27Dec 2021 by Post

#6 Story of 2021: Scientific Paper on Repetitive Elements Slams “Junk DNA”

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In the past, one of the most common rebuttals to ID was, “If life was designed, then why is over 90 percent of the genome composed of junk DNA?” Source
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16Dec 2021 by Post

Evolutionary Biologist Richard Sternberg: Why I’m a Platonist

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The evolutionary turns that life has taken, he says, “ultimately have their source in an informational realm that is outside space and time.” Source
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10Dec 2021 by Post

Ever Thought You Could Change Someone’s Mind?

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Iain was a diehard atheist from the United Kingdom. "I absolutely knew that I would never believe in a creator. It was inconceivable to me," he recalls. Source
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06Dec 2021 by Post

More Cambrian Woes for Evolution

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New fossils continue to put pressure on the evolutionary narrative of gradualism. Source
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03Dec 2021 by Post

What Is Intelligent Design and How Should We Defend It?

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Intelligent design is a scientific theory that holds that many features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause. Source
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30Nov 2021 by Post

Long Story Short — Did Purely Natural Processes Produce Biopolymers?

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Science provides a clear expectation of what natural processes produce, and what we observe in the biopolymers of life is dramatically unexpected.  Source
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