From Materialist Biologists, a Profound Capitulation

"survival of the fittest", biology, cell's, Chance & Necessity, CRISPRs, Daniel Witt, Evolution “On Purpose”, Faith & Science, final causality, foxes, hares, integrons, Intelligent Design, internal regulatory control networks, James Shapiro, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, materialist paradigm, miracles, Modern Synthesis, molecules, mutations, neo-Darwinian evolution, organisms, organs, Peter Corning, Philosophy of Science, purpose, retroposons, science of purpose, teleology, teleonomy, telos, Thomism, transposons
I have warned that one of the few remaining avenues that naturalism can take to rescue its paradigm is to appropriate “purpose” within a materialist framework. Source
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Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity

application, birds, bobcats, butterflies, capsids, Colorado Springs deadline, deer, Education, Evolution, fermions, fossils, garter snakes, Glen Eyrie Castle, Intelligent Design, mice, molecules, nature, philosophers, qualia, Quanta, science, scientists, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, teachers
The setting, once again Glen Eyrie Castle in Colorado Springs, is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines against the bluest of skies. Source
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The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Bible, Boltzmann brain, Donald Trump, Dragons, Elie Feder, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, life, measure problem, molecules, naïve multiverse, observers, physical constants, physical laws, physics, Physics to God, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, quantum fluctuations, rivers, Roger Penrose, stars, Taylor Swift, universe
In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Source
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Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

Aaron Zimmer, atheistic scientists, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, elimination, fine-tuning, fundamental particles, galaxies, gravitational force, gravity, intelligent cause, Intelligent Design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, william lane craig
At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Source
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To Address the Problem of Evil, Intelligent Design Is Better Situated than Darwinism

atoms, C.S. Lewis, cancer, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, Edward O. Wilson, evil, Evolution, Faith & Science, Ferrari, Frans de Waal, Guillermo Gonzalez, https://returnofthegodhypothesis.com, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan Witt, laws of nature, Lord of the Flies, molecules, morality, natural evil, Nicholas Wade, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Hill, Stephen Meyer, Tacoma Narrows bridge, The C. S. Lewis Readers’ Encyclopedia, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Problem of Pain, trade-offs, William Golding
The questions I see coming into the Center for Science and Culture from our readers, friends, and supporters are thought-provoking. Source
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Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

action potentials, Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger, atheists, brain states, cellular metabolism, chance, Chemistry, Culture & Ethics, determinism, Evidence, fluid dynamics, free will, government, Jerry Coyne, John Clauser, John Stewart Bell, Justice, logic, Love, marriage, meat robot, molecules, morality, neurochemistry, neuroscience, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, relationships, spilled ink, truth
The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Source
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Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

death toll, determinism, droughts, earthquakes, Evolution, human bodies, Hurricanes, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, molecules, moral responsibility, mountainsides, natural disasters, natural forces, naturalism, Robert Sapolsky, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sickness, Suffering, theism, tragedies
First, Dr. Hedin discusses the problem of natural evils like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters. Source
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