Charles Murray, Among Others, Shows the Impact of Our Work

Anthropic Principle, articles, beginning, Big Bang, Books, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Murray, cosmology, earthquake, Elon Musk, Faith & Science, floods, Intelligent Design, John West, Larry Sanger, machinery, megaphone, physics, pumps, Research, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, Seattle, Social media, Stephen Meyer, Steve Buri, universe, Wikipedia, writing
As Stephen Meyer, John West, Steve Buri, and others got up and spoke, there was an odd shaking in the floor and windows. Source
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Why Are Christian Institutions Trading Truth for a Leftist Agenda? with Megan Basham

Biola University, Christian Apologetics, Christian Institutions, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Leftist Agenda, Megan Basham, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, Shepherds for Sale, theology, World Relief
How are once-trusted, conservative Christian institutions like World Relief, Biola University, and Baylor drifting into wokism? This week, Daily Wire journalist, Megan Basham joins Frank to discuss new stories that have come to light since the publication of her bestselling book, ‘Shepherds for Sale‘, and uncovers the subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways Christian institutions are being infiltrated by secular ideology. Together, Frank and Megan tackle questions like: What “dirty little secret” do most people don’t know about many religious NGOs (non-government organizations) that work with immigration, like World Relief? Why did World Relief condemn the Trump Administration for ordering further vetting of Afghan refugees and what happened the very next day? What does the Bible say about legal and illegal immigrants? Was Jesus a refugee? Is Biola University going woke? And…
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David DeWolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, F. C. S. Schiller, Faith & Science, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley, __featured2
Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Source
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Moral Argument 3.0: How Neuroscience Bolsters Objective Morality

2. Does God Exist?, Apologetics, Christianity, Gospel, Immaterial Soul, materialism, Mind-Body, Moral Argument, naturalism, neuroscience, objective morality, Richard Stevens, Salvo Magazine, scientific apologetics
Thinkers for centuries have strived to develop arguments to prove the existence of God.[i] Who’d have thought that neurosurgeons would find keys to rocket the traditional Moral Argument into the 21st century? The earlier moral arguments used reason, logic, and common internal thoughts and human experience to make a case for God’s existence.[ii] The Immortal Mind (2025),[iii] by brain surgeon Dr. Michael Egnor and mind researcher Denyse O’Leary, takes the venerable case to new cerebral and spiritual levels. Argument 1.0 The Standard Moral Law Argument   The Moral Law Argument (Argument 1.0) includes three main Elements:[iv] Every law requires a lawgiver. Moral laws exist. Therefore, there is a moral lawgiver. These “laws” refer to rules governing human behavior, not physical or mathematical laws. Argument 1.0 is inductive, meaning it draws from…
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Source
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Do Miracles Still Happen Today? with Lee Strobel

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Christmas, Dr. Frank Turek, Lee Strobel, miracles, morality, Movie, philosophy, Podcast, religion, The Case for Miracles, theology
We read about miracles happening in the Bible but is it reasonable to believe that God still intervenes in people’s lives today? Where’s the evidence? The one and only Lee Strobel joins Frank to discuss the new documentary film based on his book, ‘The Case for Miracles‘, playing in theatres MON. 12/15 – THURS. 12/18. Just in time for Christmas, this filmwill take you on a cinematic journey investigating real and documented stories of the impossible! Together, Frank and Lee answer questions like: What are the four ingredients for a modern miracle? What’s the definition of a miracle? What’s the greatest miracle in the Bible? How do we make a distinction between the fact of miracles and the gift of the miracles? Are there still people who have a spiritual…
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Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Source
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Third Way Evolution and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

complex biological features, Denis Noble, epigenetic change, evo-devo, Evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design, Lamarckian theory, Macroevolution, Microevolution, Modern Synthesis, natural genetic engineering, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, niche construction, On the Origin of Species, teleonomy, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago
Things were peachy until the late 20th/early 21st century, when some biologists began to acknowledge that neo-Darwinism had a glaring explanatory deficit. Source
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The Eclipse of the Organism: No Longer Biology’s Central Interest

animals, Ascaris megalocephala, bar code, Cenorhabditis elegans, Chemistry, chimpanzees, chromosome number, chromosomes, Cruciferae, DNA, donkeys, Drosophila, Evolution, ferns, fruit flies, genes, genetics, homunculus, humans, idiogram, Junk DNA, Lego blocks, Ninth Symphony, nucleotides, Ophioglossum petiolatum, Parthenon, physics, plants, proteins, roundworm, Salvador Dalì, wheat, zebras
Organisms have disappeared below the horizon. In many papers on DNA the organism is barely mentioned. Source
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