent design, intelligent designer, Marcos Eberlin, matter, mimesis, modern cells, philosophers, proteins, René Girard, ribosomes, RNA, universe}

Mimesis and the Reception of Intelligent Design Theory

_{Ann Gauger
November 19, 2023

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Natural selection can't work until there is something functional enough to select, and without guidance it cannot happen. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, behavior, Christ, coercion, communication, conformity, education, Facebook, human person, industry, Instagram, Leviticus, media, medicine, military, mimesis, philosophers, power, prestige, propaganda, religion, René Girard, science, scientific community, social media, thin desire, TikTok, Twitter, whistleblowers}

Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis

_{Ann Gauger
November 17, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

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French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Andreas Wagner, Casey Luskin, Dan Tawfik, Emily Reeves, empirical evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fitness landscapes, function, intelligent design, KEBDA, mutations, natural laws, natural processes, preconditions, proteins, Religions (journal), Research, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), undirected process, Weizmann Institute}

To Create Functional Proteins, Evolution Would Need a Miracle

_{Brian Miller
November 14, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Theologian Rope Kojonen claims that God designed the laws of nature, which then gave rise to “fine-tuned” preconditions and smooth fitness landscapes. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 12, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assumptions, Bill Nye, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, cosmos, Daniel Dennett, earth, Jay Richards, materialism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, purposelessness, science, Science Uprising, scientific materialism}

Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?

_{Emily Sandico
November 12, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The voices of pop science teach us and our children that "everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom." Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Brandon McGuire, consciousness, cosmic origins, Daily Dose of Wisdom, evolution, evolutionary ethics, intelligent design, life, logic, materialism, morality, podcast, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Wisdom Wednesday: NOT a “God of the Gaps” Argument

_{Emily Sandico
November 8, 2023

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Brandon McGuire (of the Daily Dose of Wisdom podcast) and Stephen Meyer offer a wide-ranging discussion about Dr. Meyer's work. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, eagle, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary processes, flora, intelligent design, Ockham’s razor, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theodicy, theology, University of Helsinki}

Is Intelligent Design Compatible with Evolutionary Theory? A Theologian Weighs In

_{Stephen Dilley
November 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Of course, a critic might worry that Kojonen’s model violates Ockham’s razor. Why posit two explanations when only one will do? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, death, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Heaven, home, ID the Future, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, podcast, scientific evidence, testimony}

The Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 1, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After Death, Andrew McDiarmid, Angel Studios, autoscopy, death, documentary, Heaven, Hell, ID the Future, illusion, life, near-death experiences, podcast, resuscitation, soul, theatrical release, tickets}

Accounts from “After Death” Defeat Materialist Contentions About the Soul

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Ahead of the Friday theatrical release, our colleague Andrew McDiarmid talked with Dr. Jeffrey Long, a cancer doctor who appears in the film. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
October 23, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, biologists, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, donors, educators, engineers, geologists, human eye, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Egnor, naturalism, parents, pastors, physicians, Research, scholarship, speakers, students, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos}

Our Conferences Are a Force Multiplier — Here’s How That Works

_{Tova Levengood
October 23, 2023

Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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As a service consultant at a high-end car dealership, Walt likes to share what he learns with his customers. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 23, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, anthropology, atheism, atoms, atrocities, baboons, Big Bang, cognitive dissonance, determinism, facts, free will, Hamas, innocents, Jerry Coyne, Kenya, libertarian free will, Moral Law, murder, nature, neurotransmitters, Raoul Wallenberg, Robert Sapolsky, soul, Stanford University, tornado, war, Why Evolution Is True}

Evolutionist Jerry Coyne Has a Puzzling View on Hamas

_{Michael Egnor
October 23, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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The moral atrocity committed by Hamas seems not to have diminished Professor Coyne’s passion for atheism, determinism, and free will denial. Read More ›