Tag: scientific theories

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 22, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aesthetic criteria, Albert Einstein, Anthony O’Hear, Artemis II, Arthur Eddington, beauty, Brian Greene, coherence, controversy, disinterested, Earthset, empirical fit, existential, fauna, fittingness, flora, fruitfulness, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, John Frame, Mare Orientale, mathematical beauty, Michael Keas, Milky Way, Moon, Nobel Prize, normative, oughtness, philosophers, pleasure, Science and Beauty (series), scientific theories, Serge Brunier, situational, solar eclipse, Steven Weinberg, subatomic particles, The Elegant Universe, The Evidential Power of Beauty, The Privileged Planet, theoretical virtues, Thomas Dubay, triperspectivalism}

Science and Beauty: The Lens of Triperspectivalism

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 22, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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To the non-scientist, it may come as a surprise that scientists would appeal to aesthetic standards in evaluating the validity of scientific theories. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 8, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, children, Christianity, creator, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, divine image, existence, freeway, How the West Won, human beings, humanity, intelligent design, Interstate 5, James Watson, laws of nature, men, Nancy Pearcey, nature, progress, reason, religion, Rodney Stark, science and faith, scientific theories, Seattle, Seattleites, slavery, sociologists, understanding, Universal Life Church, universe, Western culture, women}

Science Isn’t God, but It Does Point to God

_{David Klinghoffer
June 8, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As you are driving on Interstate 5 just north of downtown Seattle, a home with purple floor-to-ceiling windows stands out prominently. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 12, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
History of Science
Physics
Tagged
, astrology, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, Christian Church, Christianity, determinism, early Christian thinkers, evidence, Greek philosophies, heavens, ID the Future, immutability, intellectual humility, intelligent design, modern science, morality, original sources, podcast, science and faith, scientific consensus, scientific theories, Scripture, software engineers, theology, Winston Ewert}

Historical Reasoning, Modern Science: A Conversation with Winston Ewert

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 12, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, History of Science, Physics

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Dr. Ewert and I dive into the rich history of how early Christian thinkers engaged with the scientific consensus of their time. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 20, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian expectations, engineering, evolution, eye, habitats, ID the Future, intelligent design, lab coats, locomotion, middle ear, nervous system, origins, Richard Dawkins, scientific theories, structures, systems, theories of origins, Ultimate Engineering, wrist joint}

Listen: Stuart Burgess Details Examples of Your Body’s Ultimate Engineering

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 20, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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He’ll relate the time he and famed biologist Richard Dawkins debated, and he’ll remind us why we are all qualified to evaluate scientific theories of origins. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological complexity, biology, chemistry, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Douglas Axe, faith and science, history of science, intelligent design, life, origins, scientific theories, Sean McDowell, Second Law of Thermodynamics, theistic evolution, UC Berkeley, universe}

Doug Axe on Darwinian Evolution: “One of the Weakest, Most Pathetic Scientific Theories”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Axe shared a particularly poignant memory of being a 19-year-old studying at UC Berkeley and attending a chemistry lecture. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
October 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, conflict myth, empirical data, empiricism, evolution, faith and science, Paul Dirac, physical world, scientific theories, scientism, secularism, Steven Weinberg, testability, truth, water}

What Science Owes to Faith, Hope, and Love

_{Stephen Dilley
October 31, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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It's a stretch to say that our ability to do realist science arose from a mindless process of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Alabama, creation science, creationism, Discovery Institute, educators, Edwards v. Aguillard, Indiana, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, lawsuits, legislators, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Mississippi, persecution, policymakers, politicization, public education, religious beliefs, Science Education Policy, scientific theories, strengths and weaknesses, Supreme Court, Tennessee, West Virginia}

West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2024

Evolution, Science Education

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West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 31, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, biologists, Brian Miller, evolution, evolutionists, failed predictions, forest, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, naturalism, Paul Nelson, podcast, scientific theories, Teilhard de Chardin, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, universal common descent}

A Forest, Not a Tree? Nelson Asks Why Universal Common Descent Needn’t “Pay” for Failures

_{David Klinghoffer
January 31, 2020

Evolution

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Maybe life is not a tree but, as biologists are finding to be increasingly likely, a forest or an orchard. But then what are the consequences for strict naturalism? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 13, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Casey Luskin, Douglas Axe, evolutionary theory, March for Science, myths, ScienceAlert, scientific theories, Undeniable (book)}

What Is a Scientific “Theory”?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 13, 2017

Evolution, Science

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ScienceAlert offers a cute infographic, “Common MythConceptions: World’s most contagious falsehoods.” Read More ›

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Author
Lee M. Spetner

Date
June 21, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __tedited, absence of evidence, common descent, epigenetics, evolutionary mechanisms, gain of function, genetic mutations, mutation rate, natural selection, scientific theories, speciation, transposable elements}

Common Descent: An Obituary

_{Lee M. Spetner
June 21, 2016

Evolution, Genetics

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Common Descent (CD) has been offered as a scientific theory and must therefore be judged as such. Read More ›