Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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David Klinghoffer

Date
April 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, ancient Greece, atheism, Caltech, credentialism, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, evolution, expertise, experts, frogs, high school, intelligent design, materialists, molecular biology, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, U.C. Berkeley}

Evolution and the “Experts” — A Liberating Message from Molecular Biologist Doug Axe

_{David Klinghoffer
April 1, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The controversy about Darwinian evolution is often framed as a matter of credentials. We must listen to the “experts”! Please precious experts, tell us what to think! Read More ›

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Date
April 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
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, __k-review, April Fools’ Day, atheism, Ball State University, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism as religion, David Barash, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eric Hedin, evolution, freedom from religion foundation, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Ruse, New York Times, U.S. Constitution, University of Washington}

Breaking: Freedom From Religion Foundation Opposes Teaching Evolution in Public Schools

_{Science and Culture
April 1, 2020

Evolution, Science Education

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At an emergency meeting a week ago, a majority of the members on FFRF’s Executive Board of Directors voted that Darwinian evolution is, in fact, a religion. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, Al Ghazali, bees, Charles Darwin, China, consciousness, cosmos, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Darwinism, empirical science, extraterrestrial intelligence, Fox Broadcasting Company, Maimonides, National Geographic Channel, natural selection, naturalistic philosophy, religion, Smithsonian Magazine, vitalism}

Another Cosmos Episode, Another Sermon from Pastor Tyson

_{Science and Culture
March 31, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Eventually, Dr. Tyson gets to Saint Charles. No, we mean that literally. Tyson calls Darwin “the greatest spiritual teacher of the last 1000 years.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 31, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
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, __k-review, cancer, conspiracy theory, coronavirus, Darwinists, disease, evolution, functional complexity, genetic engineering, intelligent design, natural selection, Nature Medicine, PZ Myers, SARS-CoV-2}

Did COVID-19 Virus Evolve by Natural Selection?

_{Michael Egnor
March 31, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Natural selection, if understood as undirected variation and differential reproductive success, is a destructive process. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
March 31, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
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, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, evolution, free will, Harold C. Urey, intelligent design, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, spirit, Stanley L. Miller, students, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, U.C. Berkeley, University of Chicago, Yale University, Zombie Science (book)}

Textbooks Still Misrepresent the Origin of Life

_{Jonathan Wells
March 31, 2020

Evolution, Origin of Life

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After 2000, some textbooks were corrected, but in many cases the corrections were minor and the books continued to perpetuate the misrepresentations. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 30, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
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, __k-review, “consensus science”, Alabama, americans, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chernobyl, China, churches, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinism, doctors, Donald Trump, Earth Day, Easter, Evangelical Christians, Federal Government, global warming, New York City, New York Times, nurses, pandemic, pastors, stock boys, Thomas Huxley, truck driver, United States, Wuhan}

Are Evangelicals “Crippling” Our Coronavirus Response?

_{Michael Egnor
March 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Medicine

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Evangelicals didn’t cause this plague, and we desperately need the courage and wisdom that they have always brought to bear against pandemics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, chloroquine, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, evolution, Food and Drug Administration, hydroxychloroquine, intelligent design, malaria, Michael Behe, Plasmodium falciparum, SARS-CoV-2, South America, Spain, The Edge of Evolution, viruses}

Approved by FDA Against COVID-19, Chloroquine Is Also Prominent in the Case for Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Something I had not heard before is a really clear explanation of how chloroquine works, on the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum and, perhaps, on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
March 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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, __k-review, 2019-nCoV, body plans, Charles Darwin, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, Design Inference, disease, DNA, Edward Jenner, epidemic, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic engineers, Ignác Semmelweis, intelligent design, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, living cell, macroevolution, medicine, MERS-CoV, Michael Dini, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, molecular biology, mutations, natural selection, Nature Medicine, New York Post, On the Origin of Species, organs, oxygen, pandemic, quarantine, RNA, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, smallpox, species, Theodosius Dobzhansky, viruses, World Health Organization, Wuhan}

Coronavirus, Intelligent Design, and Evolution

_{Jonathan Wells
March 30, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The measures being taken against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic owe nothing to evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 30, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Geology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, ALH84001, ancient Earth, astrobiology, continents, crystals, fossils, Guillermo Gonzalez, Mars, Miller-Urey experiment, Moon, oceans, planetary habitability, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Washington}

What Astrobiology Teaches about the Origin of Life

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 30, 2020

Astronomy, Geology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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It is possible that there is no surviving evidence anywhere on Earth of our planet’s first life. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 29, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, artists, Asa Gray, atheism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creativity, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, Eric Metaxas, evolution, evolutionary theory, Hannah Arendt, Hoover Institution, intelligent design, Jonah Goldberg, Jordan Peterson, materialists, Michael Flannery, multiverse, Percy Shelley, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, string theory, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, William Graham}

An Artist Examines Evolution

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 29, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We may dispute what Darwin felt or thought in the privacy of his study — but the bulk of his writings fall clearly into advocating for one perspective: naturalism. Read More ›