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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
June 26, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, aeons, assumptions, Bars-Steinhardt-Turok model, black holes, Boltzmann brain, bouncing cosmologies, concentric low-variance circles, conformal cyclic cosmology, consciousness, cosmic microwave background, cyclic cosmologies, dark matter, de Sitter horizon entropy, disorder, Douglas Scott, Edward Tryon, entropy, erebon, fine-tuning, gravitational wave epoch, Hawking radiation, intelligent cause, Mount Everest, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Roger Penrose, Sean McDowell, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, Tod equations, trilemma, universe, Weyl Curvature Hypothesis}

Fantasy in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

_{Bruce Gordon
June 26, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

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Penrose was right, then, that fashion, faith, and fantasy have led much of modern cosmology astray. He was more right than he knew. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
June 24, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Aeon, Baylor University, bouncing cosmologies, conformal cyclic cosmology, Conservation of Information, Cumrun Vafa, cyclic cosmologies, dark energy, David Olive, Don Page, empirical record, erebonic field, erebons, eternal recurrence, faith, fantasy, fine-tuning, geometers, Gordon Kane, John Polkinghorne, John Roberts, John Roe, Krzysztof Meissner, Laurie Brown, Michael Denton, Michael Dickson, Northwestern University, Page curve, Paul Tod, Phil Halper, Phillip Johnson, physics, quantum theory, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dalitz, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Sean McDowell, Simon Saunders, Stephen Meyer, The Nature of Nature, The Story of Everything, Weyl Curvature Hypothesis, William Dembski}

Fashion and Faith in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

_{Bruce Gordon
June 24, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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This brings us, at last, to the remaining “cyclic” proposal, that of Roger Penrose, which is perhaps the most quixotic of all. Read More ›

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
June 23, 2026

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetyl molecule, acetyl tags, amino acids, Ant-Man, bacterium, beams, biology, broccoli, carbon, cells, Chromosome 17, DNA, engineering, epigenetic information, epigenome, Fantastic Voyage, girders, histone acetylase enzyme, histone core, histone deacetylase enzyme, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, hydrogen, Innerspace, intelligent design, James Gills, methyl tag, miniaturization, natural gas, nucleus, oxygen, physics, proteins, submarine, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Thomas Woodward}

20,000 Bots Under the Sea: A Fantastic Voyage into the Cell

_{Thomas E. Woodward and James P. Gills, MD
June 23, 2026

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Imagine you have been invited to a futuristic discovery center, a facility that has pioneered the ability to shrink people and objects many orders of magnitude. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 11, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, Battle of the Big Bang, beginning, black hole, conformal cyclic cosmology, earth, egg cell, Ethan Siegel, experts, faith and science, first cells, Hebrews, intelligent design, John Wheeler, Lee Smolin, Nobel Prize, physicists, physics, Planck era, Roger Penrose, Singularity, tachyonic physics, The Road to Reality, theism, universe, Wikipedia}

When the Experts Disagree on the Origin of the Universe…

_{Eric Hedin
June 11, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

5}

As with life, the beginning of our universe entailed special conditions, not only of the laws of physics, but also of the arrangement of its component atoms. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Big Bang, creator, electromagnetic waves, experimental results, funding, honesty, humility, James Hartle, kingdom, Nobel Prize, philosophers, photoelectric effect, physics, Planck time, predictions, Roger Penrose, scientists, servants, Singularity, spacetime, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, technology, The Road to Reality, theism, transcendent cause, universe}

New Physics Is Always Tentative; Here’s Why

_{Eric Hedin
June 8, 2026

Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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The prime example of all difficulties for new theories in physics relates to the ultimate origin of everything. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
May 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agnostics, atheists, beetles, beginning, Bible, Big Bang, biochemistry, biological origins, biology, butterflies, Christians, creation, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian selection, evolution, fine-tuning, geneticists, Grand Canyon, humans, intelligent design, J. B. S. Haldane, Jews, molecular machines, natural selection, Noah, physics, protoplasm, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science and Culture Today, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, universes, University of Texas at Austin, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

In Fifty Years, How the Discussion About Science and Faith Has Changed

_{Granville Sewell
May 29, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

Decades ago, as I can recall from personal experience, there seemed to be only two choices. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, biology, Birkbeck College, C. W. Howell, causation, Christian teaching, Christians, David Bentley Hart, demiurge, Designer Science, Edward Feser, formal cause, formal principle, gnosticism, God's Grandeur, history, intelligent design, intrinsic purpose, logos, materialism, metaphysics, natural processes, natural selection, philosophy, physics, Plato, primary sources, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Sternberg, scholars, Socrates, Sophia Connell, teleology, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

Designer Science Misrepresents Aristotle and Ignores Church History

_{Brian Miller
May 28, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics

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C. W. Howell contrasts intelligent design with what he believes is Aquinas’ and Aristotle’s understanding of teleology (purpose) in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 26, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, affirmers, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alister McGrath, atheism, Atlantic Ocean, chance, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, chemistry, Darwinian theism, Darwinian theists, deniers, Edward Aveling, Francis Darwin, Francis Ellingwood Abbot, HMS Beagle, intelligent evolution, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Ludwig Büchner, Maurice Mandelbaum, National Secular Society, natural selection, nature, physics, Plinian Society, religion, Robert Edmond Grant, terminology, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, The Index, theistic evolutionists, Unitarians, University of Edinburgh, William Darwin}

Darwin’s Atheism: Historical Support and a Question of Terminology

_{Michael Flannery
May 26, 2026

Faith & Science, History of Science

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Calling Gibberson, Miller, McGrath, and others theistic evolutionists is inaccurate because it fails to distinguish them from genuinely theistic evolutionists. Read More ›

Two dice bouncing with sparks. Concept for probability and random choice. Casino gambling and gaming.

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
May 19, 2026

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Anthony Aguirre, Battle of the Big Bang, beans, Caltech, Christopher Hitchcock, cosmos, Daniel Díaz-Pachón, debates, dice, dimensional analysis, fine-tuning, Frank Wilczek, Fred Adams, general relativity, intelligent design, Justin Brierley, Luke Barnes, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, normalizability, Ola Hössjer, parameter space, Phil Halper, physics, Planck scale, posterior probability, prior probability, probability, Robert Marks, Robin Collins, Standard Model, Stephen Meyer, theism}

Halper and Meyer on Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

_{Bruce Gordon
May 19, 2026

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Phil Halper has argued against a position that no one holds, and his argument as a whole lays claim to the very capacity his objection denies. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›