Tag: Philosophy for the People

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 7, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, chemicals, disorder, entropy, evolutionary theory, God’s Grandeur, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, materialist thinkers, materialists, mind, mindless processes, multiverse, natural selection, natural theology, origin of life, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, podcast, scientific discoveries, teleology, YouTube channels}

Brian Miller: The Basic Challenge to Materialist Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 7, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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“All natural processes tend to create greater disorder (entropy)…The origin of life requires chemicals to go into a state of both high order and high energy.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 28, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, chemicals, Energy, entropy, evolutionary theory, God's Grandeur, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, materialists, multiverse, natural processes, natural theology, order, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Philosophy for the People, podcast}

The Return of Natural Theology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 28, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Read More ›

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Date
December 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, complexity, Darwinism, evolutionary theory, gradualism, hearing, Howard Glicksman, human body, intelligent design, just-so stories, medicine, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, physicians, Steve Laufmann, systems engineering, vision, Your Designed Body}

A Physician’s Fantastic Voyage through Your Designed Body

_{Science and Culture
December 20, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Begin by piling up the layers of complexity in the human body — the layer upon layer of complex interdependent systems. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, bacterial flagellum, blind evolution, blood-clotting cascade, Darwin's Black Box, ID the Future, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Lehigh University, molecular machines, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Philosophy for the People, podcast}

Behe Answers Best Objections to Irreducible Complexity

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Science

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Following the philosopher Alvin Plantinga, Pat Flynn says that some of the attacks on Behe have been hysterical, but some have been more thoughtful. Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common descent, debates, evolution, genus, ID the Future, intelligent design, macroevolution, Michael Behe, nature, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic philosophy}

Behe Debates the Limits of Darwinian Evolution

_{Science and Culture
August 31, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Any evolution beyond the level of genus — for instance, the separate families containing cats and dogs — cannot be achieved through mindless Darwinian mechanisms. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Culture
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, aesthetics, divine intervention, evolution, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, Matthew Ramage, 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 and 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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Date
August 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, common descent, creation, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian mechanisms, devolution, elephants, evolution, faith, grizzly bears, ID the Future, intelligent design, Lehigh University, Matthew Ramage, Michael Behe, Neo-Darwinism, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, polar bears, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic, skepticism, theology}

Michael Behe Debates Evolution and Catholicism

_{Science and Culture
August 24, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science

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Dr. Behe says that his skepticism toward neo-Darwinism stemmed purely from his scientific research. Read More ›