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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 5, 2024

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, agency, atheism, Charles Bradlaugh, Cicero, deduction, Enlightenment, evolution, fact, Garden of Eden, induction, intellectual history, intelligent design, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gribbin, Julian Huxley, metaphysics, Nancy Pearcey, natural selection, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Paul Davies, progress, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, teleology, theology, Thomas Huxley, Tom Wolfe, Uncertainty Principle, vera causa, Victorian England, watchmaker, Werner Heisenberg, William Blake}

Darwinism as Fact? The Waning of an Historical Myth

_{Neil Thomas
January 5, 2024

Ethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Historically the unfathomable subtleties of our terrestrial environment have been viewed as in and of themselves empirical markers for design. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, creation, design, Epicureans, human eye, intelligent design, modern life, natural world, Plato, Platonism, randomness, scientific truth, theology, Wheaton College}

For Advent, Reading St. Athanasius on the Beauty of the Universe

_{Peter Biles
December 14, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Besides the prose itself being so pleasing to read, these thoughts reaffirm some of my main reasons for believing this universe is the product of a Mind. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 22, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, egg, English literature, human life, intelligent design, materialism, Mere Christianity, poetry, The Magician's Twin, theism, theology}

Remembering C. S. Lewis on Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
November 22, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Lewis died on this day, November 22, sixty year ago in 1963. He frequently examined the impact of modern science on human life. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, causation, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Neoplatonism, principle of utility, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Edge of Evolution, The World of Life, theology}

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

_{Michael Flannery
November 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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If any modern ID proponent fits the Wallacean model it is biologist Michael Behe. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, eagle, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary processes, flora, intelligent design, Ockham’s razor, Rope Kojonen, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theodicy, theology, University of Helsinki}

Is Intelligent Design Compatible with Evolutionary Theory? A Theologian Weighs In

_{Stephen Dilley
November 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Of course, a critic might worry that Kojonen’s model violates Ockham’s razor. Why posit two explanations when only one will do? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, After Death, Christianity, death, documentaries, faith and science, Hamlet, health, Heaven, life, love, materialists, medicine, movies, naturalism, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, religion, suicide, theology, William Shakespeare}

After Death — A Riveting Glimpse of the Hereafter

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2023

Faith & Science, Medicine

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There sure are a lot more things about reality than are captured by a narrow naturalistic view. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Emily Reeves, Howard Glicksman, human beings, human vision, ID the Future, intelligent design, mankind, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, paleontology, physiology, podcast, The Miracle of Man, theology, vision, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith}

The Miracle of Man: Reflections on the Westminster Conference

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 11, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Dr. Miller gives a brief summary of his talk on the fine-tuning of human vision. We’ll be doing a full episode with him on that subject soon. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 11, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Center for Science and Culture, Colorado Christian University, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, podcast, science history, theology, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Tycho Brahe}

Kepler’s Pursuit of a Mathematical Cosmology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 11, 2023

Astronomy, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dr. Travis tracks the progression of Kepler’s ideas to show how he became a key figure in the transition from ancient astronomy to a true celestial physics. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, analogy, ATP synthase, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), historical sciences, Hubert Yockey, humans, intelligence, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machines, mutations, natural selection, specified information, theology, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

No, Intelligent Design Doesn’t Reason by Analogy; Here’s Why

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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We also see machines in living systems. That’s not to say that cells or living systems on the whole are “machines,” but they do contain machines. Read More ›