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19Mar 2026 by Post

Can Formless Matter Exist? A Pitfall in Reading Biblical Texts

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The solution is to go back to the source and follow the text to see what it actually says. Source

11Mar 2026 by Post

Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

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Modern theories postulate entities to account for differences between what we would expect from physics and our observations of distant space. Source

14Jul 2025 by Post

How Did the Designer Do It?

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It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Source

13Sep 2024 by Post

Were We Made to Make Black Holes?

Anthropic Principle, black holes, computing systems, cosmic reproduction, cosmogony, Cosmological Natural Selection, cosmology, elements, Evolution, evolutionary theory, fusion reactors, Intelligent Design, intelligent life, Jay Richards, Jeffery Shainline, Lee Smolin, life, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, niobium, particle accelerators, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, scientific discovery, silicon, stars, superconductivity, Technology, The Privileged Planet, universes

I want to compare our book with a 2020 paper by Jeffery Shainline of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Source

20Jun 2024 by Post

The Remarkable Carbon Atom

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This is another one of many countless features of our universe that have to be “just right” for life — in particular, advanced life — to exist. Source

29Aug 2022 by Post

Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

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It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Source

19May 2021 by Post

Optimality Recognized in Core Biological Infrastructure

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I will begin with an example from embryology, then turn to metabolism, and finish with the breadth of chemical space covered by the natural amino acids. Source

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