Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, common descent, convergence, debates, directed mutations, evolution, evolutionists, gradualism, just-so stories, Lund University, multiverse, mutations, natural selection, naturalism, saltationism, textbooks, The Conversation}

There Is No Settled “Theory of Evolution”

_{Cornelius Hunter
November 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science

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What is evolution? In other words, what is core to the theory — and not forfeitable? It’s naturalism. Period. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, atheism, blindness, brain activity, cardiac arrest, consciousness, death, heart, materialism, materialists, mind, neuroscience, Salon, Twitter, University of Montreal, Wesley Smith}

Neuroscientist: Near-Death Experiences Are “Utterly Incompatible” with Materialism

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

2}

"NDE studies suggest that after physical death, mind and consciousness may continue in a transcendent level of reality." Read More ›

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Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Al Ghazali, artistry, Book of Wisdom, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, Cicero, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, DNA, eugenics, evolution, George Gaylord Simpson, Giuseppe Sermonti, intelligent design, Islam, jesus, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Marco Respinti, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, Plato, Pope Benedict XVI, Psalms, Racism, software, St. Paul, Stephen Meyer, The Magician's Twin}

The Relevance of Intelligent Design to Science and Society: A Primer

_{Science and Culture
November 10, 2022

Bioethics, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

7}

"ID is one of the foundational ideas in the history of civilization. It has deep roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions and among non-Christian thinkers." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotle, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, City Journal, coronavirus, embryo, evolution, fish, honeybees, humans, intelligent design, Nature (journal), Nicholas Wade, oceans, Phys.org, roads, rock, ships, soil, unnatural, Wuhan}

More Unnatural Naturalism, and More Confusion from Naturalists

_{David Coppedge
November 10, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Honeybees and cells have a limited set of options that are programmed into their genomes. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 9, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agents, bacteria, beavers, chance, evolution, humans, intelligent design, intentionality, natural selection, salmon, selection pressure, University of Helsinki, unnatural selection, whales}

What’s “Natural”? Engineering Creates a Conundrum for Evolutionists

_{David Coppedge
November 9, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

4}

I do not know Dr. Merilä’s stance on human origins, but it is a safe bet that he denies intelligent design, and believes humans evolved from other animals. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 9, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Christianity, evolutionary processes, Higher Criticism, logic, nature, nihilism, On the Origin of Species, poetry, spirituality, Thomas Malthus, Victorian England, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

William Wordsworth’s Posthumous Challenge to Darwinian Nihilism

_{Neil Thomas
November 9, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Philosophy

4}

Paradoxically, Wordsworth's theology may have formed a more effective counterforce to Darwin's ideas than Biblical orthodoxy itself. Read More ›

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Date
November 9, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, Eric Anderson, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, mathematician, philosophers, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

William Dembski Offers an Updated Edition of an Intelligent Design Classic

_{Science and Culture
November 9, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Dembski says he stands by that work and his early contributions to intelligent design theory, but adds that he has learned a lot more in the intervening years. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, agnosticism, atheism, Bible, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creed, faith, Great Britain, nature, Psalms, theology, UK Parliament, Victorian England, William Hale White, William James, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

Wordsworth and the Faith of the Victorians

_{Neil Thomas
November 8, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

3}

Even Charles Bradlaugh, the first atheist member of Parliament, was haunted by the psalmist’s reproach, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C. elegans, Caltech, Cell Reports, cells, condensates, David Klinghoffer, droplets, epigenetics, genome, Hospital for Sick Children, John Innes Centre, marching band, metabolism, Modern Synthesis, molecular machines, Neo-Darwinism, organelles, p53 protein, Stephen Buranyi, The Guardian, The Scientist, Toronto, University of Konstanz}

Epigenetics Directs Genetics — And That’s a Problem for Darwinism

_{David Coppedge
November 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

The ability to sequence genomes was a great accomplishment. But there is something over and above genes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, brain activity, consciousness, CPR, death, evolution, faith, Grossman School of Medicine, heart, life after death, materialism, natural selection, near-death experiences, neonatal intensive care, New York University, perception, physicians, Sam Parnia, theology, thinking}

Does a New Scientific Study Offer Evidence of Life after Death?

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 8, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Medicine

4}

Maybe there is no evolutionary explanation. There is certainly no discernible natural-selection benefit. Read More ›