Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

theism

question-and-answer-audience-or-crowd-active-participation-a-1536902462-stockpack-adobestock
Question and answer audience or crowd : Active participation Asian man raise hands to ask questions attending seminar in conference meeting and training
Image Credit: NVB Stocker - Adobe Stock

In Debate with Meyer, Matt Dillahunty Brandishes His “Surveys”

Maybe Dillahunty had consulted some other survey that morning, but a “show of hands” is certainly no ground for adjudicating matters of this nature. Read More ›
BatsattheSunTempleModhera
Photo credit: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Late Night Fun with Evolution and Oppenheimer

Bats by the millions would be falling from the roofs of caves if that ankle-locking design, an all-or-nothing proposition, had not come about all at once Read More ›
concept-art-of-nature-freedom-dream-success-brain-and-hope-a-437939828-stockpack-adobestock
Concept art of nature freedom dream success brain and hope , ambition idea artwork, surreal painting man with happiness of landscape nature in a door , conceptual illustration
Image Credit: Jorm Sangsorn - Adobe Stock

Toward Theism, but Cautiously: Reviewing Flew, Egnor, and O’Leary

"As with the Big Bang before its widespread acceptance, we may find ourselves increasingly compelled to take such possibilities seriously — even if cautiously." Read More ›
AnthonyJohnPatrickKenny
Photo credit: Nancy Caroline Gayley, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Haunted by God: Remembering Sir Anthony Kenny

Kenny still appreciated a good church service and even did readings from the breviary. Unusually, he argued there was no reason why an agnostic shouldn't pray. Read More ›
OdysseusSirensBME440n2
Image: Odysseus and the Sirens, by Siren Painter (eponymous vase), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Christopher Nolan’s Disenchanted Odyssey

In Nolan's supposal, the mad scientist takes on the mystique of a wizard. Perhaps this is fitting, given that he sees science and wizardry as the same thing. Read More ›
conceptual-hand-writing-showing-and-the-survey-says-business-270686142-stockpack-adobestock
Conceptual hand writing showing And The Survey Says.... Business photo text doing poll and bring the results discuss with others Speakers alarming script signals announcement message convey
Image Credit: Zofia - Adobe Stock

Polling the Physicists: What the Big Mysteries Survey Shows, and What It Does Not

The nature of the surveys to which Phil Halper appeals is that they measure what physicists believe. They cannot measure what the evidence actually supports. Read More ›
Sagrada-Família
Photo credit: Jopparn, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Peering into the Known and the Unknown

Every masterpiece can be traced to its master designer — the architect. Sagrada Família is no exception. Read More ›
55270825152-a1118117db-o-2
Photo credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Sejong Univ./Hur et al; JWST: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, V. Almendros-Abad, M. Guarcello, K. Monsch, and the EWOCS team. Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand.

When the Experts Disagree on the Origin of the Universe…

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 ›
hubble-m88-potm2605a
Photo: Messier 88, by Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker.

New Physics Is Always Tentative; Here’s Why

The prime example of all difficulties for new theories in physics relates to the ultimate origin of everything. Read More ›
PodestiveStredohori
Photo credit: Original: Crutch1973Derivative work: Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Meaning Overcomes the Materialist View

The quasi-scientific abstraction that glibly asserts our being “nothing more” than particle interactions is as wrong as it is right. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute