Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, common descent, flowering plants, flowers, fossil record, Permian period, researchers}

Flowering Plants and Common Descent

_{Paul Nelson
January 29, 2021

Evolution

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If this accurately reflects the argument in the primary research paper, it provides a beautiful example of common descent as axiomatically true. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, creation, creator, Discovery Institute, existence, faith and science, Return of the God Hypothesis, Robert Spitzer, Stephen Meyer}

Two Meanings of “Creation”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2021

Faith & Science

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A friend passes along this from Fr. Robert Spitzer. The meanings of “creation” are double, at least. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, California, careers, coronavirus, death camps, eukaryotes, evolution of the sexes, genders, John Zmirak, Maine, nucleus, parody, prokaryotes, sex, sex and gender, sexuality, The Stream, UC Riverside, wildfires}

The Tragedy of Eukaryote Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
January 28, 2021

Evolution

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Think of all the frustrated longings, misunderstandings, jealousy, and more entailed by the fact that males and females constitute separate genders. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 28, 2021

Categories
Archaeology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 'Oumuamua, Avi Loeb, cosmic inflation, cryptanalysis, design detection, Design Inference, explanatory filter, extraterrestrial intelligence, Harvard University, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, philosophical naturalism, Principle of Mediocrity, Sean Carroll, technosignatures, William A. Dembski}

More on Avi Loeb’s Approach to Design Inferences

_{Paul Nelson
January 28, 2021

Archaeology, Physical Sciences

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Loeb’s argument represents the most salient example of risky intelligent design reasoning in mainstream science. Read More ›

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Date
January 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, deception, Dollo’s Law, Duke University, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary biology, fruit flies, genes, Icarus, Indiana University, PNAS, positive selection, Santa Fe Institute, selection, skin color, UC Berkeley, University of Zurich, word salad, Yale University}

Juggling Terms to Maintain the Illusion of Darwinian Selection

_{Science and Culture
January 28, 2021

Evolution

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Evolutionists do not mind if selection goes forward, backward, up, down or sideways, as long as Darwin’s honor is maintained. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, doctors, euthanasia, Germany, Hawaii, medical professionals, nurse practitioners, patients, physician-assisted suicide, poison, suicide, Washington State}

Now Another State Wants Non–Physician-Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 27, 2021

Bioethics, Medicine

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Hot on the heels of Washington State, it’s Hawaii. A bill has been filed to allow nurse practitioners to lethally prescribe. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 27, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, animals, atheism, Big Bang, consciousness, cosmic fine-tuning, empirical evidence, evolutionists, Granville Sewell, human consciousness, human origins, innovation, intelligent design, physical laws, scholars, universe}

Sewell: Top Five Evidences for Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
January 27, 2021

Engineering, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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Mathematician Granville Sewell describes how atheists often argue that scientists cannot appeal to design since they cannot explain the origin of the designer. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, college, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, evolutionary theory, natural selection, students}

Share Alfred Russel Wallace on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If just one new fact could be conveyed to every college student learning about the development of evolutionary theory, I’d say that should be the one. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 26, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, academia, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Critical Theory, economics, Friedrich Engels, John Milton, Karl Marx, Lucifer, Marxism, Michael Egnor, natural selection, Paradise Lost, power, Walter Bradley Center}

Darwinism and Critical Theory — The Connection

_{David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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"Strange that it may seem, Darwin plays a central role in this drama. Karl Marx himself credited Darwin with much of his basic insight into human history." Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
January 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, children, documentaries, faith, Luther College, meaning, Paul Davies, purpose, religion, Science, students, The Goldilocks Enigma}

Why We Do This Work

_{Robert Shedinger
January 26, 2021

Faith & Science

1}

I am reading a response journal from a student in my Science and Religion class and came across a comment that really captures why we do what we do. Read More ›