03Oct 2025 by Post

John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

Baylor University, brain, ChatGPT, Chinese Room argument, computation, Computational Sciences, conscious states, Daniel Vanderveken, digestion, Discovery Institute Press, epistemic objectivity, Expression and Meaning, Foundations of Illocutionary Logic, John Searle, language, Minding the Brain, Neuroscience & Mind, ontic dualism, ontological idealism, ontology, philosophy, prose, qualitativeness, Science and Culture Today, scientism, Speech Acts, subjectivity, The Construction of Social Reality, The Nature of Nature, Unity, William Dembski
Searle’s most famous argument is undoubtedly the Chinese Room argument, first presented in his essay “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980). Source
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01Oct 2025 by Post

ID Education Day Is Coming to Tacoma, November 6!

Annelida, Arthropoda, biology, butterfly metamorphosis, churches, co-ops, Creepy Crawly Complexity, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute Press, earthworm, ecosystems, Education, George Damoff, homeschools, ID Education Day, Idaho, insects, Intelligent Design, megadrilologists, Nematoda, Paul Nelson, Pedro Moura, private schools, roundworm, schools, science education, spiders, Spokane, Tacoma, The God Proofs, Washington State, Western Washington, worms, zoology
This is a fantastic field trip opportunity for middle and high school students in homeschool and private school settings to interact directly with scientists. Source
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18Jun 2025 by Post

Reading Behe in Prison

accountability, Center for Science and Culture, coder, communication, cosmic force, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, designer, Discovery Institute Press, dishwashers, DNA, donation, drugs, Evolution, Evolution News, Faith & Science, faith and science, grandfather, humanity, ID Education Day, Intelligent Design, media, Michael Behe, monthly donation, mutation, naturalism, nature, prison, professors, sex, Summer Seminar, theistic evolution
With Darwin’s disciples preaching at him adamantly in the culture, Jeff felt no accountability to a seemingly hands-off God, if one existed at all. Source
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11Apr 2025 by Post

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Alasdair MacIntyre, Catholicism, Collège de France, Discovery Institute Press, England, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Raymond J. Nogar, Henri Bergson, history of science, hominization, Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Jacques Maritain, Jesuits, Msgr. Bruno de Solages, neologisms, noosphere, Omega point, paleontologists, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Raïssa Maritain, Robert Shedinger, suicide, supernatural, The Phenomenon of Man, theology
No doubt, Teilhard ­ had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Source
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03Mar 2025 by Post

As Science Observes, Talk of Evolution Fades

abortion, Animal Algorithms, bacterial flagella, cable bacteria, centrioles, CryoEM, Current Biology, Darwinism, Deakin University, Desulfobulbaceae, Discovery Institute Press, engineers, Eric Cassell, Evolution, fetuses, Harvard University, human ear, Intelligent Design, lipocartilage, Living Waters, mantis shrimp, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Naegleria gruberi, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Naval Research Laboratory, navigation, New Scientist, nose, PNAS, sea turtles, sophistication, spastin, springtails, super-resolution microscopy, University of North Carolina, University of Oldenburg
Another point worthy of note: the more sophistication that is found in biological engineering, the more scientists want to imitate it.  Source
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04Feb 2025 by Post

The Slippery Slope of Theistic Darwinism: The Sad Cases of Howard Van Till and Karl Giberson

Bible, BioLogos Foundation, Calvin College, childhood, Christianity, Discovery Institute Press, Eastern Nazarene University, Evangelical Christians, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Francis Collins, Howard Van Till, Intelligent Design, physical universe, Saving Darwin, Saving the Original Sinner, secular elites, slippery slope, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians, theism, theistic Darwinism, Unitarian Universalist Association
After retiring from Calvin, Howard Van Till evolved well beyond Christianity. Indeed, he eventually evolved beyond theism. Source
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30Jan 2025 by Post

Georges Lemaȋtre’s Hidden God

Albert Einstein, Big Bang, Catholic priests, Christianity for Doubters, Creation, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Georges Lemaȋtre, improvements, intelligent beings, Intelligent Design, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Melissa Wehmann Sewell, mistakes, natural causes, Nature (journal), physics, Physics, Earth & Space, planning, Supreme Being, Technology, testing, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, theology, universe
Was Lemaȋtre, who certainly believed in God, suggesting that God deliberately hides himself from us, or just acknowledging the paradox? Source
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03Dec 2024 by Post

On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

atheists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Conversion, depression, Discovery Institute Press, emotion, Evolution News, Faith & Science, faith and science, Father Martin Hilbert, Feelings, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Muslims, new york, Richard Dawkins, self-hatred, Somalia, Stephen Meyer, suicide, William Dembski
Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Source
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25Nov 2024 by Post

New Book Makes the Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Adam and, Brian Miller, Catechism of the Catholic Church, creator, death, Discovery Institute Press, disease, evolutionary theory, Faith & Science, Father Martin Hilbert, Father Michael Chaberek, Howard Glicksman, Intelligent Design, J. Budziszewski, Jay W. Richards, Roman Catholic Church, Suffering, theistic evolution, theology
Fr. Martin Hilbert explains why the theory of intelligent design, rightly understood, harmonizes perfectly with the Catholic theological tradition. Source
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