Tag: natural disasters

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 5, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, Armand Assante, Athena, blessings, Brad East, Cambridge Elements, Christopher Nolan, Contemporary Pagan Philosophy, disenchantment, Eric Steinhart, faith, Federation of American Scientists, intelligent design, Interstellar, knowledge, mad scientist, magicians, Marvel Cinematic Universe, methodological naturalism, Möbius strip, natural disasters, naturalism, philosophers, polytheism, Richard Dawkins, scientists, teacher’s pet, The Odyssey, The Prestige, theism, theistic evolutionists, wizards, Yiyang Zhuge, Zeus}

Christopher Nolan’s Disenchanted Odyssey

_{Bethel McGrew
August 5, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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In Nolan's supposal, the mad scientist takes on the mystique of a wizard. Perhaps this is fitting, given that he sees science and wizardry as the same thing. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon Prime, astrophysicists, Bible, Big Bang, birth defects, Carl Sagan, Chelsea Handler Show, churches, community centers, cosmology, Cosmos (series), documentary, evidence, faith, First Cause, human inquiry, ID the Future, Impaulsive, Judeo-Christian tradition, Logan Paul, Mike Majlak, natural disasters, Neil deGrasse Tyson, pestilence, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rotten Tomatoes, schools, scientific community, Stephen Meyer, suffering, The Story of Everything, universe}

Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 15, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design

7}

While answers may venture beyond the limits of the empirical sciences, that doesn’t mean the sciences don’t offer meaningful information to bear on them. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __recommended, atheists, Ayn Rand, Bishop George Berkeley, Black Death, Cambodia, cosmology, dust, eternal recurrence, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genesis, genocide, Holocaust, human perception, Johns Hopkins University, Khmer Rouge, mathematics, metaphysics, Mindscape, natural disasters, nihilism, objectivism, objectivity, Pennsylvania, pessimism, philosophy, poetic naturalism, religion, Richard Feynman, Rwanda, Samuel Johnson, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sean Carroll, selfishness, subjective idealism, The Character of Physical Law, The Gay Science}

Sean Carroll Revives Nietzsche’s Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence

_{Paul Nelson
June 8, 2026

Cosmology, Metaphysics, Philosophy

5}

The point arrives when a philosophy is so unreasonable, so utterly broken, that one can only give it a good strong kick. Argument fails; one must act. Read More ›

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Author
Elie Feder

Date
August 20, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, chance, design hypothesis, evil, intelligent cause, intelligent life, likelihood, natural disasters, physical constants, probabilities, suffering, universe}

Considering the Fine-Tuning Argument from Probabilities

_{Elie Feder and Aaron Zimmer
August 20, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

4}

Many authors formulate the fine-tuning argument using probabilities and Bayesian analysis (e.g., Swinburne, Collins, Roberts, Barnes). Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, determinism, droughts, earthquakes, human bodies, Hurricanes, ID the Future, intelligent design, molecules, moral responsibility, natural disasters, natural forces, naturalism, Robert Sapolsky, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sickness, suffering, theism, tragedies}

Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

First, Dr. Hedin discusses the problem of natural evils like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, Bible, cars, death, disease, droughts, evil, flat tire, floods, gravity, human evil, humanity, hurricane, injury, intelligent design, microbes, natural causes, natural disasters, natural evil, naturalism, pain, poverty, 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
Eric Hedin

Date
July 17, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ants, cell phones, civilization, foresight, functional complexity, GPS, honeybees, information, insects, instinct, intelligent design, natural disasters, natural processes, non-life, San Diego, unguided natural processes}

The Origin of Life and the Wonder of Daily Existence

_{Eric Hedin
July 17, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

5}

Sometimes, civilization’s design breaks down, and we then see how complex, interdependent, and fragile the system really is. Read More ›

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Date
August 8, 2017

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, churches, corona, eclipse, natural disasters, Seattle, traffic, Travel}

To Go, or Not to Go (See the Eclipse)? That Is the Question

_{Science & Culture
August 8, 2017

Physical Sciences

3}

As a rule, family road trips aren’t exactly a walk in the park, and you’ve got a feeling this will be no ordinary road trip. Read More ›