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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, animals, biology, circuitry, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin's tree, discontinuity, embryonic development, endowed by our creator, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionary tree, function, natural selection, nature, Paul Nelson, Stephen Meyer, Tree of Life, University of Chicago}

“Generative Entrenchment”: A Fundamental Problem for Darwin’s Tree

_{David Klinghoffer
December 8, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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An “entity” may be so fundamental, so entrenched, arising so early in embryonic development, that it can't be toyed with by evolutionary processes. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Biology
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, biology, Carl Woese, complementarity, Darwin's Black Box, dualism, Erwin Schrödinger, Essays on Life Itself, function, gravitation, Inertia, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, language, Life Itself, Mass, Michael Behe, molecular biologists, natural selection, phenotype, physics, randomness, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, structure, What Is Life?}

In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 2, 2025

Biology, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, common descent, complexity, computers, convergence, Energy, engineering, evolution, function, Granville Sewell, ID the Future, intelligent design, internal combustion engine, jet airplanes, life, mathematicians, mathematics, modifications, natural selection, open system, order, organs, particles, podcast, simplicity, smartphones, software, steam engine, sun, systems, unintelligent processes}

A Mathematician’s Simple Yet Profound Arguments for Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 1, 2025

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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We might think that mathematicians are focused on incredibly complex ideas and equations, far above the everyday thoughts of the rest of us. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, convergence, English, evolution, fossil record, genus, geology, German, giraffes, Giraffidae, gradualism, mutations, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, Paleobiology Database, paleontology, Wikipedia, zoology}

New Paper: Giraffe Fossil Record Defies Neo-Darwinism

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 1, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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Results have been obtained in definite contrast to the expectations of the neo-Darwinian theory. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Charles Darwin, cosmology, Darwinism, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Levine, Lamarckism, Mother Nature, natural preservation, natural selection, natural theology, Ovid, Robert J. Richards, teleology, world spirit}

Destroyer or Nurturer? Darwin’s Divinized Conception of Nature

_{Neil Thomas
November 24, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Historical Sciences

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The powers of natural selection transcend human intelligence to such a degree that Darwin came close to imputing to it the capacity for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, behaviors, biological complexity, body plans, Casey Luskin, characters, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, faith and science, ID the Future, Jacob Vasquez, life, natural selection, neo-Darwinian model, origin of life, podcast, random mutation, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Truthful Hope}

Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 21, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Casey Luskin addresses the inadequacy of natural selection and random mutation to generate biological complexity. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Zoology
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, birds, Biston betularia, body plans, branches, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, creationism, Darwinian evolution, evolution, Great Britain, Icons of Evolution, IFL Science, Jonathan Wells, Michael Majerus, moths, natural selection, New York Times, organs, peppered moths, Science and Culture Today, textbooks, trunks, Zombie Science}

Pop Science Site Enlists the Peppered Moth to Attack Religion

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2025

Evolution, Zoology

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If this is an “excellent” example of “Darwinian evolution in action,” it shows that Darwinian evolution doesn’t do very much. Read More ›

Natural Selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype, text concept button on keyboard

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, agnosticism, Artificial Selection, breeders, Charles Darwin, Christianity, English, fossil record, George Eliot, HMS Beagle, livestock, metaphors, natural selection, naturalists, Naturphilosophie, Origin of Species, physiology, Quarterly Review, Richard Owen, Samuel Wilberforce, terminology, theology, Victorian England, world spirit}

What’s in a Name? Darwin’s Confusing Terminology

_{Neil Thomas
November 17, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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In the English language prior to Darwin, “natural selection” was a term used by those who reared animals to denote nature’s serendipity. Read More ›

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
, central dogma, Darwinian evolution, entropy, irreversibility, Jacques Monod, materialism, molecular biology, mutations, natural causes, natural selection, paleontologists, physical causes, primates, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sexuality}

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 ›

Charles Darwin observing wildlife in the Galápagos Islands, surrounded by lush flora and fauna, including giant tortoises, birds, and exotic plants, symbolizing evolution

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Darwinists, Enlightenment, evolution, False Messiah, intellectuals, modern science, natural selection, nature, Neil Thomas, On the Origin of Species, Reductionism, Samuel Wilberforce, scientific discoveries, skepticism, survival of the fittest, Taking Leave of Darwin, Victorian England, William Wordsworth}

He Taught Darwinism for Decades (Then Changed His Mind)

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 30, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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English Romantic poet William Wordsworth provided a philosophical barrier against reductionist views of life like those of Darwin. Read More ›