Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 15, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christianity, England, intelligent design, Max McLean, movies, Nicholas Ralph, Norman Stone, Oxford, scientific materialism, The Most Reluctant Convert, William Nicholson}

Spend an Evening with C. S. Lewis on November 3

_{John G. West
October 15, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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The movie opens with Lewis as an outspoken scientific atheist, whose view of science reinforces his bleak materialistic view of the universe. Read More ›

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Date
October 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Darwinism, evolution, ID the Future, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Holden, scientific evidence, scientific revolutions, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, William A. Dembski}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Science and Culture
October 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science

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Biologist Jonathan Wells contends that modern evolutionary theory is a current instance of a dominant paradigm in crisis. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 14, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, cichlid fish, engineered systems, evolutionary theory, genes, genetic diversity, information, Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria, mutation rate, natural genetic engineering, operational gravity well, phenotypic plasticity}

Studies on Cichlid Fish Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Engineering Models for Adaptation

_{Brian Miller
October 14, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Cichlid variation do not primarily originate from random mutations but from engineered systems. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 14, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Dallas Science & Faith Conference, intelligent design, Melissa Cain Travis, naturalism, Philo of Alexandria, Pythagoras, Science and the Mind of the Maker, theism, YouTube videos}

Melissa Cain Travis: Explaining the Uncanny “Cosmic Resonance” of Mathematics

_{David Klinghoffer
October 14, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy

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Travis considers the history of Western thinking from Pythagoras and the pre-Socratic philosophers to Philo of Alexandria and onward. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 14, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, "poor design", asteroid belt, bacterial flagellum, Christianity, Cliff Notes, creator, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, evolution, Finding Darwin's God, first living cell, Francis Collins, intelligent design, Jupiter, Kenneth Miller, Mars, methodological materialism, Michael Behe, Moral Law, Scott Minnich, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, The Language of God, William A. Dembski}

Francis Collins: A Methodological Materialist When He Feels Like It

_{Jonathan Witt
October 14, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Planetology

11}

Imagine a boy who tells a girl he could climb to Jupiter because a natural ladder stretches from our planet to it. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 13, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common ancestry, constraints, design logic, evolution, fossil record, four-bar linkage, intelligent design, jaws, macroevolution, operational gravity well, taxonomy, undirected evolution}

Studies on Labrid Fish Confirm Operational Gravity Well Model for Adaptation

_{Brian Miller
October 13, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The extent to which the authors recognize the implications of their conclusions is difficult to say. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 13, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", bacterial flagellum, Big Bang, Christianity, cosmic design, cosmic fine-tuning, Craig Venter, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, evolution, Francis Collins, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Michael Denton, New Atheists, non-coding DNA, physical constants, Richard Dawkins, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, testability, The Language of God, Wired Magazine}

Francis Collins’s The Language of God 15 Years On

_{Jonathan Witt
October 13, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Collins refers to the “backward wiring” of the vertebrate eye, characterizing it as flawed from an engineering perspective. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 13, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animals, apes, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, evolution, fossil record, human evolution, human origins, humans, Jonathan Wells, monkeys, Science Uprising, YouTube videos}

Monkey Bias: New Science Uprising Episode Out Now!

_{David Klinghoffer
October 13, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology

2}

Properly considered, we are told, human beings are just a species of chimpanzee anyway. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
October 12, 2021

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, American Humanist Association, atheism, Bill Nye, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, earth, Humanist of the Year, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, Psalms, scientism, universe}

The Big Myth: Big Universe Is a Problem for Religion

_{Mike Keas
October 12, 2021

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Planetology

4}

Self-appointed spokesmen for science often use the enormous size of the cosmos, with its billions of galaxies, as a club to beat up Christianity. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2021

Categories
Biology
Geology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, evolution, fossil record, human origins, humanity, humans, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, materialism, Science Uprising, worldview, YouTube videos}

Tomorrow: New Science Uprising Episode on Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2021

Biology, Geology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

2}

A view open to intelligent design can follow the evidence freely. It does not require a particular narrative of how humanity arose. Read More ›