Neo-Darwinism – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

18Dec 2024 by Post

“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

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You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Source

29Nov 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Evolutionary Stasis in Beetles

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Natural selection is the great magician in evolutionary fantasy land, where it explains rapid change in explosive radiations as well as no change at all. Source

18Mar 2024 by Post

Ingenious Artistry in the Origin of Hummingbirds

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In contrast with neo-Darwinism, I conclude that an absolutely ingenious artist was at work here, transcending all human abilities, ideas, and powers. Source

20Jun 2023 by Post

Replacing Chemistry with Purpose

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The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions. Source

03Jun 2023 by Post

Engineering and Evolution in the Microbial World

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This year’s Conference on Engineering in Living Systems (CELS) is going on right now, exploring design principles at work in living things. Source

03May 2023 by Post

Farewell to My Teacher, Gerhard Mickoleit

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He had rather secretly always been a devout Protestant Christian and he too had some doubts about the causal adequacy and sufficiency of neo-Darwinism. Source

09Apr 2023 by Post

Engineering Principles Explain Biological Systems Better than Evolutionary Theory

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Hippocrates proposed in the late 5th or early 4th century BC a model for heredity and adaptation that Charles Darwin described as nearly identical to his own. Source

14Feb 2023 by Post