Tag: Evolution: A Theory in Crisis

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptations, BIO-Complexity, biochemist, Children of Light, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, doctors, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, feathers, fire, Fire-Maker, fitness, functional intermediates, Greek Orthodox Church, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, neo-Darwinian evolution, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, structuralism, teleology, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

Has Michael Denton “Recanted” His Critiques of Darwinian Evolution?

_{Casey Luskin
September 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Obviously, in asking about someone’s view on “evolution,” the answer depends very much on how you define that notoriously multivalent word. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 23, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Adler & Adler, Baylor University, Brian Miller, Campus Crusade for Christ, Charles Thaxton, Christian Leadership Ministries, Christianity Today, coconuts, Dallas, David Klinghoffer, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Faculty Commons, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, James Tour, Jon Buell, Jonathan Wells, mechanical engineering, Michael Polanyi Center, Michael Ruse, Monsters Inc., origin of life, Origins (book), Phillip E. Johnson, Philosophical Library, professors, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, Robert Shapiro, Robert Sloan, Roger Olsen, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, Texas, Texas A&M, The Blind Watchmaker, They Mystery of Life's Origin, University of Washington, Waco, Walter Bradley, Washington University}

Remembering Walter Bradley (1943–2025)

_{William A. Dembski
July 23, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I’m going to describe some of my personal encounters with Walter that are not in his biography. These I hope will bring to light the man in a fresh way. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Annabel Lustig, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Connop Thirlwall, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Friedrich Nietzsche, Industrial Revolution, Jerry Fodor, jesus, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, neo-Darwinists, New Testament, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, primary school, Richard Dawkins, Spanish Inquisition, The Blind Watchmaker, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Malthus, Wales}

The Fate of Evolution Without Natural Selection

_{Neil Thomas
October 30, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It does not seem reasonable to accept the veridical status of evolution on the basis of what an increasing number of scientists perceive as a “dodgy dossier.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 6, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, cosmos, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, galaxies, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Privileged Species, quantum tunneling, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of the Cell, William A. Dembski}

From Galaxies to Atoms, a Vast Web of Fitness for Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 6, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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“The miracle of the cell completes the overall fitness paradigm that unites galaxies with atoms in a vast web of fitness for life.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, ATP synthase, bacterial cell, cells, complexity, DNA, efficiency, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary biologists, humpback whale, Illustra Media, ingenuity, intelligent design, Living Waters, Michael Denton, molecular machines, natural selection, PNAS, proofreading, proteins, Richard Sternberg, salmon, Tim Standish, Uppsala University}

Denton’s “Puzzle of Perfection,” Then and Now

_{David Coppedge
April 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The flip side of Darwin’s proposal of natural selection as a designer substitute is that “things look designed — because they are designed.” Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 19, 2023

Categories
Anatomy
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, abiogenesis, argument from incredulity, automation, autonomic nervous system, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, circulation, David Hume, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, heart, Howard Glicksman, innovation, intelligent design, Lucretius, Michael Denton, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Paul Davies, physiology, prosthetics, Steve Laufmann}

On the Miracles of Physiological Design

_{Neil Thomas
January 19, 2023

Anatomy, Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Science

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The book under review is a splendid and uniquely well-informed contribution to the debate about what is by all indices a theory in possibly terminal crisis. Read More ›

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Date
January 15, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, carbon, Casey Luskin, cosmic fine-tuning, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Phillip E. Johnson, podcast, universe}

Michael Denton on Fine-Tuning: Wheels Within Wheels

_{Science and Culture
January 15, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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When it comes to evidence of fine-tuning in the universe, the more you look, the more you find. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
January 21, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, academia, atoms, Australia, carbon, cells, elements, Evolution News, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary theory, fitness, George Gaylord Simpson, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, life, Michael Denton, microbiologists, Miller-Urey experiment, molecular machines, Nature’s Destiny, Privileged Species, The Miracle of the Cell, The Stream}

Atomic Miracles: On Denton’s Latest

_{Eric H. Anderson
January 21, 2021

Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson once declared that “man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, books, critics, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian theory, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Larry Moran, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, Neo-Darwinism, Richard Lenski, University of Otago, worldview}

Praise for Behe’s Latest: “Facts Before Theory”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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Says Michael Denton, "The book represents a devastatingly brilliant unanswerable response to his Darwinian critics and to the whole Darwinian worldview." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 4, 2020

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Auguste Comte, biological systems, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Hilary Putnam, history of id, intelligent design, John C. Eccles, logical positivism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, modeling, molecular biology, Neo-Darwinism, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, scientific reductionism, Vienna Circle}

What Precipitated the Intelligent Design Movement?

_{Michael Flannery
March 4, 2020

Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Here are some thoughts prompted by a rather curious question posed to me in an email, namely, “What were the findings that most helped ID since the turn of the millennium?” Read More ›