Tag: helium

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Amazon, astronomer, beavers, biochemists, biology, chance, Easter Island, elements, evolution, gods, helium, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, iron picks, Laurence Moran, life, necessity, New York City, Norman Lockyer, Occam’s razor, On the Origin of Species, parsimony, skyscraper, smartphones, special creation, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, stone hammers, Stonehenge, will}

How Did the Designer Do It?

_{Daniel Witt
July 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 28, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Big Bang, blackbody spectrum, consciousness, Ethan Siegel, fine-tuning, gravitation, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, intelligent life, life, materialists, microwave background radiation, miracle, naturalism, neutrons, nuclear fusion, physics, protons, re-ionization, universe}

A “Quantum Miracle” that Leads to Life

_{Eric Hedin
May 28, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

5}

To eventually form stars, planets, and life, neutral atoms are a definite prerequisite. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 14, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Big Bang, children, earth, electromagnetic force, family, galaxies, helium, humans, hydrogen, life, natural forces, organisms, parents, photons, planets, stars, strong nuclear force, universe, weak nuclear force}

What Can We Infer About the Source of Life?

_{Eric Hedin
August 14, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

If I may, I would submit that a familial relationship exists between the author of life and what has been made. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 19, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, carbon, elements, Fred Hoyle, Geraint Lewis, helium, hydrogen, hydrophobic force, life, Luke Barnes, macromolecules, neutrons, nitrogen, organic molecules, oxygen, protons, silicon, universe}

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 19, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

6}

This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Geophysics
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, aurora, aurora borealis, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, geophysics, helium, hydrogen, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, magnetosphere, materialists, nitrogen, northern lights, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, vortex, Wikipedia}

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2024

Astronomy, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Geophysics, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

9}

You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Anton Zeilinger, atoms, blackbody, Canceled Science, electromagnetic radiation, Energy, Genesis, Gospel of John, helium, hydrogen, information, intelligent design, intention, Louis de Broglie, matter, Max Planck, mind, Niels Bohr, nuclear fusion, particles, Planck’s constant, protons, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, sun, universe}

Thank God for Quantum Mechanics

_{Eric Hedin
May 11, 2023

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

7}

An example of how quantum effects permit life as we know it operates in the nuclear furnace of the Sun. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 25, 2021

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, beauty, chemical elements, Doppler effect, helium, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay W. Richards, Mars, Mercury, Moon, rainbows, René Descartes, solar eclipse, stars, sun, telescope, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Privileged Planet, Titan, universe, Venus, water}

Do We Live on a Privileged Planet?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 25, 2021

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

7}

Yes, rainbows are beautiful, but are they good for anything? Indeed, they have been very important for science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, combustion, fire, Fire-Maker series, Goldilocks, gravitational field, gravity, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, nitrogen, oxygen, planetary design, respiration}

For Fire, Our Planet Is Just the Right Size

_{Michael Denton
July 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

3}

Self-evidently, the gravity on the surface of a planet limits the maximum size of large terrestrial organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 14, 2020

Categories
Epistemology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayes’ Theorem, Big Bang, biological design, cosmic fine-tuning, evidence, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, life, likelihood, Luke Barnes, Lydia McGrew, ministers, Philosophia Christi, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Bayes, Timothy McGrew, William A. Dembski, William Lane Craig}

A Bayesian Approach to Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 14, 2020

Epistemology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

5}

I have come to think of evidence in Bayesian terms and this has in turn impacted the way I think about the biological arguments for ID. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __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 ›