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30Sep 2024 by Post

Not with a Bang: How the New Atheism Fizzled

Antony Flew, Anxiety, atheists, biology, Christopher Hitchens, Culture & Ethics, Daniel Dennett, depression, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Huffington Post, Professor Dave, religious believers, Richard Dawkins, Ross Andersen, Sam Harris, suicide, The Atlantic, There Is a God

It didn’t help that Hitchens and Dennett are deceased. But what’s significant is that they were not replaced. Source

24Sep 2024 by Post

In Our World, Multiple Levels of Intelligent Design

animals, atheists, beehive, biochemistry, bird’s nest, Canceled Science, Christianity, classroom, clouds, dumb luck, eric hedin, Faith & Science, faith and science, functionality, George MacDonald, Grand Canyon, human race, Intelligent Design, laws of nature, leaves, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, rain, Robert Falconer, spiders's web, Taj Mahal

We find higher genres of design that cannot be explained by appealing to the actions of natural forces and laws of nature. Source

26Aug 2024 by Post

Darwinian Death: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics

agnostics, atheists, Culture & Ethics, disabilities, Edward Tylor, Ernst Haeckel, Essays of the Birmingham Speculative Club, eugenics, euthanasia, Evolution, F. H. Bradley, Fortnightly Review, Francis Galton, Germany, Hans-Walter Schmuhl, Ian Dowbiggin, illnesses, International Journal of Ethics, Judeo-Christian tradition, Lionel Tollemache, Natural History of Creation, Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte, Nick Kemp, Punishment, self-murder, self-redemption, The Cure for Incurables, The Wonders of Life, usefulness, World War I

One powerful influence on the early euthanasia movement was eugenics ideology, which emerged first in the 1860s under the leadership of Francis Galton. Source

17Jun 2024 by Post

On Fine-Tuning, Responding to an Atheist YouTuber

atheistic theology, atheists, Canceled Science, fine-tuning, Fred Hoyle, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, James Fodor, Luke Barnes, Maxwell’s Laws, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, theology, universal law of gravity, universe, University of Melbourne, velocity

James Fodor is a neuroscience grad student at the University of Melbourne in Australia who identifies himself as an atheist. Source

11Jun 2024 by Post

Darwin Devotion Detector: Take the Test Now

adaptation, atheists, Charles Darwin, chimpanzee, common descent, Darwin Day, Darwin Devotion Detector, eugenics, Evolution, free will, genes, Germany, humanzee, Intelligent Design, J.B.S. Haldane, Jane Austen, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Kolkata, Love, Meaning, meme theory, natural selection, population growth, purpose, rape, Richard Dawkins, secular saint, United States, value

A tongue-in-cheek questionnaire that nonetheless provides real insight into the extent to which Darwinian ideas have captured our thinking. Source

05Jun 2024 by Post

Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheists, Catholic Church, David Berlinski, Enigmatic, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, Jews, kinesin, molecular machines, Muslims, Philip Ball, proteins, Protestants, Robert Shedinger, Thomas Nagel, Will Herberg

I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Source

06May 2024 by Post

Doubling Down: Dawkins Now on “Team Christianity”

atheists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, bicycle racers, Christianity, cultural Christian, Culture & Ethics, Dissident Dialogues, evolutionary biologist, Faith & Science, New Atheists, new york, religion, Richard Dawkins, Team Christianity, UnHerd, weekend, William Dembski

Over the weekend at the Dissident Dialogues gathering in New York, he participated in a dialogue with former New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Source

05May 2024 by Post

Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?

atheists, Christof Koch, Commentary, Consciousness Explained, Dan Falk, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwinians, David Berlinski, David Chalmers, Evolution, human mind, John Horgan, materialists, Nautilus, Neuroscience & Mind, Richard Dawkins, The Deniable Darwin, Uncommon Dissent, William Dembski

Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense. Source

02Apr 2024 by Post

My Dinner with Steven and Louise Weinberg

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Weinberg was holding court, going on about how much he knew about the origin of the universe and how atheism was the only intellectually viable option. Source

21Mar 2024 by Post

A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

atheists, brain, Bruce Greyson, cancel culture, cardiac patients, death, dementia, dissertation, dying, Gary Habermas, imminent death, Kristle Merzlock, Mark Shelvock, medical interventions, Medicine, Minding the Brain, Monika Mandoki, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, philosophers, Psychology Today, Research, terminal lucidity, University of Western Ontario

Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Source

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