22Jul 2024 by Post

More on the Panda’s Thumb: Imperfection or Masterpiece?

Ailurarctos, Ailuropoda, Ailuropodinae, bears, biologists, biology, Chinese scientists, deletions, diploidal genome, DUOX2, Engineering, Evolution, genera, geneticists, giant panda, insertions, Intelligent Design, Mendelian recombination, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, Panda's Thumb, phenotype, physiological traits, positively selected genes, Qinling panda, researchers, Roland Slowik, species, stasis, Ursidae
I would like to express my appreciation as a geneticist and biologist for the work on the molecular investigations and many other topics in the panda’s biology. Source
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19Jul 2024 by Post

What Does Romans 9 REALLY Mean?

AFR, Apologetics, app, Bible, Christianity, cross examined, faith, google play, Jesus Christ, Podcast, Radio, Romans, Spotify, stitcher
If God is sovereign like the Bible says, then how can human beings have free will? Those who subscribe to certain sects of Calvinism might say that humans can’t possibly have free will because God does all the choosing. But is that what Paul was really getting at when he penned the book of Romans? This week’s podcast episode dives into a listener’s burning question about the context of Romans 9 and the doctrine of election. Does the Bible REALLY teach that God chooses some people for salvation and others for Hell? Does God harden hearts against our free will? Tune in as Frank tackles these questions and many more, including: What questions should you ask when reading the Bible? Did God really hate Esau? And does He hate people today? What kind of Election is Romans…
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19Jul 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Saber-Toothed Tigers Originated Multiple Times

carnivores, cats, clades, convergence, Evolution, Fossil Friday, Intelligent Design, jaws, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, paleontologists, paleontology, Pleistocene, predators, saber teeth, saber-toothed tiger, Simon Conway Morris, skulls, Smilodon populator, teleology, University of Liege
No explanations offered, but no intelligence allowed either. Maybe scientists should stop shutting their eyes and ears to what nature wants to tell them. Source
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17Jul 2024 by Post

The Magician’s Twin: A Conversation with Stephen Meyer, James Orr, and David Berlinski

C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, causation, coding, David Berlinski, Faith & Science, Godlessness of the Gaps, Hoover Institution, information, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, James Orr, John West, laws of nature, materialism, mathematics, nature, Newton’s Gift, Peter Robinson, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Repentance, Richard Dawkins, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, The Magician’s Twin, universe
Citing C. S. Lewis, Dr. Meyer calls the drama of materialism’s unravelling a kind “repentance.” Source
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16Jul 2024 by Post

The Assassination Attempt: 5 Questions We All Need to Answer

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Where were you on Saturday, July 13, when the shocking news broke that former President Trump had been shot? This weekend, we came terrifyingly close to losing a former U.S. president, facing civil unrest, and even approaching the real possibility of a civil war. With so many unanswered questions about the assailant’s motive and the massive security failure, we’re left wondering: where do we go from here, and how did we reach this tragic point in American history? In this jarring midweek podcast episode, Frank dives into the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, PA, exploring the questionable response by the secret service, and highlighting the reaction of former military sniper and Congressman, Cory Mills. In a society where many seek to erase theism and…
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15Jul 2024 by Post

When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult

adaptation, catastrophe, Charles Darwin, Culture & Ethics, Dan Brooks, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, doomsday, Evolution, evolutionary biologist, Herbert Spencer, Human Extinction Movement, IIsac Asimov, MIT, persecution, Peter Watts, Salvatore J. Agosta, The Darwinian Survival Guide, The Freeze-Frame Revolution, University of Melbourne, University of Toronto
Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious. Source
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