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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, apologetics, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's Doubt, Eric Metaxas, faith, God Hypothesis, James Tour, Jay Richards, Rice University, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet}

Meyer and Metaxas — Socrates in the City Comes to Dallas; Early Bird Special Ends Friday!

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

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The purpose of the conference is to explore the evidence of cosmology and biology, weighing the strength of what Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis. Read More ›

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Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
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, __k-review, Christianity, Dallas, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, discount, educators, Eric Metaxas, events, faith, God Hypothesis, James Tour, Jay Richards, parents, science, Stephen Meyer, students}

Is Christianity Anti-Science? Find Out at Our Dallas Conference — Discount Ends December 14

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November 28, 2018

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science

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It’s evident that religious and other leaders have done a poor job of addressing what Stephen Meyer calls the “God hypothesis.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 19, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, agnostics, atheism, Berlin Wall, Christmas, Dallas, Discovery Institute, Eric Metaxas, faith, James Tour, Jay Richards, Middle Ages, Mikhail Gorbachev, Rice University, Ronald Reagan, science, Stephen Meyer, Texas, The Privileged Planet, theists}

Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, January 18-19: “Tear Down This Wall!”

_{David Klinghoffer
November 19, 2018

Faith & Science, Origin of Life, Philosophy

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One view, favored in the media and academia, says that faith stands separate from science, or that science has displaced faith. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 17, 2018

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, bees, bias, conservation, debate, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, pesticides, Phys.org, prebiotic chemistry, Research, Rice University, science, toxicity}

Toward Self-Scrutiny in Science

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 17, 2018

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Think about how this kind of reasoning relates to the intelligent design and evolution debate. Read More ›

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Date
February 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, methodological materialism, Stanley Miller, Stonehenge}

Heretic, Intelligent Design, and the Materialism of the Gaps

_{Matti Leisola and Jonathan Witt
February 8, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Consider an analogy. Imagine you have gone to visit the circular pattern of great stones on the Salisbury Plain in England known as Stonehenge. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-science, Cinderella, consciousness, GUT, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, James Tour, Jerry Fodor, John Searle, Karl Popper, modernity, NASA, naturalism, Plato, post-modernism, Sabine Hossenfelder, trolls, UFOs, Wikipedia}

Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 20, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 6, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, cancer, evolution, first life, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Tour, laboratory, molecules, nanotechnology, podcast, Rice University, Sarah Chaffee, synthetic chemistry, theistic evolution}

James Tour and the Challenge to Theistic Evolution from Synthetic Chemistry

_{David Klinghoffer
December 6, 2017

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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A chemist like Tour, a very distinguished one, knows from a career’s worth of lab work how painstakingly difficult it is to synthesize molecules you want. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 2, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, C. John Collins, C.S. Lewis, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, Günter Bechly, human origins, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, James Tour, John West, Jonathan Wells, Matti Leisola, Paul Nelson, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, theistic evolution, theology, Wayne Grudem, Winston Ewert}

Beautiful Monster — Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique Is Here!

_{Paul Nelson
November 2, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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It's a MONSTER because it's 1007 pages, which means you'll probably still be reading it when the Chicago Cubs are in the World Series again. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 11, 2017

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, James Tour, Jeremy England, MIT, Natalie Wolchover, Periodic Table, Quanta, Rice University, Salon, synthetic chemistry}

On Origin of Life, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Delivers Chastisement to Jeremy England

_{David Klinghoffer
August 11, 2017

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Physics

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“[U]nder certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” Oh, really, does it? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 12, 2016

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __tedited, abiogenesis, chemical evolution, expertise, James Tour, Jeffrey Shallit, Larry Moran, origin of life, prayer, prebiotic chemistry}

From Atheist Jeffrey Shallit, a Telling Response on the Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
April 12, 2016

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Shallit is a computer scientist at the University of Waterloo whom we've dealt with here on occasion before. Read More ›