Tag: Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, faith and science, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, Jonathan Witt, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialists, Matti Leisola, neo-Darwinian theory, podcast, scientific discoveries}

How Modern Science Strengthens Claims of Theism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Jonathan Witt reviews discoveries of the last century that are causing even committed materialists to question or reject the neo-Darwinian explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 22, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cars, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Elon Musk, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary tree, Francis Collins, Genome Research, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, historical sciences, intelligent design, junk DNA, Matti Leisola, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Meyer, Tesla, University of Cambridge}

Forbidden Question: Common Descent or Common Design?

_{Jonathan Witt
October 22, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Think of cars. A Tesla and a Cadillac share many features — but of course, none of that means that Teslas blindly evolved from Cadillacs, or vice versa. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 30, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, articles, bacterial flagellum, biological systems, critics, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian mechanism, evidence, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Irreducible Complexity, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe}

Matti Leisola: Michael Behe “Opened My Eyes”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 30, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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To say that a writer "opened your eyes," and to something as profound as the design of life, is a fantastic tribute. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
February 25, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, bacteria, BIO-Complexity, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, David Berlinski, Elizabeth Pennisi, evolution, Evolution News, exaptation, genes, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, methodology, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, proteins, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Salmonella, Science (journal)}

Näsvall et al. Demonstrates the Effectiveness of Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
February 25, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The dispute started when a review in Science proposed the 2012 article by Näsvall et al. as evidence against Mike Behe’s book Darwin Devolves. Read More ›

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Date
December 5, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, naturalism, physicalism, podcast}

Greg Koukl on Heretic: The “Right Answer” or the “Right Kind of Answer”?

_{Science & Culture
December 5, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Heretic is the autobiographical story, co-written by Jonathan Witt, of distinguished Finnish bioengineer Matti Leisola. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, atheism, BIO-Complexity, bioengineering, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, pesticides, Philip Skell, Richard Lewontin, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Correspondence: A Father, an Atheist Son, and Darwin Heretic Matti Leisola

_{Jonathan Witt
August 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The father had sent his son a copy of our book, urging him to read it so the two could discuss the evidence and arguments there. Read More ›

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Date
July 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, ID the Future, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, podcast, Science Literacy, survey}

Listen: Greater Science Literacy Leads to Greater Acceptance of Evolution…Oh, Really?

_{Science & Culture
July 29, 2018

Evolution

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Jonathan Witt, co-author of the recent book Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, was skeptical when he heard that one. Read More ›

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Date
July 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bioengineering, book reviews, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, faith, Finland, Helsinki University of Technology, Heretic, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, life, materialism, Matti Leisola, Mind Matters, non-life, salvo, Terrell Clemmons, third rail}

Review: Heretic Takes Aim at Science’s Third Rail

_{Science & Culture
July 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

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“Well, we can’t touch the third rail, so the question becomes, How can we safely get past it?” Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, abrupt appearance, academic freedom, Amazon, BioLogos, critics, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, fossil record, gradualism, Greg Cootsona, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, Neo-Darwinism, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, reviews, scientists, stasis, Stockholm University}

Heretic Is for the ID Critic, or the Curious Reader, in Your Life

_{Science & Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Yesterday on Twitter we had the opportunity to recommend it to an ID critic who wrote a book chapter on intelligent design without first doing his homework. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bernard Acworth, BioLogos, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Christians, Darwinism, evolution, Greg Cootsona, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Witt, Marvin Olasky, Matti Leisola, Mere Christianity, miracles, The Magician's Twin, World Magazine}

Mere Manipulation — Using C.S. Lewis to Pitch Evolution to Christians

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Faith & Science

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Marvin Olasky, editor of World Magazine, wryly observes that Lewis “should have trademarked ‘mere.’” Read More ›