03Jun 2024 by Post

“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

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William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Source
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30May 2024 by Post

How the Christian Civil Rights Movement Defeated Social Darwinism and Eugenics

Adolf Hitler, American Birth Control League, Birth Control Review, Blessed Are the Barren, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Communism, concentration camp, Culture & Ethics, Eugen Fischer, eugenics, Evolution, Garrett, Islam, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Ku Klux Klan, Lothrop Stoddard, Maafa 21, Margaret Sanger, Martin Luther King Jr., Mein Kampf, Michael Flannery, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Swahili, William Graham, World War I
American apostles of Darwinism had begun the 20th century weaponizing common racist attitudes to popularize Darwin’s theory Source
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29May 2024 by Post

Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps 

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A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Source
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21May 2024 by Post

Is Vitalism Making a Comeback? 

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For proponents of ID, there is a natural temptation to respond to this sort of explanation with derision. I suspect this reaction may be short-sighted. Source
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20May 2024 by Post

Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

abiotic changes, Albert B. Phillimore, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, biotic changes, calendars, California poppy blooms, caterpillars, Chaco Canyon, cicada emergences, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, Darwin’s Bluff, El Niño, Evolution, Farmer’s Almanac, foresight, genetic adaptation, herbaceous plants, Intelligent Design, Kirsty H. Macphie, La Niña, Life Sciences, locust plagues, moisture, mosquito swarms, pandemics, phenology, physiology, plants, PNAS, Robert Shedinger, sensors, Stonehenge, superblooms, temperate, temperature
No, not phrenology — phenology. It’s not pseudoscience, but a lesser-known branch of science that includes birds, bees, and trees. Source
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20May 2024 by Post

Unconditional Love or Unconditional Affirmation?

Adam and Eve, anthropology, Apologetics, Christian Scholarship, Christianity, Creation, Evolution, Faithful Thinkers, Genesis, Gospel, Human Identity, Human Origins, image of God, Intrinsic Value, Luke Nix, science, science and faith, scientism, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics
Human origin is a fascinating area of research today. With all the different models for the origins of humanity being proposed, I see an increase in the discussions, both scientific and theological. For everyone reading this post, this area of research should be of utmost interest for you as well. Two critical ideas about humanity are at stake depending on which model (or family of models) is true: intrinsic and equal human dignity and value, and the sinfulness of humanity. The age-old debate about God’s existence has great implications on this area of the debate about human origins. The Judeo-Christian claim that all humans are created in God’s Image and that humans possess a sin nature that will cause them to tend toward the immoral. These paradoxical doctrines together explain…
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17May 2024 by Post

I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

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Even as a child, I could sense the scientific rigor and common sense in CSC videos, and I learned to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Source
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