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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
October 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antoine Lavoisier, Darwinism, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, gravity, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (series), Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, Michael Denton, oxygen, paradigms, textbooks, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, theology, Thomas Kuhn}

Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

_{Jonathan Wells
October 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, Britain, Down House, evolution, friendship, history, HMS Beagle, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, natural selection, Peter Bowler, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, Samuel Wilberforce, Thomas Huxley, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, Westminster Abbey, William Whewell}

Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: Darwin and the English Class System

_{Neil Thomas
August 24, 2022

Evolution, Science

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The theory of natural selection was the co-discovery of two men, but by the mid 1860s one of its progenitors began to reject his own theory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
July 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physics
Science
Tagged
, adulthood, cattle, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, elephants, eukaryotic cells, genetic code, human mind, Isaac Newton, lactose, metabolism, milk, molecular machines, mutations, nucleotides, Pennsylvania, sugar, weather, worms}

Much Ado About Lactase Persistence

_{Michael Behe
July 29, 2022

Evolution, Physics, Science

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Nothing shows the feebleness of Darwinism quite so much as breathless stories about brand new results. This week the topic was “lactase persistence.” Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Dean Kenyon, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Isaac Newton, James Hutton, On the Origin of Species, Peter Bowler, Principles of Geology, Thomas Huxley, William Shakespeare}

Was Darwinian Theory Based on a False Analogy to Geology?

_{Neil Thomas
June 8, 2022

Evolution, Geology, Physical Sciences

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Given the degree of discipleship for Sir Charles, Darwin fully expected to receive Lyell’s commendation for his labors. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 2, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Christianity, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, dark energy, dark matter, ether, Galileo Galilei, Hebrew Bible, Isaac Newton, John West, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Reformation, Renaissance, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, scientists, theism}

Stephen Meyer Takes Questions, Including: “Has Science Matured Past Its Christian Origins?”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 2, 2022

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Granted that the early scientists were Christians, does it follow that science necessarily supports Christianity or any form of theism? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chloroplasts, Current Biology, David Wolpert, evolution, Francis Bacon, Heidelberg University, information flow, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, jumping genes, junk DNA, kinesin, mechanical philosophy, Nobel Prize, open reading frame, Prime Mover, proteins, Ribosome, Robert Boyle, robotics, Rockefeller University, Salk Institute, Santa Fe Institute, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, William A. Dembski, William Paley}

Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

_{David Coppedge
May 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 21, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, college, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, education, faith, gravitation, history, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialism, nihilism, professors, Science, Warfare Thesis}

Stephen Meyer: Faith and the History of Science; Desperation and the Costs of Materialism

_{David Klinghoffer
April 21, 2022

Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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As these comments suggest, the nihilism that is being sown by materialism is not just an intellectual problem. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Kirk Durston, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, neo-Darwinian theory, No Free Lunch, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibria, Richard Weikart, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, vitalism, William A. Dembski}

Evolution Is Not Like Physics

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
February 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, aborigines, Africans, Americas, Australia, barbarians, blacks, cannibalism, Darwinism, Europeans, evolution, gorilla, humans, Isaac Newton, On the Origin of Species, population, Racism, slaughter, slavery, Thomas Malthus, war, William Shakespeare, women}

Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

_{Richard Weikart
February 15, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 29, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Geology
Tagged
, Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin and the Ghost of Epicurus (series), Charles Lyell, Darwinism, evolution, Great Britain, Isaac Newton, Lord Byron, mathematician, On the Origin of Species, uniformitarianism, Victorian England}

Darwin and the Newtonian Metanarrative

_{Neil Thomas
January 29, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Geology

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People chose to believe what they wanted to believe in obedience to the then reigning intellectual fashion. Read More ›