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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African Savannah, behavior, cathedrals, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, David Barash, evolution, evolutionary psychology, genes, human origins, humans, intelligent design, just-so stories, Moon, museums, music, Oskar Schindler, Philip Skell, Pleistocene, Richard Dawkins, The Descent of Man, Victorian England}

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2023

Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›

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Date
February 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, David Coppedge, horse, ID the Future, Moon, ruminants, teeth}

Ruminants, Moon Watchers Bedevil Darwin

_{Science & Culture
February 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some ingenious molecular engineering crops up in widely divergent creatures, giving them some impressive abilities to read lunar cycles. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, corals, Daily Mail, evolution, fish, intelligent design, Moon, Nature Communications, Smithsonian Magazine, sunlight, turtles, worms}

Animals Tune Behavior by Lunar Cycle; but How?

_{David Coppedge
January 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Researchers in Austria think they have found a clue: a cryptochrome protein that appears to respond to the lunar cycle. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, Cosmic Habitable Age, dark energy, earth, Freeman Dyson, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, Michael Denton, Moon, Privileged Species, solar system, sun, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, The Privileged Planet, universe}

Intelligent Design and Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{David Coppedge
October 19, 2022

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth

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In combination, the factors mentioned here and in my last two posts constrain the “cosmic habitable age” to narrower dimensions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 6, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, conflict myth, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, faith, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, Michael Keas, Moon, religion, Science, scientism, Venus, YouTube videos}

Michael Keas: Faith, Science, and the Phases of Venus

_{David Klinghoffer
September 6, 2022

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Dr. Keas explains, among things, the role that Venus with its phases, like those of our Moon, played in advancing astronomy into the modern age. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Culture
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, aesthetics, evolution, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Moon, natural laws, nature, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, Roman Catholic, scientists, stars, sun, theology}

Michael Behe: It’s Not a Scientist’s Job to Be Led by Aesthetics

_{Science & Culture
August 29, 2022

Biology, Culture, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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While the sun, moon, and stars move according to natural laws, it doesn’t follow that the complex forms we find in biology arose purely through natural laws. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, aliens, extraterrestrials, Italian, Man’s Place in the Universe, Mars, Moon, The World of Life, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

The Man on the Moon and Martian Canals

_{Neil Thomas
April 8, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences

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French writer Bernard de Fontenelle expressed the belief that there really was a man on the moon — and a whole civilisation to boot, if you please. Read More ›

Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 20, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1000 Genomes Project, Adam and Eve, alleles, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, chromosomes, DNA, genomes, heterozygosity, human origins, humans, Moon, mutations, population size, Steve Schaffner}

Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

_{Ann Gauger
December 20, 2021

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
October 25, 2021

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, beauty, chemical elements, Doppler effect, helium, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay W. Richards, Mars, Mercury, Moon, rainbows, René Descartes, solar eclipse, stars, sun, telescope, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, The Privileged Planet, Titan, universe, Venus, water}

Do We Live on a Privileged Planet?

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
October 25, 2021

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Yes, rainbows are beautiful, but are they good for anything? Indeed, they have been very important for science. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 16, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Bayesian reasoning, Brian Miller, evolution, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, James Tour, knowledge, Mars, Moon, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens

_{Bethel McGrew
August 16, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis. Read More ›