Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 25, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, David Attenborough, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, evolutionists, John West, morality, natural selection, plague, Sir David Attenborough, spirituality}

Are Humans “A Plague on the Earth”?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 25, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Back in January in Dallas, Discovery Institute organized its major conference on science and faith, before a huge and appreciative audience. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Bradley

Date
March 25, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, Charles Thaxton, Discovery Institute Press, hypotheses, Melvin Calvin, naturalism, On the Origin of Species, positivism, science, scientists, special creation, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theism, tolerance}

Metaphysical Tolerance: A Discipline for Progress

_{Walter Bradley, Charles Thaxton, and Roger E. Olsen
March 25, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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The quest for truth has never been easy, and has on more than a few occasions been known to make one unpopular. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, abiogenesis, Charles Thaxton, creativity, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, epilogue, ID the Future, intelligence, James Tour, Of Pandas and People, origins, Robert J. Marks II, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

Charles Thaxton on a “Controversial” Epilogue

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The three authors reviewed five proposed explanations for life’s origins and suggested that the best explanation was that the first life originated through an act of creative intelligence. Read More ›

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Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Sagan, Cosmos 3.0, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, DNA, equations, Evolution News, habitability, Harold Urey, hydrogen, Mars, Mercury, NASA, Neil deGrasse Tyson, red dwarf star, RNA, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago, Venus}

Cosmos Episode 6 — That’s Entertainment! (But Is It Science?)

_{Science and Culture
March 24, 2020

Physical Sciences

5}

Here is the problem with speculative thinking about extraterrestrial life as well as about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Charles Thaxton

Date
March 24, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biological information, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, chemicals, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Francis Crick, James Watson, neo-Darwinian theory, nucleic acids, origins, prebiotic evolution, proteins, Roger Olsen, Stanley Miller, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

Crisis in the Chemistry of Origins

_{Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, and Roger E. Olsen
March 24, 2020

Biology, Evolution

4}

The impressive complexities of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biological molecules are presently developed in nature only in living things. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, “selfish gene”, atheism, coronavirus, creator, David Bentley Hart, evil, families, good, humanity, innocents, Moral Law, natural selection, neighbors, pandemic, Richard Dawkins, suffering, theodicy}

To Ask “Where Is God in This Pandemic?” Is to Acknowledge that God Exists

_{Michael Egnor
March 23, 2020

Bioethics, Faith & Science

3}

The problem of theodicy is real, of course. We don’t always know or understand God’s ways. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 23, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, courage, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, ideology, James Tour, Justin Brierley, Lee Cronin, narrative, Rice University, skepticism, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Unbelievable}

Finally, an Origin-of-Life Scientist Debates Skeptic James Tour

_{David Klinghoffer
March 23, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Origin of Life

4}

When Tour gets done, the narrative we all learned in high school biology class is in shreds on the floor. Read More ›

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Author
Dean H. Kenyon

Date
March 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Biochemical Predestination, biopolymers, Dean H. Kenyon, genetic information, isomer, living systems, polynucleotides, polypeptides, proteins, protocells, San Francisco State University, scientists, second of law thermodynamics, Stanley Miller, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

What Scientists Fear: Foreword to The Mystery of Life’s Origin

_{Dean H. Kenyon
March 23, 2020

Evolution, Origin of Life

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Perhaps scientists fear that acceptance of this conclusion would open the door to the possibility (or the necessity) of a supernatural origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 22, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, adoption, animal personhood, Argentina, BioEdge, doctor, habeas corpus, Hippocratic Oath, human life, medical conscience, orangutan, pregnancy, rape, Sweden, zoo}

In Argentina, Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Refusing to Terminate Pregnancy

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 22, 2020

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Medicine

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I can write those words. I understand their meaning. But I can’t comprehend such an utter rejection of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Date
March 21, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, biophysics, evidence, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, inferential science, Kirk Durston, materialism, multiverse, podcast, proteins, testing}

Listen: Kirk Durston on Fantasy Science and Scientism

_{Science and Culture
March 21, 2020

Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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One example of fantasy science, according to Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›