Tag: form

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 7, 2026

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Path from Rome, agnostics, anti-reductionism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Arthur Hugh Clough, atheists, biology, Brief Encounters, Christians, deconversion, Denis Noble, Edward Feser, evolutionary biology, Financial Times, form, function, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Lord Richard Harries, New Atheists, Oxford University, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, religions, Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams, Sheldonian Theatre, Sir Anthony Kenny, The God Delusion, The Sun, theism}

Haunted by God: Remembering Sir Anthony Kenny

_{Bethel McGrew
August 7, 2026

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Kenny still appreciated a good church service and even did readings from the breviary. Unusually, he argued there was no reason why an agnostic shouldn't pray. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
March 19, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physics
Tagged
, air, Ambrose, Aristotle, Basil of Caesarea, Bible, Biblical texts, cellulose, Christianity, Chrysostom, classical science, demiurge, duck, earth, elements, Ephrem the Syrian, fire, form, Genesis, house, John Calvin, Justin Martyr, Martin Luther, matter, metal, metaphysics, nuclear reactions, Periodic Table, philosophy, pipes, plastic, Plato, rabbit, radioactive decay, scientific ideas, Septuagint, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Tertullian, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, Timaeus, water, wires, Wisdom of Solomon, wood}

Can Formless Matter Exist? A Pitfall in Reading Biblical Texts

_{Winston Ewert
March 19, 2026

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physics

9}

The solution is to go back to the source and follow the text to see what it actually says. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, birds, carbon, computers, flowers, form, function, hydrogen, insects, laboratories, life, Life Itself, microscopes, natural law, nature, nectar, nitrogen, oxygen, Plato, polar bears, pollinators, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, seals, shape, telescopes, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism, water, wood}

A Closer Look at Natural Law

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 25, 2024

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

6}

The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice. Read More ›

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Author
Angus Menuge

Date
September 29, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, consciousness, form, human beings, hylomorphism, idealism, intentionality, matter, Minding the Brain, physicalism, rationality, Robert J. Marks II, soul}

A Paradigm Crisis for Physicalism

_{Angus Menuge
September 29, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

This crisis has converged with two other currents of change with the surprising result that alternatives to physicalism are now taken seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, bones, cells, electrical signals, evolution, femur, form, function, ID the Future, intelligent design, machines, material processes, Michael Behe, organs, podcast, Secrets of the Cell, thought experiment, tissues}

Try to Write Instructions for a Femur; Go On, Just Try

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 26, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Professor Behe invites us to join him for a sobering thought experiment: attempting to build an instruction manual for a human femur bone. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
June 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bertrand Russell, biomolecules, chemical reactions, form, function, life, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, observation, organic molecules, organisms, paradigm, random mutation, science of purpose, structure, theory, urea, vitalism}

Replacing Chemistry with Purpose

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
June 20, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, bad design, BIO-Complexity, bones, Brian Miller, Bristol University, evolution, flexibility, form, function, intelligent design, ligaments, muscles, Nathan Lents, Stuart Burgess}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Answers Claims of “Bad Design” of the Human Foot/Ankle

_{Casey Luskin
March 24, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

6}

Many who have studied the foot recognized its “excellent design." Leonardo da Vinci called the human foot “a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 7, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Colorado State University, computer science, design triangulation, form, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, materials, motility, Paul Nelson, signals, Steve Laufmann, Systems Biology, timing, Waldean Schulz}

New Paper Investigates Engineering Design Constraints on the Bacterial Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
July 7, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

9}

This technique of examining biology through the eyes of engineering is not necessarily new — systems biologists have been doing it for years. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 6, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, brain, cerebral cortex, eyes, form, mind, neurobiology, perception, philosophy of mind, retina, sensations, soul}

The Mystery of Blindsight Helps Us Understand the Mind Better

_{Michael Egnor
April 6, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Blindsight is the remarkable ability of some blind people to sense objects that they cannot actually see. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, fitness, form, function, ID the Future, intelligent design, locomotion, Michael Denton, podcast, primal blueprint, The Miracle of the Cell}

Michael Denton Explores the “Third Infinity”

_{Science & Culture
September 30, 2020

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

1}

The diversity of cells — their variety of form, function, and locomotion — is beyond describing, with some cells almost seeming sentient, indeed ingenious. Read More ›