Information in Biology: A Mystery for Naturalism

A. E. Wilder-Smith, Apologetics, biological complexity, biology, Chinese Room, creationists, Faith & Science, function, genotype, information, information processing, Intelligent Design, John Searle, Marcel Schützenberger, Martin M. Kaplan, Mathematical Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Interpretation of Evolution, My Personal History with Information (series), naturalism, Paul S. Moorhead, phenotype, semantics, Stanislaw Ulam, The Creation of Life, University of Illinois at Chicago, William Dembski, Wistar Symposium, Young Earth Creationism
Biology was giving us computer programming and symbolic codes which, by mapping functional structures to functional structures, exhibited a tacit semantics.  Source
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My History with Information: Opening Pandora’s Box

C.S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Close Encounters: A Better Explanation, Douglas Axe, Duane Gish, Evolution, extraterrestrials, Francis Schaeffer, G. K. Chesterton, Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Research, Intelligent Design, John Warwick Montgomery, My Personal History with Information (series), naturalism, New Age, Pandora’s box, Stephen Meyer, Steven Spielberg, UFOs, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Illinois Chicago Circle, William Dembski
Naturalism is like a Pandora’s box in that all of scientific explanation must be kept inside it. Source
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Is Christianity the Cure for Your Restless Heart? with Dr. Gavin Ortlund

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Evidence for Christianity, Frank Turek, Gavin Ortlund, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology, Why Christianity Makes Sense
Do you ever have one of those moments when ordinary life suddenly feels like it’s pointing to something more? You can’t quite explain it, but for a split second, this world doesn’t seem like all there is. Could this be a glimpse of something beyond this world, or even a glimpse of God? Pastor, author, and theologian, Dr. Gavin Ortlund, joins Frank to explore that possibility and the ideas behind his brand-new book, ‘Why Christianity Makes Sense: A Book About Jesus, the Mysteries of the World, and the Longings in Your Heart‘. From what Gavin calls the “ache”, to meaning, divine hiddenness, and the historical case for Jesus, this conversation makes the case for engaging both the mind and the heart. Tune in as Frank and Gavin tackle questions like:…
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Will You Take Ice with That? The Latest Madness from Nature Rights

agency, anthropomorphizing, arctic ice, Arctic Institute, Arctic sea ice, cattle ranches, crabs, elements, ethics, fossil fuel, geological features, glacier rights, human exceptionalism, humans, ice melt, intelligentsia, Jim Hightower, minerals, mystification, National Geographic Society, nature rights, NGOs, persons, rights of nature, sea ice, University of Helsinki
Ice has no agency. It is frozen water. Water contains minerals and other elements. Do they have rights, too? Source
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So, You Say that No Cosmologists Have Ever Claimed the Universe Came from Nothing?

Alexander Vilenkin, Boltzmann brain, Borde-Guth-Vilenkin, cosmologists, cosmology, Everettian universe, fine-tuning, Hartle-Hawking model, Ijjas-Steinhardt model, inflationary string landscape, Intelligent Design, John Leslie, knowledge, Lawrence Krauss, metalevels, observer-selection effect, past-eternality, physics, quantum cosmology, quantum mechanics, Samson, scientific reasoning, Sean Carroll, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, temporal beginning, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, Vilenkin model
Like mighty Samson of old, in a single-handed effort physicist Bruce Gordon responded to 1,870+ comments. Source
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Who Does God Say That I Am?

anthropology, Apologetics, Christianity, Gospel, Humanism, image of God, John Ferrer, Theology and Christian Apologetics, theology of man
Who Do We Say We Are? Have you ever met someone who thinks too highly of themselves? Of course you have. At some time or another, everyone thinks too highly of themselves. We live in a self-absorbed, screen-addicted, narcissistic age. And with all our time in front of screens, it’s a lot like a mirror. Staring into the internet abyss, eventually we see ourselves, like the proverbial Narcissus, staring back at us with a smirk. Obviously, we could all reduce our screen time, but that’s just one example of a larger problem. The bigger problem is: how do we communicate biblical encouragement about our identity when people tend to think they’re pretty amazing already? This is the plight we’re facing. People in general are not suffering from vanishingly low self-esteem.…
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What Were Pastors Doing While Charlie Kirk Did Their Job? with Jeremy Boreing

Charlie Kirk, Christian Apologetics, Christian Courage, Christianity, Church and Culture, Dr. Frank Turek, Jeremy Boering, morality, Pastoral Leadership, philosophy, Podcast, Public Square Faith, religion, theology
BLM burned American cities to the ground. One-third of GenZ girls identify as LGBTQ. Four-hundred women in pink rally for a mother who strangled her three children. Charlie Kirk stood in the public square doing the watchman’s work in a country with a church on every corner–and was killed doing it. What were the pastors doing? Producer and cultural commentator, Jeremy Boreing, returns to unpack the speech that sparked these questions and goes deeper into where Christians, pastors, and the culture go from here. Tune in as Frank and Jeremy wrestle with questions like: What inspired Jeremy to challenge 600+ pastors during a recent TPUSA Faith event? What is a fundamental mistake of the seeker-sensitive movement in the American Church? Why has the American Church become increasingly apolitical over the…
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Birds on the Move: Awe at the Wonders Overhead

amplitude, animals, Arctic terns, barometric pressure, bats, birds, Brown University, convergent evolution, Current Biology, Engineering, flapping, Flight, Flight (documentary), geese, geolocator, Illustra Media, Intelligent Design, Kenneth S. Breur, light, nocturnal migration, Olivia Pomerenck, PNAS, powered flight, predators, starlings, stars, turbulence, V formation, zoology
Migrating birds like geese and ibises often fly in a V formation. It’s a memorable sight for birdwatchers looking up into the sky. Source
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Genderbread Person Part 4: Sexual and Romantic Attraction

activism, Apologetics, Christianity, GenderBread, Gospel, Groomer, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, K-12, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, LGBTQ, MamaBearApologetics.org, Queer Grooming, Queer Theory
In the final installment of the Genderbread Person series, we will discuss attraction. (See parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series here: gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex) This article will probably be the most confusing out of all the Genderbread identity articles, but in order to help our kids navigate this landscape, we must know what they are being taught in school. I don’t promise that this one will be an easy ride. Find yourself a quiet spot, maybe bring along a notebook to make diagrams, and let’s look at the Genderbread Person’s definitions of attraction and break the concepts down one by one. Does desiring emotional intimacy with someone mean that they are sexually or romantically attracted to the person? #apologetics #healthysexuality Share on X In regard to whom one is attracted to, the…
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Learning about Technology, and Relationships, from Wendell Berry

artificial inteligence, arts, Books, chatbots, Claude, community, computers, Counterpoint Press, dependence, ecological health, economic justice, electricity, Energy, energy consumption, ethics, family, Harper’s Magazine, land, machines, nature, peace, political honesty, pollution, prosocial intentions, relationships, Tanya Berry, Technology, thinking, typewriter, water usage, Wendell Berry, work
Berry describes the beautiful working relationship he had with his wife, Tanya. She typed his work on a Royal standard typewriter. Source
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