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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Columbia University, David Kipping, design detection, Illinois, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Lex Fridman, universe}

Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman

_{Paul Nelson
February 6, 2023

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 30, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Copernican principle, earth, filaments, galaxies, habitability, Jay Richards, Michael Keas, Milky Way, Nicolaus Copernicus, solar system, The Privileged Planet, Unbelievable, universe}

New Study: The Milky Way Is Exceptional

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
January 30, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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“You might have to travel a half a billion light years from the Milky Way, past many, many galaxies, to find another cosmological wall with a galaxy like ours.” Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
January 17, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, atheism, Cambridge University, Chinese, compass, faith, Galileo Galilei, Genesis, Greeks, history, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John William Draper, Judeo-Christian tradition, Melissa Cain Travis, monotheism, Nicolaus Copernicus, philosophers, pyramids, Robert Boyle, Romans, scientific revolution, theology, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Western Europe}

New Book: For This Scientist, Science Did Not Point to Atheism

_{Stephen C. Meyer
January 17, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Kepler was not alone. Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, and many others who established modern science were deeply religious thinkers. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, aesthetics, extraterrestrial life, Galileo Galilei, Harvard University, heliocentric model, intelligent design, Luther College, Nicolaus Copernicus, physicists, Ptolemaic system, religion, solar system, telescope}

Religious Intuition Can Lead to Scientific Discovery: The Cases of Copernicus and Ferguson

_{Robert Shedinger
November 30, 2022

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Science

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ID is not religion. But even if we were to concede falsely that it is, such a characterization is irrelevant to the question of whether it is true. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 4, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Geology
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, faith, nature, On the Origin of Species, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Science, spirituality, St. Paul, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series), worship}

A Wordsworthian Disciple: William Hale White

_{Neil Thomas
November 4, 2022

Astronomy, Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Geology

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Many reported being “converted” to a Wordsworthian view of the world after reading him. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 28, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Arno Penzias, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Caltech, cosmic origins, Energy, gerald schroeder, James Webb Space Telescope, matter, Nobel laureates, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabine Hossenfelder, Stephen Meyer, The Daily Wire, universe}

On Cosmic Origins, “James Webb Space Telescope Has Revealed Nothing to Overturn Consensus”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 28, 2022

Astronomy, Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science

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Stephen Meyer addresses challenges to the Big Bang model, including a claim that images from the James Webb Space Telescope had panicked cosmologists. Read More ›

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Date
September 20, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, culture, David Papineau, free will, galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope, Jonathan O’Callaghan, Michael Egnor, Milky Way, Robert J. Marks II, Scientific American}

Is Webb Breaking the Big Bang Paradigm?

_{Science & Culture
September 20, 2022

Astronomy, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Science

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There is a lot of culture and philosophy built into the Big Bang theory as we understand it. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Planetology
Science
Tagged
, Big Think, carbon, electric fields, electrons, Energy, Ethan Siegel, graphene, Lawrence Krauss, matter, particle physics, particles, photon, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, universe}

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel Sells “Something from Nothing”: I’m Not Buying

_{Rob Sheldon
September 19, 2022

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Planetology, Science

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In order to push this, he has to make some pretty big changes to our normal dictionary definition of what "nothing" means. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Tagged
, constants, cosmic inflation, earth, galaxies, rocks, speculation, universe, University of Maryland}

How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?

_{Rob Sheldon
September 9, 2022

Astronomy, Cosmology

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A correspondent asked me recently how we know the age of the universe. The answer is calculated from the inverse of the Hubble constant. Read More ›

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Date
August 18, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, astronomers, astrophysicists, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, galaxies, Georges Lemaître, James Webb Space Telescope, London, Paul Steinhardt, Rob Sheldon, Sabine Hossenfelder, Standard Model, Yale University}

Does the James Webb Space Telescope Show that the Big Bang Didn’t Happen?

_{Science & Culture
August 18, 2022

Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics

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The unexpected new data coming back from the telescope are inspiring panic among astronomers. Read More ›