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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 5, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Alvin Plantinga, budget, Darwinian evolution, random, Social Darwinism}

So Where Does the Conflict (with Alvin Plantinga) Really Lie?

_{Jay W. Richards
April 5, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science

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I belabor the semantic point concerning "Darwinism" because the Darwinian enterprise includes a methodological exclusion of design and notoriously equivocates on words such as "evolution," "random," and even "design." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 5, 2012

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, Jerry Coyne, law, Moshe Averick, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Tennessee}

On the “Settled” Science of Darwinian Theory, Tennessee’s Evolution Lobby Is Simply Bluffing

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2012

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Darwinists are working hard to pressure Governor Haslam into vetoing an academic freedom bill that has passed both houses in that state. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, defining science, demarcation criteria, Jay Richards, Jerry Coyne, Moshe Averick, promissory materialism, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer}

On Signature in the Cell, a Rabbi Does an Admirable Job of Explaining Things to Geneticist Robert Saunders

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2012

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

2}

Rabbi Averick has occasionally crossed swords with fellow Chicagoan Jerry Coyne — he seems to get under Coyne's skin. Read More ›

Aerial view showcasing a dense collection of assorted books piled together in a chaotic arrangement

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
April 4, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alvin Plantinga, defining evolution, defining terms, failure to elucidate, fallacy of ambiguity, intelligent design, Jay Richards, nanotechnology, Normal Science, rhetorical strategies, Thomas Kuhn, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

What Textbooks Say about the “Randomness” at the Heart of Darwinian Theory

_{Michael Flannery
April 4, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science

2}

Plantinga has decided that modern evolution is whatever he chooses to make it by citing his favored sources. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 4, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, David Coppedge, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, lawsuit, NASA}

Portrait of a “Harrasser”? Or an Innocent Victim of Bias Against Intelligent Design? In Testimony from Co-workers at JPL, the Real David Coppedge Stands Up

_{David Klinghoffer
April 4, 2012

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom

1}

An illuminating example of how Big Science enforces the "consensus," that we keep hearing so much about from Darwin defenders, against intelligent design. Read More ›

symbolic chart for creativity workshop | intuition and form | lyrical chaos | ethereal pastels | layered randomness | disjointed elements | concentric forms | pictorial improvisation | spiritual

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Author
Alvin Plantinga

Date
April 3, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, __nedited, Christianity, conservatives, Darwinism, defeaters, defining evolution, defining terms, descent with modification, Elliott Sober, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary psychology, integration, liberals, randomness, theistic evolution, undirected process, universal common ancestry}

Seeking an Official Definition of “Randomness”: A Reply to Jay Richards

_{Alvin Plantinga
April 3, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics

11}

How do we tell exactly what the scientific theory of evolution is? There is no axiomatized presentation emblazoned on the walls of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 3, 2012

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, ACLU, bill, law, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee}

With Empty Threats of Lawsuits, the Tennessee Darwin Lobby Is Just Fearmongering

_{Casey Luskin
April 3, 2012

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

3}

Do critics of academic freedom have no better argument than this? Read More ›

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post

Date
April 2, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, ACLU, Alvin Plantinga, bill, BioLogos, intelligent design, law, Michael Behe, science, Tennessee}

Intelligent Design and Theistic Evolution Go Toe-to-Toe at Wheaton College

_{Science and Culture
April 2, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science

1}

Alvin Plantinga led off with a session on "science and theology as ways of knowing." Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 2, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alvin Plantinga, appearance of design, Asa Gray, BioLogos, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, defining science, defining terms, Elliott Sober, equivocation, evidence, evolution, explanations, failure to elucidate, fallacy of ambiguity, flagellum, integration, intelligent design, material cause, Michael Behe, mutations, naturalism, Normal Science, point mutations, random, randomness, reductio ad absurdum, Scientia, scientific theory, teleology, theism, Thomas Kuhn, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

What’s in a Word? “Randomness” in Darwinism and the Scientific Theory of Evolution

_{Jay W. Richards
April 2, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science

28}

This is the third in a series of reviews of Alvin Plantinga's important new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 2, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, academic freedom bills, bills, law, legislation, Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee}

Tennessee Darwin Lobbyists Really Pushing the State Back Towards Scopes

_{Casey Luskin
April 2, 2012

Evolution, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

2}

Today it's the opponents of Darwinism who are fighting for academic freedom. Read More ›