Tag: Church Fathers

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
August 12, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, augustine, Basil Willey, Christianity, Chrysostom, Church Fathers, computer scientists, Copernican Revolution, creationists, Darwinian evolution, evolution, faith and science, historians, intelligent design, modern era, Scripture, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, The Literal Meaning of Genesis, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universal common ancestry, Winston Ewert}

What’s Bothering Augustine?

_{Winston Ewert
August 12, 2025

Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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I began to understand that there was a rich history of the interaction between the Church and premodern science, but not one that is widely known. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 27, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Church Fathers, creation, defining id, designer, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Franciscan University, God's Grandeur, intellectuals, intelligent cause, intelligent design, interventionism, James Sinclair, Jonathan Witt, Logan Gage, Michael Denton, molecular machines, natural laws, Reductionism, Robin Collins, Roman Catholic, scientists, Scripture, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universal common descent, universe, William Lane Craig}

Here Is What We Mean by Intelligent Design (And What We Don’t)

_{Ann Gauger
April 27, 2023

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

10}

Some ID supporters agree with universal common descent, but many ID supporters argue against the idea that all life shares a common ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Logan Paul Gage

Date
April 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, atomists, Benjamin Wiker, Church Fathers, Democritus, Douglas Axe, Epicurus, evolution, God's Grandeur, intelligent design, James Sinclair, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New Atheists, Plato, Robin Collins, Roman Catholic, Scopes Monkey Trial, Scripture, Socrates, Stephen Meyer, stereotypes, William Lane Craig}

Understanding Design Arguments: An Introduction for Catholics

_{Logan Paul Gage
April 24, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics

7}

What ID denies is that every feature of nature is the product of natural forces all the way down. This commitment is necessarily shared by Catholics. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, Church Fathers, CNS News, intelligent design, miracles, Nancy Pearcey, natural law, natural processes, Oxford University, pool (game), Stephen Hawking, universe, Wikipedia, William A. Dembski}

Pearcey: “Stephen Hawking’s Final Salvo”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 27, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new book is out under his name. The first chapter asks, “Is there a God?” Answer: No. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
February 15, 2010

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, causation, Church Fathers, counterflow, definist fallacy, Del Ratzsch, design detection, evidence for id, exoplanets, explanatory filter, extra-terrestrial intelligence, eye, foresight, intervention, Irreducible Complexity, methodological pluralism, Michael Behe, miracles, natural laws, natural processes, positive case for design, Roman Catholicism, secondary causation, straw man, teleology, theism, theistic evolution, theology}

How to Completely Misunderstand Intelligent Design: A Response to Stephen Barr

_{Jay W. Richards
February 15, 2010

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Catholic physicist Stephen Barr is a constitutionally uncharitable critic of ID. It's not clear that he has even read the books that he criticizes. Read More ›