27Nov 2021 by Post

Two Recent Papers Buttress Michael Behe’s Thesis in Darwin Devolves

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Evolution’s grand tree-of-life story requires constructive evolution, not more and more cases of organisms tossing parts overboard. Source
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25Nov 2021 by Post

On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

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“The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Source
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25Nov 2021 by Post

Thanksgiving and the Frailty of Scientific Atheism 

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Our bioethicist colleague Wesley Smith had a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Meyer. Source
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23Nov 2021 by Post

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Source
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22Nov 2021 by Post

For Evolution, Monarch Butterfly Migration Is a Mystery

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It typically takes up to three generations of butterflies to make the complete journey. This means that the navigation information is genetically programmed. Source
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19Nov 2021 by Post

Smithsonian Glosses Over the Cambrian Explosion

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The nation’s museum cannot ignore the collection of fossils Walcott sent them from the Burgess Shale. But can they explain them away? Source
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19Nov 2021 by Post

Meyer, Isaac: Is Information in DNA “Abstract”?

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The American Scientific Affiliation is an association of Christian scientists who are not on the whole supportive of scientific arguments for intelligent design. Source
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