Michael Denton – Apologetics Ministry

23Feb 2021 by Post

What Subduction Teaches About Intelligent Design

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My PhD research was on the early plate tectonic history on earth. Plate tectonics involves the movement of plates on the surface of the earth. Source

29Oct 2020 by Post

Inside the Evolution Silo — Darwinism as a Cult

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A major news story can break outside of the silo but, because it goes against the narrative, those in the silo will never hear about it. Source

26Oct 2020 by Post

Is Fine-Tuning “More Extreme” in Biology or Cosmology?

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As authors Thorvaldsen and Hössjer say, “Biology is inherently more complicated than the large-scale universe and so fine-tuning is even more a feature.” Source

24Oct 2020 by Post

In Biological Origins, Bottom-Up or Top-Down Causation?

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Michael Denton says that the evidence has been growing for top-down causation, which poses a challenge to reductionist and materialistic origins science. Source

20Oct 2020 by Post

Epiphany — Denton on Nature’s Fitness for Life

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Biologists once wondered about a “life force,” but Michael Denton sees intelligence in the design of carbon, its unique properties, and its relation to water. Source

07Oct 2020 by Post

Michael Denton Identifies TWO Intelligent Designs in the Universe

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“The whole world works together in the service of man,” as Francis Bacon wrote. Denton revives this ancient insight with modern rigor. Source

02Oct 2020 by Post

Despite Darwinists’ Cancel Culture, Intelligent Design Has a Breakthrough in Biology Journal

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The article survived peer-review and was accepted for publication despite the open hostility of the journal’s top editors! Source

27Sep 2020 by Post

Eberlin: “Michael Denton Has Again Sent the Opponents of Cosmic Purpose Scurrying”

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"Here we are confronted with definitive findings in favor of a powerful genius who foresaw and precisely orchestrated chemistry as a whole for life." Source

26Sep 2020 by Post

Intention, Agency, Even in “Simple” Life Is No Illusion

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As biologist Scott Turner explains, the appearance is not false but very real, a fact from whose profound implications most scientists veil their eyes. Source

25Sep 2020 by Post

“Lifelikeness” Without Intelligent Design? Brian Miller Responds to Jeremy England

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Dr. England has a poetic and ingenious article reflecting on God’s commissioning of Moses to lead the Jews out from Egypt. Source