Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Anthony Esolen, Aristotle, beauty, Benjamin Wiker, Bible, Brian Miller, Bruce Chapman, Christianity, consciousness, creator, faith and science, Father Michael Chaberek, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, human origins, intelligent design, intermediates, Jay Richards, Logan Gage, materialism, Michael Behe, Moral Law, natural law, paleontology, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic, Sophia Institute Press, Thomas Aquinas}

When Catholics Argue for Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
April 19, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The evidence from science is clear, but with the discussion of philosophical questions, the necessity of a Creator becomes overwhelming. Read More ›

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Author
Rob Sheldon

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Bible, Carl Sagan, faith and science, leaders, Maryland, NASA, photos, press release, women}

Sworn in on a Copy of…a Carl Sagan Book?

_{Rob Sheldon
April 18, 2023

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Of course no one "believes in Carl Sagan," but that is exactly the point — the oath has no teeth. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", antifreeze, cattle, Charles Darwin, crustaceans, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary theory, fish, Herbert Spencer, horses, intelligent design, James Tour, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jonathan Wells, mollusks, natural selection, organisms, oxygen, oxymoron, pine tree, puppies, purpose, science of purpose, selection, sheep, speciation, Stephen Meyer, variations, water}

A New Look at Natural Selection

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 18, 2023

Biology, Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If you are a pine tree, you need to have antifreeze in your needles if you are rooted beyond certain latitudes or elevations. Read More ›

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Author
James M. Tour

Date
April 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, Dallas, DVD, evolution, faith and science, Gospels, hypocrisy, Ide Trotter, intelligent design, Jesus Christ, Lawrence Krauss, physicists, Research, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI}

Chemist James Tour Remembers Ide Trotter

_{James M. Tour
April 18, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The famous physicist Professor Lawrence Krauss approached and mockingly spoke of the content at the table. Ide looked Professor Krauss in the eye. 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, Gerard Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur, In the Beginning, intelligent design, Jesuits, John Haught, Kenneth Miller, life, materialism, molecular biology, monogenesis, Pope Benedict XVI, quantum indeterminacy, 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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Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Darwinian gradualism, evolution, geneticists, Germany, ID the Future, intelligent design, Köln, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, mutations, natural selection, plant galls, podcast, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Do Plant Galls Falsify Darwinism?

_{Science and Culture
April 17, 2023

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Charles Darwin was profoundly interested in plant galls, and Darwin himself proposed the challenge these and other forms may pose to his ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Aristotle, beauty, Bible, Christianity, consciousness, evolution, faith and science, God's Grandeur, human origins, intelligent design, intelligibility, paleontology, philosophers, randomness, scholars, soul, teleology, theistic evolutionists, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, unguided evolution}

Revealing God’s Grandeur — Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Teachings of the Catholic Church

_{Ann Gauger
April 17, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The last few chapters deal with subjects that theistic evolutionists like to use against ID: Aristotle, Aquinas, and randomness. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, complexity, culture, Dallas, Europe, faculty, faith and science, Fort Worth, Ide Trotter, inference to the best explanation, information, intelligent design, opinions, Phillip E. Johnson, scientists, Texans, Texas A&M University, theology, Trotter Prize}

We Will All Miss Ide Trotter

_{William A. Dembski
April 17, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Ide was a straight-shooting no-nonsense Texan. He was as good a friend as intelligent design could have. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Winkler

Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academicians, authors, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, entrepreneurs, events, gratitude, humor, Ide Trotter, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, obituary, philosophers, scientists, Stephen Meyer, theologians, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

In Appreciation of Ide Trotter

_{Tom Winkler
April 17, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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A memory stands out. It was the evening he was honored by family, friends, ID scholars Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, and Walter Bradley along with James Tour. Read More ›

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Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, anthology, Anthony Esolen, Benjamin Wiker, Bruce Chapman, Cambridge University Press, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith and science, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, J. Budziszewski, Jay Richards, Michael Behe, Michael Chaberek, Michael Egnor, philosophers, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic, Sophia Institute Press, theology, Thomas Aquinas}

New Book Offers the CATHOLIC Case for Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
April 17, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The world — indeed, the universe — is charged with grandeur. Everything speaks of its beauty, power, and purpose — of its exquisite and intelligent design. Read More ›