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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 19, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, black holes, evolution, Five Ways, general relativity, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, laws of nature, natural theology, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, summer, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Why the Universe Itself Can’t Be the Most Fundamental Thing

_{Michael Egnor
April 19, 2021

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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Imagine a chain hanging from the sky supporting a weight suspended in the air. Each link in the chain is a cause for the continued suspension of the links. Read More ›

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Date
February 28, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, David Hume, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Logan Gage, natural theology, natural world, philosophers, William Paley}

Jay Richards: A Look Back at Paley and Hume

_{Science & Culture
February 28, 2021

Intelligent Design

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Dr. Richards addresses David Hume’s critique of analogical arguments like those used by William Paley. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 2, 2021

Categories
Epistemology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 'Oumuamua, atheism, Avi Loeb, Carl Sagan, Design Inference, Eric Anderson, extraterrestrial intelligence, intelligent design, natural science, natural theology, ontology, scientific method, SETI}

The Most Valuable Aspect of Avi Loeb’s Intelligent Design Case

_{Paul Nelson
February 2, 2021

Epistemology, Physical Sciences

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The most valuable aspect of his case is the stimulus it provides to the question, "If non-human intelligences exist, how would we detect them?" Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 29, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Cicero, common sense, cosmological argument, David Hume, Evolution News, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, James Barham, Jay Richards, metaethics, Michael Denton, natural theology, Plato, podcast, realism, Scotland, teleology, The Miracle of the Cell, University of Glasgow}

Thomas Reid — Recovering Another ID Ancestor

_{David Klinghoffer
September 29, 2020

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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“There’s little doubt in my mind that Reid if he were alive today would be part of the intelligent design movement.” Read More ›

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Date
September 4, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, evolutionists, Herbert Spencer, historiography, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Jerry Coyne, natural theology, Overruling Intelligence, The World of Life, Thomas Henry Huxley, William A. Dembski}

A. R. Wallace Is Evolution’s Last Man Standing

_{Science & Culture
September 4, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Only Wallace’s postulation of an “Overruling Intelligence” to explain the complexities of humanity and nature has stood the test of time. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 19, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, animals, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, evolution, Galápagos Islands, history, humans, intelligent design, marine iguanas, natural theology, philosophy of biology, pilgrimage, podcast, William Paley}

Galápagos Pilgrim: Paul Nelson on Biological Design and History

_{David Klinghoffer
February 19, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Can modern intelligent design theory accommodate the fact that species evolve in historical time? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 30, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Aeon, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, atheism, Big Bang, debate, faith, First Cause, general relativity, laws of physics, logic, marijuana, natural science, natural theology, New Atheism, Peter Atkins, science, Scripture, Singularity, Thomas Aquinas, University of Oxford, William Lane Craig}

Can Science Answer All the “Big” Questions?

_{Michael Egnor
January 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics

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Peter Atkins is right that science can answer the biggest question we can ask. His problem is that he doesn’t like the answer science provides. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 6, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, astrophysics, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, Darwinian evolution, Ethan Siegel, evidence, Five Ways, general relativity, heresy, inference, inferential science, information, logic, natural theology, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), Ontological Argument, quantum mechanics, reason, Stephen Jay Gould, theists, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Astrophysicist Asks: Did God Create the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
January 6, 2020

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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Natural theology is the science of God’s existence, and it’s a massive trove of evidence and reason of the first order. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Christianity, evolution, Harvard University, ID the Future, Michael Keas, natural selection, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, podcast, random variation, scientism, The World of Life}

Historian and Nature’s Prophet Author Michael Flannery Reviews the Reviewers

_{Science & Culture
December 21, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A.R. Wallace was the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection along with Charles Darwin, but in 1869 he broke with Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, brain, Charles Darwin, Edinburgh, Ernst Haeckel, Genesis, Harvard University, historiography, human consciousness, Jacques Barzun, Man’s Place in the Universe, materialism, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, Phillip E. Johnson, Plinian Society, Psalms, Romans, Scripture, teleology, The Wedge of Truth, The World of Life}

Wallace’s Frenemies: A Lesson from Phillip Johnson

_{Michael Flannery
November 20, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science

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We can add Andrew Berry to the list of those quick to praise Alfred Wallace on certain matters but equally quick to condemn him on others. Read More ›