Tag: natural causes

Close-up horse eye, expressive gaze. Possible use Animal portrait, nature, wildlife

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti

Date
November 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abilities, central dogma, cytologists, Darwinian evolution, differential survival, divergent descent, entropy, irreversibility, Jacques Monod, Jérôme Lejeune, materialism, molecular biology, mutations, natural causes, natural selection, paleontologists, Phillip Tobias, physical causes, Pius IV Pavilion, primates, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sexuality, Vatican gardens}

Book Excerpt: Why Is a Fly Not a Horse?

_{Giuseppe Sermonti
November 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionism is really more of a paradigm or methodology than a theory. For its supporters, the important thing is that it was due to natural causes. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 1, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, ballerina, ballet, battleships, bones, Canceled Science, Denyse O'Leary, electric force, equilibrium, gravity, humans, intermolecular forces, life, Mass, materialists, matter, Michael Egnor, molecular interactions, natural causes, neutrons, nuclear forces, particles, physics, protons, pyramids, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Life Is the Most Unnatural Thing in the Universe

_{Eric Hedin
April 1, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Matter is moved by matter, and to a lesser extent, by light. Let’s look into that assertion from the point of view of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 30, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Big Bang, Catholic clergy, Christianity for Doubters, creation, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, Evolution News, Georges Lemaȋtre, improvements, intelligent beings, intelligent design, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Melissa Wehmann Sewell, mistakes, natural causes, Nature (journal), planning, Supreme Being, testing, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, theology, universe}

Georges Lemaȋtre’s Hidden God

_{Granville Sewell
January 30, 2025

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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Was Lemaȋtre, who certainly believed in God, suggesting that God deliberately hides himself from us, or just acknowledging the paradox? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, administrators, Andrew McDiarmid, CNN, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), gender, genocide, Harvard University, historians, humanities, ID the Future, intelligent causes, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, MIT, Monopoly, natural causes, Peggy Noonan, podcast, professors, race, scholars, silver lining, tenure, testimony, universities, University of Pennsylvania, Wall Street Journal, woke ideology, worldview}

Recognizing the Scandal in the Universities — Will It Extend to Origins Science?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2023

Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The regime of methodological naturalism is affirmative action for scientific ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, causal agents, Christianity, Greco-Roman world, history, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent agents, knowledge, Medieval Europe, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, natural causes, nature, podcast, scientism, scientists, unintelligent causes, universe}

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arsenic, cheating, Dark Helmet, Darth Vader, DNA replication, energy production, hearts, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, logic, Luke Skywalker, Mars, murder, natural causes, pattern, poker, protein translation, Queens, royal flush, Spaceballs, specification, The Design Inference, The Empire Strikes Back, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Understanding the Genius of The Design Inference

_{Brian Miller
November 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Being dealt four poker hands that were all royal flushes would be a very rare and special pattern, pointing to someone cheating. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Conservation of Information, Darth Vader, death, Design Inference, education, father, Forensics, freedom, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, investigation, Luke Skywalker, movie reference, movies, murder, natural causes, pattern, podcast, relationships, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A New Design Inference for a New Generation

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 20, 2023

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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Is there an empirical method to determine whether a system is the product of chance or design? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Bible, bodies, cars, death, disease, droughts, evil, flat tire, floods, gravity, human evil, humanity, hurricane, injury, intelligent design, microbes, natural causes, natural disasters, natural events, natural evil, naturalism, pain, poverty, quarks, Scripture, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sickness, suffering, theism, theodicy, tinkering, tornadoes, universe, water, weather}

Thoughts of Evil in a Designed World

_{Eric Hedin
October 11, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Nowhere in the animal world do we see evil that comes anywhere close to comparing with the unfortunate depths of evil displayed by humanity. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, D’Alembert’s Dream, Denis Diderot, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, history, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, John A. Moore, Julien Offray de la Mettrie, L’Homme Machine, Lamarckism, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, metaphors, Mother Nature, natural causes, natural selection, nature, On the Origin of Species, philosophes, Steve Laufmann, Steve Stewart-Williams, Thomas Malthus, transmutation, Victorians, world spirit}

Natural Selection: The Evolution of a Mirage

_{Neil Thomas
March 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Natural selection reveals itself as not just a metaphor but a mixed one: Nature being dumb but nevertheless capable of discrimination. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, chemical processes, computers, Cosmos (series), evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fossils, human brains, intelligence, intelligent design, iPhones, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural causes, natural selection, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicating machines, tornado, unintelligent forces}

Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

_{Granville Sewell
March 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology

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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Read More ›