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March 22, 2018

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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, "God of the gaps", Ann Gauger, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, Darwin's Doubt, Dennis Venema, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, evolution, genetic code, humans, methodological naturalism, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Reviewing Adam and the Genome, Richard Dawkins, RNA, RNA world, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology}

Adam and the Genome and Naïve Theology

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March 22, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It’s ironic to find Dietrich Bonhoeffer cited by Dennis Venema. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, nature, origins, podcast, Stephen Hawking, University of Helsinki, unreason, worldview}

Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, and the “Line of Despair”

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March 21, 2018

Biochemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Francis Schaeffer described what he called the “line of despair,” an assumption that faith and reason are separated from each other permanently. Read More ›

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Date
March 21, 2018

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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
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, __k-review, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, cosmos, earth, galactic habitable zone, galaxy, habitability, intelligent design, life, National Geographic, nature, planet, solar system, sun, The Privileged Planet, trailer}

From National Geographic, New TV Series to Violate Materialist Taboo?

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March 21, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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Neither the Earth nor the human race is allowably described as unusual, because that could suggest (shudder) intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
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, __k-review, America, animal breeding, Artificial Selection, Caucasian, Charles Darwin, education, Ethiopian, eugenics, Europe, Forbes, heredity, John West, natural selection, Racism, Scopes Monkey Trial, textbook, variation, Wikipedia}

Wikipedia on Hunter’s Civic Biology

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March 20, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution

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Of course, there’s a page on the subject, and you guessed it, they deceptively minimize the theme of eugenics and racism in the book. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2018

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Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Civic Biology, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, empiricism, eugenics, evolution, Günter Bechly, Human Zoos, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, John West, journalism, Larry Sanger, Long Term Evolution Experiment, materialism, Michael Behe, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), Richard Lenski, Scopes Monkey Trial, Wikipedia}

At Forbes, John West Talks about “Revolutionary” Behe, Darwinism and Eugenics, and Wikipedia

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March 20, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It’s always refreshing to find a journalist who has thought through the scientific issues related to intelligent design for himself. Read More ›

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Date
March 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, bats, coding, common design, convergent evolution, Darwinian theory, Douglas Axe, evolution, homoplasy, intelligent design, mutations, ORfan genes, plagiarism, PLOS Computational Biology, polynomial, pseudogenes, Richard Wagner, S. Joshua Swamidass, skulls, testes, Washington University, whale evolution, whales, World War I}

Of Whales and Timescales

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March 20, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The changes involved in adapting a generic mammalian template into a whale are certainly not all simple, independent, single-letter changes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 19, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
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, __k-review, Air Force, budget, Congress, Darwin's Doubt, drone, intelligent design, Michael Medved Show, Pentagon, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Wall Street Journal}

In the Wall Street Journal, Stephen Meyer Proposes an Intelligent Design for National Defense

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March 19, 2018

Intelligent Design, Technology

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Writing with Arthur Herman, he proposes a cheap and technologically very attainable alternative to waiting passively to see what comes of North Korea’s growing ICBM collection. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 19, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __k-review, atheism, faith, john lennox, materialism, science, Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design, theology, universe}

John Lennox: The Irony of Stephen Hawking’s Atheism

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March 19, 2018

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A universe from nothing, for materialists, may be the single largest problem, among a variety of others. Read More ›

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Date
March 19, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, cells, cristae, dimers, Irreducible Complexity, John E. Walker, Jonathan Wells, messenger RNA, mitochondrial membrane, molecular machines, Paul Nelson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, protons, Ribosome, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Irreducible Complexity in Molecular Machine Assembly

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March 19, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We know that many molecular machines are irreducibly complex in their operation. Even more IC is the process of assembling them in the cell. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 18, 2018

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Life Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, bacteria, cognition, Darwinian evolution, death, ID the Future, intentionality, J. Scott Turner, life, machinery, materialism, microscopes, podcast, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It, resources, Rob Crowther, robot, vitalism}

Biologist Scott Turner: What Is Life? And Other Simple Questions

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March 18, 2018

Biology, Chemistry, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Life Sciences, Physics

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The picture of life that biologist Scott Turner sketches in his recent book is remarkable, and not easy to fully take aboard in your mind. Read More ›