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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 19, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, dinosaurs, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, genetic code, intelligent design, legs, Peter Ward, pterosaurs, search engines, Simon Conway Morris, teleology, tetrapods, turtles, wings}

Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Flying Reptiles in the Mid Triassic

_{Günter Bechly
May 19, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Paleontology

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Personally, I am quite sympathetic to the dissenting view of my paleontologist colleague Simon Conway Morris. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, artificial intelligence, babies, ChatGPT, chimpanzees, computer, dementia, human life, humans, infanticide, infants, medicine, persons, Peter Singer, pregnancy, Princeton University, self-awareness, sentience, unconsciousness}

Peter Singer Compares Abortion to Turning Off a Computer

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 8, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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Singer first claims that should an AI ever become “sentient,” turning it off would be akin to killing a being with the highest moral value. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 27, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Church Fathers, creation, defining id, designer, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, God's Grandeur, intellectuals, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Logan Gage, Michael Denton, molecular machines, natural laws, Reductionism, Robin Collins, Roman Catholic, scientists, Scripture, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universal common descent, universe, William Lane Craig}

Here Is What We Mean by Intelligent Design (And What We Don’t)

_{Ann Gauger
April 27, 2023

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Some ID supporters agree with universal common descent, but many ID supporters argue against the idea that all life shares a common ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Logan Paul Gage

Date
April 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, atomists, Benjamin Wiker, Church Fathers, Democritus, Douglas Axe, Epicurus, evolution, God's Grandeur, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New Atheists, Plato, Robin Collins, Roman Catholic, Scopes Monkey Trial, Scripture, Socrates, Stephen Meyer, stereotypes, William Lane Craig}

Understanding Design Arguments: An Introduction for Catholics

_{Logan Paul Gage
April 24, 2023

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

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What ID denies is that every feature of nature is the product of natural forces all the way down. This commitment is necessarily shared by Catholics. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physics
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, biosphere, Brown University, cognitive dissonance, creation, creator, DNA, Edward Feser, evolution, evolutionary biology, faith and science, Genesis, Georgetown University, God's Grandeur, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jesuits, John Haught, Kenneth Miller, life, materialism, molecular biology, Pope Benedict XVI, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, scientific materialism, Scripture, Stephen Barr, Teilhard de Chardin, theistic evolution, theistic evolutionists, theologians}

Shall We Baptize Darwin? A Catholic Biologist Reflects

_{Ann Gauger
April 18, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physics

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Theistic evolutionists are baptizing a theory first composed by Darwin as a substitute for the doctrine of special Creation. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, antiquity, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, atomism, Charles Darwin, Copernican Revolution, evolution, Francisco Ayala, Hippocrates, intelligent design, Lucretius, materialism, Modern Synthesis, natural processes, Neo-Darwinism, Plato, population genetics, Romans, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology}

Engineering Principles Explain Biological Systems Better than Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 9, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Hippocrates proposed in the late 5th or early 4th century BC a model for heredity and adaptation that Charles Darwin described as nearly identical to his own. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
April 4, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Epistemology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physics
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, Christianity, creator, faith, Francisco Ayala, humanity, intellectuals, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, natural selection, NOMA, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Robert Boyle, Science and Faith in Dialogue, soul, worldview}

Qualified Agreement: How Scientific Discoveries Support Theistic Belief

_{Stephen C. Meyer
April 4, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Epistemology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physics

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For many intellectuals, a scientifically informed worldview was a materialistic worldview. It is not hard to see why they held this opinion. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, Amazon, cells, Daily Mail, disease, Elon Musk, futurists, Google, human beings, immortality, longevity, Ray Kurzweil, robots, transhumanists}

Pre-Order Immortality Now! (It’s Only 8 Years Away, Apparently)

_{Science & Culture
March 31, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy

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Would living forever in a utopian technological society really be as great as the transhumanists insist? Read More ›

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Date
March 26, 2023

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Blaise Pascal, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, Jonathan Swift, literature, podcast, Reductionism, scientism, The Restoration of Man, theology}

Aeschliman on Three Great Authors Critiquing Scientism

_{Science & Culture
March 26, 2023

Culture, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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These include the philosopher Blaise Pascal, who showed that scientific knowledge on its own could never be sufficient for being fully human. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, agency, atheism, black holes, Boston, Cambridge, defining id, defining science, demarcation criteria, dinosaurs, electromagnetic radiation, evolution, Harvard University, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, miracles, observation, predictions, Reductionism, religion, scientific method, supernatural, testing, theism, unguided evolution}

Let’s Help Harvard Understand Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 20, 2023

Epistemology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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It was disappointing to see the inaccurate representation of ID, along with the poor scientific epistemology. Read More ›