A Fifteen-Second, Five-Finger Response to the Evolution Question

2. Does God Exist?, 3. Are Miracles Possible?, Christianity, Evolution, Gospel, Intelligent Design, Richard Stevens, Scientific Apologetics. apologetics
The friendly, mature volunteer at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden showed us the fascinating internal features of a saguaro cactus skeleton. I marveled aloud at its “amazing design.” The docent (guide) continued: “Yes, the mutations made this beauty of nature.” I didn’t want to argue and so decided not to contest the “mutations made it” claim. But I realized I need a powerful, clear, non-combative, easy-to-remember response to the question, “Why don’t you believe in evolution?” Here’s what occurred to me. We have a Five-Finger Response that does not immediately trigger the usual arguments about the fossil record, Darwin’s finches, bacteria resistance to antibiotics, or species sharing common DNA segments. And we can deliver it all in 15 seconds. The 15-Second Answer When someone asks you: “Why don’t you believe…
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Ultimate Wiring: Design Approach Explains the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

"poor design", anatomy, bad design, Boeing 747, Bristol University, cable, engineers, Evolution, evolutionists, human body, Intelligent Design, larynx, Lucy Hyde, nerves, nervous system, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), scientific progress, soldiers, spacecraft, Stuart Burgess, superior laryngeal nerve, Technology, tolerance, trachea, Ultimate Engineering, wiring, __featured1
Think of a spacecraft. It might have 50 miles of wiring. In contrast, the human body has an incredible 50,000 miles of wiring. Source
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Misinformation About a Masterpiece: An Engineer Responds to a Colleague

"poor design", americans, anatomy, Aston Martin, back pain, bipedal skeleton, bipedalism, bridge design, bridges, Bristol University, Cambridge University, cars, Corvette, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Engineering, European Space Agency, Evolution, horizontal beams, human back, human body, human spine, Intelligent Design, intervertebral discs, Jerry Coyne, King Charles III, Liberty University, Lucy Hyde, Macroevolution, misuse, Nathan Lents, predictions, Prince Charles, quadrupedal skeleton, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Richard Dawkins, Stuart Burgess, Ultimate Engineering, vertebrae
"We have the anatomy department claiming the human spine is a bad design, whilst the engineering department is improving bridge design by copying it!" Source
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Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

archeology, brain development, burial sites, cave walls, childhood development, cognitive functioning, Culture, DNA, Evolution, fossils, Friedrich Alexander University, genes, genetics, genome, human mind, Human Origins, Human Origins and Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, intelligence, Kyoto University, language, modern humans, Neanderthals, Nurnberg, paleontology, researchers, Scientific American, Tom Schoenemann
We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Source
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DNA and Beyond: A Multilayered Revolution

biologists, biology, Charles Darwin, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, Evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, genetics, genome, Intelligent Design, James P. Gills, John F. Kennedy, microbiology, Peter Lipton, purposiveness, Rice University, Royal Society, Stephen Buranyi, Technology, The Guardian, Third Way of Evolution, Thomas E. Woodward, Victorian England, Weltanschauung, Worldview
Because we are dealing with foundational scientific discoveries, we will address several “So what?” questions. Source
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God Would Not Create Things That Way? Nature Alone Could Not

Charles Darwin, Chicago, chimps, Christianity for Doubters, common design, consciousness, DNA, echolocation, elementary particles, Evolution, Faith & Science, Field Museum of Natural History, fossil skulls, Genesis, George Gaylord Simpson, history of life, humans, Intelligent Design, modern humans, nature, New York Times News Service, nuclear power plants, Origin of Species, paleontologists, paleontology, physics, primates, Smart Phones, supercomputers, Technology, Why Evolution Is Different
Why does God remain backstage, hidden from view, working behind the scenes while we act out our parts in the human drama? Source
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Found: A Robust Basis for Science-Faith Synthesis

Catholics, Creation or Evolution? A Catholic Dilemma, Darwinian evolution, Evolution, evolutionary paradigm, Faith & Science, Father Michael Chaberek, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, logic, modern science, origin of life, philosophy, Podcast, science-faith synthesis, scientific evidence, Steve Greene, Thomas Aquinas, universe
The many scientific shortcomings of the evolutionary account force us to confront some logical and philosophical challenges. Source
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New Evidence for Christianity from “God: The Science, The Evidence”

2. Does God Exist?, Apologetics, Arguments for God, BellatorChristi, Brian Chilton, Christianity, Cosmological Argument, design argument, Evolution, God: The Science the Evidence The Dawn of Revolution, Gospel, Michel-Yves Bolloré, Olivier Bonnassies, scientific apologetics
Michel-Yves Bollore’ and Olivier Bonnassies recently wrote a massive treatise defending the existence of God titled God: The Science, the Evidence—The Dawn of a Revolution. Three things are very intriguing about this book. First, neither Bollore nor Bonnassies is a theologian. In fact, both are notable scientists. Bollore serves as a computer engineer and has a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Paris Dauphine. Bonnassies is a graduate of Polytechnique (X86) and the Institut Catholique de Paris with a license in theology. Bonnassies started up numerous businesses over the span of his career. Second, both Bollore and Bonnassies approach the topic of God from a strictly scientific perspective. In their massive tome, they offer many reasons to believe in the God of the Christian faith. Their main argument is that…
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