28Jun 2025 by Post

Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

abstractions, amphibians, animal art, Antone Martinho-Truswel, art, bear marks, beaver logs, birds, bison paths, cars, cave bears, cave painting, cephalopods, driving, Evolution, fish, Flight, human art, human consciousness, human exceptionalism, Lascaux cave, Michel Lorblanchet, natural selection, Neuroscience & Mind, Pech-Merle cave, reptiles, Sarah Newman, University of Sydney
This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Source
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28Jun 2025 by Post

Learning About Biological Design from Human Art

anatomy, art, Complexity, designing process, electrical systems, fuel delivery, Icons of Evolution, ID The Future, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, invention, Jody Sjogren, Jonathan Wells, Life Sciences, Machine-Living System Analogy, mind, natural world, Podcast, power plants, sensory systems, structural systems engineer, visual form
How does an intelligent agent go from idea to artifact? What can the process of art teach us about the evidence of design in the natural world? Source
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27Jun 2025 by Post

Scientific Evidence for the Soul with Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor

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 Is there scientific proof of the soul? And if science is all about what can be measured, how do we explain things like consciousness, free will, and near-death experiences? This week, we’ll explore one of the most profound questions of human existence: are we just matter, or something more? Joining Frank in this eye-opening podcast episode is Dr. Michael Egnor, a practicing neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, and Professor of Neurosurgery at Stony Brook University. In his new book, ‘The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon’s Case for the Existence of the Soul‘, co-authored with Denise O’Leary, Dr. Egnor draws from over 7,000 brain surgeries and decades of experience to challenge the popular materialist view of the human person. Together, Frank and Michael will tackle questions like: How did a spiritual experience involving his…
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27Jun 2025 by Post

The Very “Nature of the Universe” Puzzles Physicists

Aaron Zimmer, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, black hole, conundrums, designed universe, Elie Feder, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, mind, multiverse, Niayesh Afshordi, Paul Sutter, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, quantum particles, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Singularity, Stony Brook University, string theory, uncertainty, universe
The more physicists know about the universe, the larger loom some questions about ultimate realities. Source
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26Jun 2025 by Post

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter? 

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Source
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25Jun 2025 by Post

The Heroes of Pride Month

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I have been writing a series about Pride Month to highlight the truth behind the lives of the LGBTQ+ figures we are commanded to celebrate.  Young Christians considering attending state universities should be aware of the kind of propaganda they will encounter and how to respond in a bold yet loving manner that affirms the free offer of salvation through Christ to all.  These so-called “heroes” lived lives of “activism” and “helping the marginalized.” They are held up as people whom the young should imitate. ASU’s library commands us to “Celebrate” them. ASU is currently the largest state university in the country, weighing in at 180,000 students, so it has a sizable impact for this sex philosophy. Yet when we take an honest look at their lives, we see that…
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24Jun 2025 by Post

What Do Critical Scholars Admit About Jesus? with Dr. Gary Habermas

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Resurrection expert Dr. Gary Habermas returns to discuss Volume 3 of his magnum opus, ‘On the Resurrection: Scholarly Perspectives‘, which includes 500+ scholarly treatments related to the resurrection. From far-left critics to conservative theologians, this collective volume provides a strong overview of everything that has ever been written about the resurrection and includes over 8,000 footnotes! During their conversation, Frank and Gary answer questions like: Why do critical scholars deny miracles but still affirm that Jesus was a miracle worker? Why does Gary think many atheists don’t want to say “I do” to Jesus? Is biblical inerrancy a requirement for the Gospel and what about apparent Bible contradictions? What are the 3 things you need in order for Christianity to be true? How do you respond to those who say…
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24Jun 2025 by Post

On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

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Artistic license has been used to promote Darwinian evolution since the late 19th century. Source
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23Jun 2025 by Post

The Miracles in Acts, and Their Evidential Value Part 2

3. Are Miracles Possible?, 4. Is the NT True?, and Philip., Apologetics, Gospel, In this second part of a two-part series, Jonathan McLatchie surveys the historical evidential case for the miracles of Acts, Peter, with the miracles of Paul
[Editor’s Note: In part 1 of this series, Jonathan McLatchie introduced the book of Acts for it’s miracle accounts and the evidential value they carry. He argues that at least some of these miracles cannot be rationally dismissed out of hand but rather carry demonstrable evidential value for understanding the events of biblical history. McLatchie began by focusing on the miracles of the Apostle Paul. In Part 2, we pick up with more Pauline miracles.] Striking Elymas Blind: Acts 13:4-12 recounts Paul’s and Barnabas’ encounter with a magician by the name of Bar-Jesus, also called Elymas, on the island of Cyprus. Luke indicates that “he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God,” (v. 7).…
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