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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 6, 2020

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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
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, __edited, Aristotle, astrophysicist, astrophysics, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, Darwinian evolution, Ethan Siegel, evidence, evidentialism, Five Ways, general relativity, heresy, inference, inferential science, information, logic, natural theology, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), Ontological Argument, properly basic belief, quantum mechanics, reason, red shift, Stephen Jay Gould, theists, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Astrophysicist Asks: Did God Create the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
January 6, 2020

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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Natural theology is the science of God’s existence, and it’s a massive trove of evidence and reason of the first order. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 17, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, Albert Einstein, astronomers, Big Bang, cepheid variable stars, CMBR, cosmological constant, cosmologists, dark energy, dark matter, Doppler effect, Gaia spacecraft, general relativity, Hubble Space Telescope, Nobel Prize, universe}

A Crisis in Cosmology?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 17, 2019

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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It’s too bad biologists are not as open about crises in their theories. It’s the sign of a healthy science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 4, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Aquinas.design, Aristotle, Big Bang, change, essential causal chain, Five Ways, general relativity, law of non-contradiction, photosynthesis, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas’ First Way and a Stack of Books

_{Michael Egnor
October 4, 2019

Faith & Science

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Nature is like a stack of books, sessile, until moved. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 25, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Big Bang, black holes, general relativity, God Hypothesis, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, podcast, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, theism, universe}

How Black Holes Figure in the Argument for Cosmic Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
April 25, 2019

Cosmology, Physical Sciences

2}

This month the world thrilled at the first ever image of a black hole, this one in the galaxy M87. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 12, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, black hole, CNN, general relativity, Guillermo Gonzalez, light, media, photo, The Stream, universe}

First Ever Black Hole Image Points to Cosmology’s Big Message

_{David Klinghoffer
April 12, 2019

Astronomy, Cosmology, Physical Sciences

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Discovery Institute astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez identifies two important points about the Event Horizon Telescope’s (EHT) exciting achievement. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, Arno Penzias, Big Bang, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter, general relativity, helium, Hubble’s Law, hydrogen, inflation, lithium, Milky Way, solar system, Steady State}

Confirming the Big Bang: The Recent Decades

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
March 7, 2019

Cosmology, Physical Sciences

5}

The Big Bang theory also gives us an age for the universe. The latest estimate, based on several cosmological observations, is 13.80 +/- 0.02 billion years. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Ethan Siegel, evolution, Forbes, general relativity, inheritance, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, Newtonian mechanics, predictions, Royal Society, Sarah Chaffee, selection, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, Third Way of Evolution}

For This Physicist, “Overthrowing” Darwinism Is on the Table

_{David Klinghoffer
August 1, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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ID is a rival theory, a scientific theory, doing the normal work that scientific ideas must do to supplant a currently dominant idea. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, Arthur Eddington, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmopsychism, electrons, evil, existence, general relativity, goodness, gravity, Immanuel Kant, John Leslie, Lee Smolin, mind, nature, Phillip Goff, quarks, soul, strong nuclear force, universe}

The Universe Reflects a Mind

_{Michael Egnor
February 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Philosopher Phillip Goff is, intriguingly, on the right track but he errs in his subsequent inference to cosmopsychism. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 18, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __nedited, explanations, fine-tuning, general relativity, logical possibility, many-worlds hypothesis, multiverse, multiverse theory, Nautilus, Principle of Plenitude, Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR), problem of evil, theoretical physics}

How Physicists Learned to Love the Multiverse

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 18, 2017

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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The Principle of Plenitude, an idea with a long history, holds that everything that can exist will exist. Read More ›