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11May 2022 by Post

Watch: Science Reveals the “Miracle of Man”

accident, biology, chance, cosmos, Creation, environment, Evidence, fine-tuning, fitness, human beings, Intelligent Design, Michael Denton, nature, Physics, Earth & Space, science, The Miracle of Man, universe

Biologist Michael Denton shows how science has reversed the depressive trend of the past five centuries. Source

11May 2022 by Post

Moloch: Bruised but not Defeated

abortion, Apologetics, Bible, Culture, Culture CrossExamined, Free Thinking Ministries, Josh Klein, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Moloch, Old Testament, Theology and Christian Apologetics

By Josh Klein For decades our country has been mired by a decision that enshrined the sacrifice of human babies to the god of Moloch (also known as Molech). You might know this practice by its current moniker, abortion, but the practice is essentially the same. Sacrificing our children on the altar of prosperity is a tail as old as human civilization. Instead of molten hands the altar is often a Planned Parenthood operating table. We have chosen, as a nation, to ignore the obvious humanity of the infant in utero and have embraced the lie that sex is a right but having children as a result is anathema. That is, unless you want the baby. In 1973, possibly the worst decision in the history of the Supreme Court was…

10May 2022 by Post

Fact Check: Yes, Human Life Begins at Fertilization

abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, biology, cancer, Children, conception, Culture & Ethics, egg, embryo, ethics, human being, human life, Law, Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, newborn, parasite, public policy, scientists, settled science, sperm, womb, zygote

So what are we to make of a scientific profession in which scientific experts consistently distort the science of human life? Source

09May 2022 by Post

I’m Having Doubts. Is that Okay?

Apologetics, Apologetics for Parents, Christianity, Doubt, faith, Jesus, Levi Dade, The Rebelution, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Unbelievers

By Levi Dade Is doubting sinful? If you have ever asked this question, you’re not alone. It’s an important question because doubt is part of the human experience. Therefore, Christians should ponder the question and seek to find out if God condones his people to have doubts. If so, to what extent? What are the boundaries if doubt in itself is not sinful? What should God’s people do with their doubts? Before we get too far, let’s define some terms:[1] Doubt: 1) verb. To be undecided or uncertain. 2) noun. A feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something. Unbelief: noun. The state or quality of not believing; skepticism, especially in matters of religion. Faith (or belief): noun. 1) confidence or trust in a person or thing.…

08May 2022 by Post

Guillermo Gonzalez on What’s Changed Since The Privileged Planet

arguments, astronomy, exo-planets, Guillermo Gonzalez, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Webb Space Telescope, Jay Richards, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, predictions, space, The Privileged Planet

One big change they note: the number of exo-planets discovered has exploded, from 200 or so to several thousand. Source

07May 2022 by Post

Can Materialistic Models Accommodate the Scientific Data?

cancer, cancer cluster, chance, cosmic fine-tuning, data, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, fossil record, geological time, Intelligent Design, materialistic science, multiverse, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, punctuated equilibrium, Stephen Jay Gould, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)

Would you believe someone who claimed that fairies and leprechauns were caught on video, but they are too small or too fast to be seen? Source

06May 2022 by Post

Cell Fate: Another Hurdle for Evolution

agentless acts, astrocyte, blood cells, CAF-1, cell's, Charles Darwin, chromatin, coordinated action, daughter cells, DNA, ELF1, Engineering, Evolution, genome, heart cell, histones, industry, Intelligent Design, Jernej Murn, kidney cell, liver cell, muscle cell, Nature Communications, Neil Thomas, neutrophils, Sihem Cheloufi, stem cells, UC Riverside

When a stem cell divides, one daughter cell must maintain its stemness while the other specializes. Therein lies another truckload of requirements. Source

05May 2022 by Post

Watch: Michael Behe Corrects Darwin’s Detour with a Cumulative Case for Intelligent Design

bacteria, bears, beauty, biochemistry, biology, bugs, Charles Darwin, detour, Evolution, factory, functionality, insects, intelligent being, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, microbes, molecular machinery, mosaic, planthopper, purpose, Secrets of the Cell, tiles

For thousands of years, the design of life was acknowledged by scientists and non-scientists, philosophers and physicians, religious and non-religious. Source

04May 2022 by Post

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

"God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, biology, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, Evolution, intelligent agent, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta

As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Source

03May 2022 by Post

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

Argyroxiphium, Arthur G. Hunt, Arthur Hunt, articulated legs, Basilosaurus, bilaterian animals, biology, central nervous system, cichlid fish, compound eyes, Darwinists, dog breeds, Dubautia, Dubautia waialealae, Dunning-Kruger effect, Ediacaran organisms, Evolution, Evolution News, exoskeleton, ferrets, fossil record, gut system, Hawaiian Silverswords, honeycreepers, Joe Felsenstein, John Harshman, Lake Malawi, Life Sciences, Matthew Dickau, molecular clock, mouth parts, no true Scotsman, otters, Pakicetus, Panda's Thumb, Peaceful Science, phenotypic plasticity, Puck Mendelssohn, reading comprehension, Rumraket, Rusophycus, species pair challenge, TimeTree.org, trace fossils, University of Kentucky, Wilkesia, Young Earth Creationists

Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Source