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A BRICKMAKER Defense for God’s Existence

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Recently, several people have approached me and asked if there are good, simple ways to defend the existence of God. Some have said, “You cannot see God, so how do I know for sure that he’s there?” This seems to be one of the most pressing issues that I have seen as of late. In my book Layman’s Manual on Christian Apologetics, I offered a five-point acronym to defend God’s existence; the acronym was called BRICK (BVG theorem, right conditions, information, compassion and ethics, and the Kalam cosmological argument). [1] The book was published in 2019. Since then, I have come across numerous other reasons to believe in God’s existence. With a few adaptations, we can expand BRICK to a BRICKMAKER defense. Let’s take a look at ten good reasons for believing in God’s existence.…
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God Would Not Create Things That Way? Nature Alone Could Not

Charles Darwin, Chicago, chimps, Christianity for Doubters, common design, consciousness, DNA, echolocation, elementary particles, Evolution, Faith & Science, Field Museum of Natural History, fossil skulls, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, Intelligent Design, modern humans, nature, New York Times News Service, nuclear power plants, Origin of Species, paleontologists, paleontology, physics, primates, Smart Phones, supercomputers, Technology, Why Evolution Is Different
Why does God remain backstage, hidden from view, working behind the scenes while we act out our parts in the human drama? Source
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Found: A Robust Basis for Science-Faith Synthesis

Catholics, Creation or Evolution? A Catholic Dilemma, Darwinian evolution, Evolution, evolutionary paradigm, Faith & Science, Father Michael Chaberek, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, logic, modern science, origin of life, philosophy, Podcast, science-faith synthesis, scientific evidence, Steve Greene, Thomas Aquinas, universe
The many scientific shortcomings of the evolutionary account force us to confront some logical and philosophical challenges. Source
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Ghoulish Proposal: Killing for Organs Gets a Prestige Endorsement

assisted suicide, Australia, Belgium, bioethics, brain cancer, Canada, cause of death, coma, dead donor rule, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, homicide, medical ethics, Medicine, mentally ill, natural resources, Netherlands, New Zealand, npr, organ donation, organ harvesting, patients, recontextualization, Robert D. Truog, Spain, Suffering, The New England Journal of Medicine
Transforming sick and disabled people into a killable caste objectifies them as potential natural resources to be mined or harvested. Source
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How to Demolish Your Christian Doubts with Cliffe & Stuart Knechtle

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Are you looking for answers about faith that will satisfy both your heart and your mind? As the host and founder of Give Me an Answer, Cliffe Knechtle has four decades of experience answering questions about God’s existence, the presence of evil in the world, and the reliability of the Bible. Now in their new book, ‘Demolishing Doubt‘, Cliffe and his son, Stuart, tackle the pain behind doubts, sharing true stories from their conversations on college campuses and their interactions with millions online. Tune in as Frank, Stuart, and Cliffe answer key questions like: How did Cliffe and Stuart get started in apologetics? What major cultural shifts has Cliffe observed over the past 40 years, and why has he softened his approach? What’s the story behind the Knechtle gospel stance?…
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Design Concepts: Interoception Is a Match for Proprioception

Andrew McDiarmid, David Coppedge, eBioMedicine, Fiona MacDonald, health, human body, ID The Future, information, Intelligent Design, interoception, Medicine, mental health, Nils Kroemer, proprioception, Science and Culture Today, ScienceAlert, self-monitoring, Senses, sixth sense, The Conversation, University of Tübingen, Well-being
The take-home point is surely this: Our bodies have all sorts of ways of giving us information that do not run through our senses. Source
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Who Do You Say That I Am, James Talarico? Part II: Luke 1:31–38 Is Not About Mary’s Consent To Create

abortion, Apologetics, Christianity, consent, Democrat Party, Gospel, James Talarico, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Mother Mary, Progressive Christianity, Ryan Crews, Texas Politics, virgin birth
Series Introduction: James Talarico is not the first politician to invoke the Christian faith or the Bible to score political points. He is, however, the first I am aware of who has been enrolled in seminary while running for office. Talarico is certainly popular among prospective voters, but he has received significant scrutiny from pastors and academics because of his theological statements. He may be a faithful representative of his denomination, but he has brought the views of that denomination into the limelight due to the widespread publicity of his senatorial race. We do not elect political candidates for their religious beliefs, though we may have reason to support or oppose a candidate when their religious beliefs affect their policy positions. Talarico is a politician and not a pastor, and…
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“HELP! Conspiracy Theories Are Ruining My Marriage!” 37 Questions to Consider

Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, Christian Apologetics, Christian Marriage, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Dr. Frank Turek, marriage advice, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology
Is it possible to reason with someone who believes that corroborated evidence is part of the deception of conspiracy theories? In this episode, Frank responds to a question from a concerned husband whose marriage is under serious strain due to conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of Charlie Kirk. While discussing the Tyler Robinson preliminary hearing last week, and the biblical principles surrounding gossip, deception, and false accusations, Frank tackles questions like: What evidence emerged during Robinson’s preliminary trial and why is the judge being so cautious? Is every contradiction, misunderstanding, or misspoken word a lie? How do you have a productive conversation with someone who refuses to follow the evidence? What does the Bible teach about gossip, deception, and false accusations? What’s the difference between a possibility and evidence for…
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To Crowdsource DNA, or Not to Crowdsource DNA: A Microbe’s Decision Pathway

AbrB, antibiotics, autoregulation, Bacillus subtilis, bacteria, biology, cassettes, cell fate, chemotaxis, CodY, ComK, competence, crowdsourcing, DegU, dense overlapping regulons, DNA, Energy, environmental conditions, exponential growth, feed-forward loops, gene expression, gene regulatory network, graduate school, housekeeping, Intelligent Design, isoleucine, leucine, metabolic pathways, metabolism, microorganisms, principal investigator, Rok, Sigma-H, single input modules, sporulation, stress, superintellect, transcription, valine, virulence
These are the same type of understandable and logical computation circuits that humans design. What can we learn from observing this similarity? Source
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