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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alexander Oparin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, clockmaker, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, creator, David Hume, Erasmus Darwin, evolutionists, Francisco Ayala, Gottfried Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton, John Ray, Kenneth Miller, mosquitos, religion, Robert Chambers, scientists, Stephen Jay Gould, theology, universe}

When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science

_{Cornelius Hunter
October 27, 2020

Evolution

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Here is a small, representative sampling of such claims over the past three centuries. These claims are not from science, but they drive science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2020

Categories
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Against the Tide, Albert Einstein, atheism, Cambridge University, Carl Sagan, Cornell University, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, debates, Evolution News, experts, faith, German, Harvard University, john lennox, Martin Rees, mathematician, Oxford University, prestige, Richard Dawkins, science, scientists, Yale University}

Against the Tide: When Scientists Stray from Science

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2020

Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Lennox: "Stephen Hawking was a brilliant mathematician and a genius. But he had no idea about philosophy." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 12, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, Darwin's Doubt, Design Inference, DNA, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology, logical fallacies, molecular motors, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Ola Hössjer, protein complexes, Simon Conway Morris, specification, Steinar Thorvaldsen, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Kauffman}

Repentant Biology Journal Offers a Weak Rebuttal to Its Own Pro-ID Fine-Tuning Paper

_{Casey Luskin
October 12, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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The authors close by quoting Carl Sagan’s famous adage that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Do they offer that kind of evidence? Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
April 27, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Bible, Big Bang, Carl Sagan, Christianity, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, COVID-19, Earth Day, Easter, Evolution News, Fox Broadcasting Company, Genesis, jesus, Johannes Kepler, Mother Earth, Mother Nature, National Geographic Channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, teleology, Tree of Life, Unbelievable}

Echoing the Bible, Cosmos Concludes with a Materialist Origins Myth and Future Heavenly Bliss

_{Mike Keas
April 27, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Tyson ends his summary of cosmic history with a soaring narrative focused on earth. It sounds like the exalted prose of the book of Genesis. Read More ›

Selective focus on a tall, dark lamp post during a snow storm in the pacific northwest woodland

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", ABC News, apes, beauty, C.S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creator, evolution, Germans, intelligent design, lions, Mere Christianity, Milky Way, morality, natural selection, natural world, naturalism, random mutation, World War I}

C. S. Lewis Helps Us See Design in Three Dimensions

_{Ann Gauger
April 23, 2020

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Just for a little while turn off the PBS science narrator in your head. Why should there be beauty? What is it for? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 17, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Sagan, classroom, coronavirus, Cosmos (series), Cosmos 3.0, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, COVID-19, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Fox Broadcasting Company, ID the Future, intelligence, Jay Richards, materialism, matter, Michael Keas, mind, National Geographic Channel, science, storytelling, students, teachers, The Privileged Planet, Unbelievable}

Cosmos Franchise Loses Viewers, While Pumping for Materialism

_{David Klinghoffer
April 17, 2020

Astronomy, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Perhaps partly because the world is preoccupied by COVID-19, a lot fewer people so far have seen the new Cosmos. Read More ›

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Author
Mike Keas

Date
March 25, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Sagan, Christianity, Cosmos 3.0, COVID-19, demons, disease, Egypt, Evolution News, Fox Broadcasting Company, Galen, Hippocrates, hospitals, Judaism, materialism, medicine, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, National Geographic Channel, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York State, Old Testament, physicians, salvation, social distancing, Unbelievable}

Medicine, Religion, and Cosmos — Was Andrew Cuomo Wrong to Invoke God?

_{Mike Keas
March 25, 2020

Medicine

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In a press conference yesterday about the coronavirus, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used notably religious language. 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, 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

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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 16, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Bible, Carl Sagan, Christianity, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, earth, Fox Broadcasting Company, Greek, heavens, Hebrew, Mike Keas, National Geographic, natural laws, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, public education, religion, science, Unbelievable, video}

Counterprogramming for Cosmos 3.0: Two New Videos from Science Historian Mike Keas

_{David Klinghoffer
March 16, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics

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The series, as hosted originally by Carl Sagan and now by Neil deGrasse Tyson, has two notable priorities. Read More ›

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Date
March 10, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, augustine, Baruch Spinoza, Book of Nature, Brian Miller, Carl Sagan, Christianity, coevolution, coronavirus, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, DNA, Fox Broadcasting Company, James Tour, Jews, mind, National Geographic Channel, naturalism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, public education, Signature in the Cell, synagogue}

Cosmos 3.0 Revisits Themes of the Past, with Familiar Historical Mythmaking

_{Science and Culture
March 10, 2020

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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At a couple of points in episode 1, Neil deGrasse Tyson employs the “Book of Nature” metaphor, but he never gives its proper historical context. It’s actually a Christian concept. Read More ›