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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 11, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animal welfare, Antarctica, cetaceans, ivory poaching, Japan, Russia, South Korea, whales}

Japanese Whaling and Human Exceptionalism

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 11, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Japan has quit the International Whaling Commission so that it can resume commercial slaughter of leviathans. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
January 11, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cologne, complexity theory, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, DNA, evo-devo, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, game theory, Irreducible Complexity, macro-organisms, Matti Leisola, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Michael Behe, multiverse theory, natural genetic engineering, niche construction, plagiarism, Richard Lenski, self-organization theory, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Behe’s New Book, Darwin Devolves — Stunning and Absolutely Convincing

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
January 11, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I recently had a lively conversation with a former colleague at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
January 11, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, __k-review, aliens, American Humanist Association, atheism, Bill Nye, Blaise Pascal, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, cosmos, heavens, Humanist of the Year, humanity, Judeo-Christian tradition, Nicolaus Copernicus, planets, Psalms, religion, scientism, Unbelievable, universe}

Myth: A Big Universe Is a Problem for Christianity

_{Mike Keas
January 11, 2019

Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Atheists say people in the Western tradition had to wait for modern science to grasp that the universe was huge, and had to shed historic Judeo-Christian views to do so. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 10, 2019

Categories
Arts
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bible, chimpanzees, David Barash, DNA, humans, mitochondria, music, New York Times, organelles, Seattle, University of Washington}

On Being Human — A Reflection

_{Ann Gauger
January 10, 2019

Arts, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, colleges, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Eric Metaxas, faith, intelligent design, James Tour, Jay Richards, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Last Weekend to Register for Dallas Conference on Science and Faith

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Here’s an ominous polling result: Students on college campuses in the U.S. increasingly agree that the origin of the universe was a chance event. Read More ›

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Date
January 10, 2019

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, archaea, asexual reproduction, central dogma, DNA repair, epigenetics, eukaryotes, junk DNA, lipid bilayer, materialists, microbes, Nature (journal), Neo-Darwinism, PNAS, proteins, pseudogenes, ribonucleotides, RNA, Science (journal), Yale University}

Genetics and Epigenetics — New Problems for Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
January 10, 2019

Botany, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Scientists watched microbes inherit extreme acid resistance in Yellowstone hot springs not through genetics, but through epigenetics. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 9, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, circumcision, Denmark, European Union, euthanasia, faith, Germany, Iceland, Jews, Middle Ages, Muslims, Netherlands, New York Times, Norway, secularism, slaughter, Sweden}

In Europe, Animal Rights Are Steamrolling Religious Freedom

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 9, 2019

Bioethics

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As Western society secularizes, religious liberty is in danger of becoming passé. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 9, 2019

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, cosmos, earth, extraterrestrials, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, humans, ID the Future, Michael Keas, podcast, popularizers, Rome, scientists, storytelling, Unbelievable}

Science and Storytelling

_{David Klinghoffer
January 9, 2019

Physical Sciences

2}

To advance the false conception that science is always in conflict with religious tradition, some influential scientists and science popularizers tell us stories about the past and the present. Read More ›

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Date
January 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, computer science, fields, functional information, George D. Montañez, Harvey Mudd College, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, p-value, Robert Hazen, specified complexity, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

BIO-Complexity Article Offers an Objective Method for Weighing Darwinian Explanations

_{Science and Culture
January 9, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Skeptics of evolutionary theory have argued that proposed Darwinian processes don’t rise to the level of plausible detailed explanations for the emergence of complex life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, faith, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, laughter, Moshe Averick, Nonsense of a High Order, podcast, religion, Stephen Hawking}

Is It Impious to Laugh at Stephen Hawking’s Thoughts on Religion?

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2019

Faith & Science, Physics

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Rabbi Moshe Averick concludes, “If he did physics that way his university would have fired him.” Read More ›