Charles Marshall: Origin of Life Could Have Happened “Millions of Times”

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Charles Marshall at U.C. Berkeley represents establishment opinion in current evolutionary theory, and for good reason. Source
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Brian Keating: Getting Nervous About “Follow the Science”

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These are EXCELLENT. I would say the themes of all three have to do with the importance of not worshipping scientists or imagining that science is infallible. Source
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Meyer: “Is the Designer an Alien or God?”

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"The fine-tuning of the universe is better explained by an intelligent agent that transcends the universe, with attributes that we associate with God." Source
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As Church Membership Slumps Ominously, Time for a Return of the God Hypothesis

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"Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend." Source
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Prager, Meyer: Evidence for a Personal God Behind the Cosmos

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Why does the universe have to be on so a grand of scale of space and time? Why does God require such an imposing canvas? Source
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Meyer, Keating: Why Was the Object of Creation So Long in Coming? And Other Good Questions

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I listened in the car on my way to and from a funeral. Obviously, the end of life, like its beginning, is an occasion for pondering ultimate questions. Source
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Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

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Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Source
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