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Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, death, despair, Discovery Institute Press, Enlightenment, euthanasia, Greeks, history, Howard Glicksman, Jews, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, materialism, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, Peter Singer, Richard Weikart, Scott B. Rae, Socrates, suffering, Unnatural Death, Wesley J. Smith}

How Did We Get Here? New Book by Richard Weikart Tracks Rise of the Culture of Death

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August 5, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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The Judeo-Christian tradition encouraged a culture of life, but the secular Enlightenment and Darwinian materialism have tugged us in a different direction. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, accident, Andréa Morris, creator, Daniel Witt, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, evolution, genes, goal, intelligent design, life, meaning, molecules, Nature (journal), Oxford University, purpose, Richard Dawkins, teleology, The Selfish Gene}

Oxford Biologist Denis Noble: “The Fact Is that I Think Neo-Darwinism Is Dead”

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July 30, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I respect Denis Noble and in disagreeing with him I do not mean to slight his deep insights into how biology works. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, biological forms, carbon, cells, Eric Anderson, foresight, Goldilocks Zone, intelligence, life, Michael Denton, The Miracle of the Cell, trees, vitalism, water}

Michael Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

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July 7, 2024

Biology, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Carbon’s suite of life-friendly features is foundational to the cell’s peerless ability to build sophisticated biological forms. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
July 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biosphere, copper, insulin, intentionality, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, life, Newtonian mechanics, oxygen, powers ontology, purpose, redox chain, science of purpose, thermodynamics}

Illuminating the Power of Life

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That which is unique to life alone, which offers the only valid explanation of irreducible complexity, is the manifestation of goal-directed functional logic. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, biological systems, cooption, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Joana Xavier, Last Universal Common Ancestor, life, LUCA, Michael Behe, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Stuart Kauffman}

“Irreducible Complexity” May Be Part of the Definition of Life

_{Daniel Witt
June 28, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There are many bad counter-arguments to Michael Behe’s famous irreducible complexity conundrum, and (in my opinion) one pretty good one. 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

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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
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Big Bang, digital code, discoveries, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, life, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, universe, worldview}

Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan: Design, Atheism, and God

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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There’s a major disconnect between the messaging of popular atheists like Richard Dawkins and reality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial life, cells, computability, Daniel Witt, Denis Noble, genome, ID the Future, information, Justin Brierley, life, logos, matter, mind, Neo-Darwinism, Paul Davies, podcast, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, Stephen Meyer, The Selfish Gene, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, William Lane Craig}

Listen: Justin Brierley and a “Mind Behind Matter”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 30, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Brierley talks with thinkers whom you don’t regularly see in direct dialogue, from Stephen Meyer to Denis Noble to Roger Penrose to Paul Davies. Read More ›

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Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Amazon, Book of Nature, cosmos, Discovery Institute Press, fiction, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Kindle, life, nature, novels, Richard Dawkins, teenagers, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, young adults}

Intelligent Design Made Relatable: New Young Adult Novel from Discovery Institute Press

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May 21, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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The novel tells the story of Isaac, whose father died young. Why did he die? Isaac’s older cousin Charlie — a science teacher — says he knows why. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 14, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, bacteria, cofactors, copper, early Earth, Earth’s crust, enzymes, evolution, habitability, hemoglobin, intelligent design, iron ore, just-so stories, life, metals, microbes, microbial life, minerals, photosynthesis}

Metals and Life — A Balancing Act

_{Eric Hedin
May 14, 2024

Biochemistry, Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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The complementary interaction between metals and life provides yet another example of our existence relying upon multiple levels of design. Read More ›