Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 2, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, agnostics, Bill Nye, Brian Josephson, Christianity, Christians, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Discovery Institute, Gallup, HarperOne, intelligent design, Jews, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, Nobel Prize, religious belief, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Federalist, Victor Stenger}

As Church Membership Slumps Ominously, Time for a Return of the God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
April 2, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

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"Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, chemists, design hypothesis, DNA, evidence, George Rose, information, intelligent designer, interactome, James Tour, macromolecules, nucleotides, Peter Tompa, proteins, Rice University, RNA, tools}

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Assembly of Cellular Components

_{Brian Miller
April 2, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I suspect this challenge will not be widely heeded. Studying these issues will lead researchers toward a conclusion they simply are not willing to accept. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
April 2, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, Charles Darwin, David Sivak, evolutionary narrative, intelligent design, molecular machines, motors, physicists, pumps, rotors, Simon Fraser University}

A Modest Invitation to David Sivak

_{Eric H. Anderson
April 2, 2021

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Don’t burden your great research program with Darwin’s mid-1800s view of biology (or any modified descendant of Darwin’s general premise). Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 1, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, bestsellers, Big Bang, biological information, Brian Keating, Dennis Prager, Discovery Institute, natural evil, nature, personal God, proof, radio, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, theists, U.C. San Diego, universe}

Prager, Meyer: Evidence for a Personal God Behind the Cosmos

_{David Klinghoffer
April 1, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

3}

Why does the universe have to be on so grand a scale of space and time? Why does God require such an imposing canvas? Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
April 1, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, ATP synthase, Darwin's Black Box, David Sivak, evolution, evolutionary theory, Jeremy England, living systems, Michael Behe, molecular machines, natural selection, Nick Lane, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia}

Evolution Is NOT an Engineer

_{Eric H. Anderson
April 1, 2021

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The Saturday Morning Lectures series recently featured an excellent presentation by Dr. David Sivak. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biological information, building blocks, cell membrane, chemists, DNA, homochirality, James Tour, laboratory, macromolecules, monomers, prebiotic Earth, proteins, protocells, Rice University, RNA}

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Properly Combining Building Blocks

_{Brian Miller
April 1, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Any progress toward life would be lost if a fully functional cell did not emerge within a reasonably short period of time. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Biola University, Canceled Science, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmos, earth, Eric Anderson, Eric Hedin, galaxy, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, solar system, The Privileged Planet}

Our Finely Tuned Planet Suggests More than Dumb Luck

_{Science and Culture
March 31, 2021

Physical Sciences, Physics

1}

When one takes all the evidence together, a better explanation for our finely tuned place in the cosmos is a fine-tuner, a designing intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 31, 2021

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Eric Metaxas, evolutionary history, information, life, materialists, personal God, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, unguided evolution}

Metaxas, Meyer: Materialist Moves Are “Desperate and Kind of Pathetic”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 31, 2021

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

1}

Eric Metaxas talked with Stephen Meyer in a (what else did you expect?) highly entertaining interview. Watch it now. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 31, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, carbohydrates, cheating, cross-reactions, early Earth, earthquakes, floods, golf, James Tour, lipids, nucleotides, Rice University, RNA, Robert Shapiro, tornadoes, winds, YouTube videos}

James Tour Video Series on the Origin of Life — Synthesis of the Building Blocks

_{Brian Miller
March 31, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

"The analogy that comes to mind is a golfer, who having played a ball through an 18-hole course, assumed the ball could also play the course in his absence." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, agnostics, Big Bang, Brian Keating, creation, human origins, humans, intelligent design, Judaism, Losing the Nobel Prize, meaning, Messiah, physicists, podcast, purpose, rationality, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, U.C. San Diego, Young Earth Creationists}

Meyer, Keating: Why Was the Object of Creation So Long in Coming? And Other Good Questions

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2021

Cosmology, Physical Sciences

3}

I listened in the car on my way to and from a funeral. Obviously, the end of life, like its beginning, is an occasion for pondering ultimate questions. Read More ›