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02Oct 2026 by Post

An Elevator Pitch About What Information Is

communication, elevator pitch, epistemologists, Fred Dretske, information, Inquiry (book), Intelligent Design, John Archibald Wheeler, John Horgan, Logic and the Flow of Information, MIT, My Personal History with Information (series), naturalists, physical causality, possibilities, Robert Stalnaker, Scientific American, scientific reasoning, semantic content, Shannon information, Stanford University, teleology

The conception of information as ruling out possibilities allows for teleological as well as non-teleological processes to generate information. Source

01Oct 2026 by Post

Nature Rights — Now Coming to the United Nations

AKET Fund, Alfred Kobacker, bees, bioethics, commodities, earth religion, economic thriving, Elizabeth Trimbach Fund, fossil fuel, General Assembly, glaciers, Green Party, House of Lords, human exceptionalism, human freedom, indigenous knowledge, minerals, mountains, National Geographic Society, nature, oil, Panama, progress, rivers, timber, trees, United Nations, waves

The potential harm to human thriving and to our self-perception as an exceptional species cannot be overstated. Source

30Sep 2026 by Post

Biblical Archaeology: Three New Books on Archaeology and the Bible Worth Watching in 2026

4. Is the NT True?, Apologetics, Biblical Archaeology, Christianity, CrossExamined, Gospel, historical apologetics, history, IsChristianityTrue.Wordpress.com, reliability of the Bible, resources, Steve Lee

Biblical archaeology continues to be one of the most fascinating intersections between faith, history, and material evidence. While archaeology does not “prove” theology, it frequently illuminates the historical world of Scripture, clarifies cultural details, and sometimes confirms the existence of biblical people, places, and practices once dismissed as legendary. Three major new books released in 2026 demonstrate the growing scholarly and popular interest in archaeology and the Bible. Together, these works highlight how discoveries from inscriptions, excavations, ancient manuscripts, architecture, coins, ossuaries, and historical geography continue to deepen our understanding of the biblical world. Faith-Affirming Findings: 50 Archaeological Discoveries That Validate the Historicity and Reliability of Scripture By: Paul D. Weaver Paul D. Weaver’s Faith-Affirming Findings takes a more devotional and apologetic approach while remaining rooted in archaeological discussion. Weaver…

29Sep 2026 by Post

Three Replies to the “Who Designed the Designer?” Objection

beginning, complex entities, cosmology, designer, DNA, Dunkirk, Energy, engines, evolutionary theory, fine-tuning, French recipes, infinite regress, information, initial entropy, Intelligent Design, matter, mind, neo-Darwinian mechanism, Ockham’s razor, origin of life, Richard Dawkins, software, Stephen Meyer, Stonehenge, The God Delusion, The Telegraph, uncaused cause, universe, Worldview

Suppose scientists did formulate a viable materialistic explanation for the origin of life. Couldn’t someone ask for an account of the origin of matter itself? Source

29Sep 2026 by Post

Jewish Man Asks: Why Do My “Christian” Friends Hate Israel? PLUS More Q&A

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Christianity and Israel, Dr. Frank Turek, Jesus and the Law, Jewish, morality, Old Testament, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology

Does the coming of Jesus mean the Old Testament is null and void? Did He destroy Judaism along with all Jewish holidays? Should Israel be totally wiped off the map, as some “Christians” claim? In this midweek episode, Frank responds to a question from a Jewish man seeking clarity on comments made by his so-called Christian friends. Tune in as he uncovers some fascinating connections between the Old and New Testaments while confronting a few controversial issues and more listener questions along the way. You’ll learn: Is the Old Testament still relevant for Christians today? How do Passover and the Jewish feasts point directly to Jesus? What do Isaiah, Daniel, and Ezekiel all have in common? Should Christians still keep the Sabbath? What does ‘Synagogue of Satan’ mean in Revelation…

28Sep 2026 by Post

Remarkable Engineering and the “Two Brains” Myth

Ars Technica, biology, brain, designer, Engineering, Evolution, forebrain, hindbrain, John Timmer, midbrain, Nature (journal), nervous system, neurons, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, reptilian brain, signaling molecules, skin, Stanford University, tail, Tudor Tarita, two brains, vertebrates, ZME Science

Did two brains evolve into one? This is not a left brain/right brain thing. It is more like claims for a reptilian brain underlying our mammalian one. Source

28Sep 2026 by Post

If God Exists, Why Is He So Mysterious?

Apologetics, Christianity, Divine Mystery, Emmaus Road, Gospel, ineffability, John Ferrer, knowledge, OnlinceChristianCourses.org, special revelation, Theology and Christian Apologetics

In philosophy of religion the topic of “divine mystery” tends to lead down long windy contentious debates about divine hiddenness, and atheistic claims that if God existed he’d be more obvious. But if we set aside that philosophical problem for a moment, there’s a theology question that shouldn’t be overlooked. Granting that God exists, why is he so mysterious? Peering down Emmaus Road An adult student brought this “divine mystery” issue to mind in a class with Online Christian Courses, a partner ministry with Crossexamined.org. Nancy asked the following question: My question pertains to Luke 24:16 (“But they didn’t recognize him, for God kept them from it”). Why did God intervene to prevent the two followers from recognizing Jesus? Wouldn’t Jesus’ message have been just as effective if the two…

27Sep 2026 by Post

Discovering a Design Argument Based on Biological Information

A. E. Wilder-Smith, Biochemical Predestination, biochemistry, cassette tapes, Charles Thaxton, Chemistry, Dean Kenyon, Energy, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, Gary Steinman, information, Intelligent Design, Jon Buell, Lake Thun, Man’s Origin — Man’s Destiny, mathematics, My Personal History with Information (series), Of Pandas and People, origin of life, Philosophical Library, Roger Olsen, San Francisco State University, Switzerland, Technology, The Creation of Life, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, University of Chicago, University of Helsinki, Walter Bradley

Charles Thaxton, along with Walter Bradley and Roger Olsen, wrote what arguably was the first official book of the intelligent design movement. Source

26Sep 2026 by Post

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

25Sep 2026 by Post

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