Tag: Johannes Kepler

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, bias, Christianity, cognitive diversity, creativity, Darwinian mechanism, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, geneticists, Graeme Johnstone, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Jack Timpany, Johannes Kepler, materialists, plants, podcast, religion, Richard Buggs, rigor, Robert Boyle, science, science stopper, scientific process, scientific revolution, scientists, Stephen Meyer, Table Talk (podcast), warfare myth}

In Science, Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 16, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Scientific Reasoning

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Contrary to the prevailing view, plant geneticist Richard Buggs says his Christian faith motivates his research. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, BioLogos, cellular complexity, Christianity, Discovery Institute Press, Edgar Brightman, gatekeeper, inference to the best explanation, integration, Johannes Kepler, materialism, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Minding the Brain, natural theology, open-mindedness, Paul de Vries, philosophical naturalism, presuppositions, Robert Boyle, Robert J. Marks, Robert Larmer, rule of thumb, secondary causation, spontaneous generation, theism}

Methodological Naturalism as Religion in Disguise

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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If the data points to outcomes that natural causes can't explain, then ruling out supernatural causes is not scientific humility — it’s religious dogma. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, biology, brain tumor, caterpillars, chrysalis, CT scan, Denyse O'Leary, earth, epicycles, German, Guillermo Gonzalez, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heliocentric model, Johannes Kepler, Karina Kofman, Kevin Mitchell, materialism, Metamorphosis, methodological materialism, Michael Egnor, Michael Levin, mind, neuroscience, planets, Plato, Richard Sternberg, solar system, The Immortal Mind, Tufts University}

Biologist Michael Levin Is at It Again, Now Pushing at the Mind-Brain Equation

_{Daniel Witt
April 16, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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When caterpillars are in their chrysalises, their brains physically dissolve (along with the rest of their bodies) and are rebuilt as butterfly brains. Read More ›

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Author
Gregory Rummo

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Book of Job, Chemical and Engineering News, chemistry, codons, Douglas Axe, Gene Machine, Johannes Kepler, John Patrick, Joseph Hooker, Judeo-Christian tradition, malnutrition, mediator complex, mRNA, neckties, Nobel Prize, Old Testament, oracle soup, pasta, primordial soup, protein synthesis, proteins, reagents, RNA polymerase, Stephen Meyer, structural biology, tRNA, Venki Ramakrishnan}

The Wonders of Intelligent Design in Chemistry

_{Gregory Rummo
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When we begin the study of protein synthesis, I show students a photograph of my necktie drawer before my wife spent an hour organizing it. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 13, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astronomers, autopsy, Darwinian paradigm, evolutionists, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Michael Keas, planetary motion, podcast, poison, Research, sun, Times Higher Education, Tycho Brahe, universe}

How Tycho Brahe Set an Unhelpful Precedent for Scientists

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 13, 2024

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Kepler, his assistant. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 12, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiologists, astrobiology, atmosphere, Cassini mission, column water vapor, Enceladus, Eric Hedin, geysers, habitability, intelligent design, iron, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, magnetic field, magnetometer, Mars, Michael Denton, Saturn, Science Advances, temperature, Titan, Voyager spacecraft, Yellowstone}

Enceladus as a Habitability Test

_{David Coppedge
August 12, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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High up on the astrobiologists’ bucket list for further exploration is a little moon of Saturn. How lively could it be at Enceladus? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, beauty, C.S. Lewis, cosmic comprehensibility, harmony, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Ken Boa, Melissa Cain Travis, scientific revolution, Thinking God’s Thoughts, truth}

Finding Beauty and Harmony in the Sciences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2024

Astronomy, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Melissa Cain Travis expounds on what she calls the principle of cosmic comprehensibility, the idea that the universe is intelligible to us. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 22, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, New Zealand, science and faith, theism, Thinking God’s Thoughts, universe}

Melissa Cain Travis Is in New Zealand — See Her in Tauranga This Weekend

_{David Klinghoffer
July 22, 2024

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

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Our colleague Dr. Melissa Cain Travis is among the most popular speakers on intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 17, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aqueducts, block printing, China, Christianity, Egypt, Europe, Galileo Galilei, gunpowder, historians, history, Isaac Newton, James Tour, Johannes Kepler, pyramids, roads, Robert Boyle, Rome, scientific revolution, Stephen Meyer}

Stephen Meyer and James Tour on Isaac Newton: “Why There, Why Then?”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 17, 2024

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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"Why did science arise in its modern form with its distinctive systematic methods of investigating nature in 16th- and 17th-century Europe?" Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 6, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, education, environmental fitness, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Ireland, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Danaher, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, microbiology, motives, Phillip E. Johnson, prior probability, probability theory, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, University of Galway, William A. Dembski}

Are Proponents of ID Religiously Motivated, and Does It Matter?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 6, 2024

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

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If Danaher wants to scrutinize the religious motives of ID proponents, we have to consider what such a line of attack would do to evolution. Read More ›