Michael Behe: Kafka in Dover, Pennsylvania

A Mousetrap for Darwin, computational biology, courts, election, Franz Kafka, hardback, Harrisburg, Intelligent Design, Joshua Swamidass, Judge John E. Jones, Kafkaesque, Kindle, Kitzmiller v. Dover, legal claims, paperback, Pat Flynn, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, The Trial, Washington University
Behe concludes here, “Courts are not good places to discuss ideas.” Yet ID critics continue to cite the Dover case as scientific gospel. Source
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Lennox: Atheists’ Best Objection to Theism?

Against the Tide, atheists, Christchurch earthquake, Christianity, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gunning for God, hope, John Lennox, morality, New Zealand, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins, theism, trailer, Where is God in a Coronavirus World?
I think the hardest problem that any of us face is the problem of pain and suffering. I’ve written in great detail about that but I will say one or two things. Source
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Sorry, Origin-of-Life Researchers, But Bubbles Are Not Cells

Aleksandr Oparin, Alexander Marras, Ann Gauger, Argonne National Laboratory, bubbles, Charles Thaxton, Chemistry, coacervates, Darwinian theory, Dean Matthew Tirrell, Elena dos Santos, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution, Frankenstein, Geppetto, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design, Marxists, Nature (journal), Nature Communications, origin of life, Penn State, Pinocchio, replication, RNA, RNA world, Sam Sholtis, Sidney Fox, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Basel, University of Chicago
Oparin is back. Some origin-of-life researchers are using his coacervate theory without giving him credit or realizing they are retreading dead-end ideas. Source
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A Contest More Consequential than a U.S. Election? Yes! John Lennox Explains

Against the Tide, Atheism, Communism, documentary, Eastern Europe, election, Evolution, Faith & Science, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, John Lennox, Kevin Sorbo, Oxford University, Podcast, rationality, Stephen Meyer, United States, Worldview
Lennox tells about discovering the damage an atheist worldview does. He saw it firsthand in Communist Eastern Europe, and he saw what it does to rationality. Source
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Does the Garden of Eden Still Exist?

Does the Garden of Eden Still Exist?

Apologetics
The Bible is inspired,1 has not been corrupted,2 and Genesis reports historical events that actually occurred in the past.3 We know, therefore, that the Garden of Eden existed on planet Earth at some point. Many Bible believers, therefore, are naturally excited at the prospect of tracking down its location. Its discovery would further verify the Bible’s testimony, captivate the minds of virtually every person on Earth, and maybe even provide secrets to eternal physical life (assuming the cherubim and the flaming sword are not still guarding the Tree of Life—Genesis 3:24). That said, Bible believers should take care not to go beyond the evidence and draw “outlandish” conclusions without sufficient evidence to back their claims, or they will most certainly do damage to the cause instead of helping it. Believing that Eden has…
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Against the Tide: John Lennox on the New Atheism

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The movie will be in theaters for three nights only in November, and will feature a conversation between Dr. Lennox and Stephen Meyer following the screening. Source
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Inside the Evolution Silo — Darwinism as a Cult

ACLU, atheists, biological origins, cult, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, David Gelernter, Evolution, free speech, Granville Sewell, Intelligent Design, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Michael Denton, narrative, News Media, news silo, peer-reviewed literature, podcaster, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Scott Adams, Stephen Meyer, The Miracle of the Cell, University of Chicago, Why Evolution Is True
A major news story can break outside of the silo but, because it goes against the narrative, those in the silo will never hear about it. Source
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