02Sep 2020 by Post

Why Intelligent Design Had to Be the First to Face the Guillotine

academic freedom, American Revolution, arson, consensus, conservatives, Darwinism, David Coppedge, Douglas Axe, free speech, French Revolution, God and Man at Yale, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, John Adams, looting, Marxism, Oregon, Portland, Richard Sternberg, rioting, Roger Kimball, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, The New Criterion, The Origins of Totalitarianism, Thomas Jefferson, Tony Woodlief, University of Portland, Wall Street Journal, Wesley Smith, William F. Buckley Jr., Willmoore Kendall, Yale University
In Wesley J. Smith’s phrase, in the present cultural moment, we have witnessed “the French Revolution attacking the American Revolution.” Source
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01Sep 2020 by Post

Andrew Sullivan, Meet Richard Sternberg

Andrew Sullivan, canary in the coal mine, cancel culture, censorship, Evolution, free speech, human dignity, human exceptionalism, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Michael Egnor, New York Magazine, News Media, Race, Richard Sternberg, Rod Dreher, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The Bell Curve, The New Republic
This is another illustration of what Michael Egnor and others have said: intelligent design was the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to cancel culture. Source
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27Aug 2020 by Post

Doctor’s Diary: Evolution in the Country of the Blind

anatomy, animals, apes, atheists, babies, birth canal, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, childbirth, chromosomes, Creativity, DNA, ductus arteriosus, earthquake, Ecuador, foresight, H.G. Wells, heteropalindromes, human evolution, human exceptionalism, Human Origins, humans, Intelligent Design, invention, Marcos Eberlin, Minnesota, orphan genes, oxygen, P.Z. Myers, parable, Periodic Table, phenotypes, Richard Dawkins, The Country of the Blind, Tree of Life
Fans of H. G. Wells are probably familiar with his 1904 short story, “The Country of the Blind.” Source
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17Aug 2020 by Post

Stephen Meyer and James Tour: Tonight, a Wide-Ranging and Personal Conversation

abiogenesis, chemical evolution, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, faith, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, James Tour, mind, origin of life, physical processes, Rice University, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin
Does life's origin reflect the activity of a mind, or do blind, purely physical processes alone serve as a fully satisfactory explanation? Source
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12Aug 2020 by Post

What if Our Muscles Were Less Powerful?

ATP, blood, charcoal, circulatory system, Energy, Fire-Maker series, heart, human body, Intelligent Design, kilns, medical school, metabolic energy, metallurgy, miniature human, molecular motor, muscle tissues, muscles, myosin, oxygen, respiration, respiratory system, strength, twigs, wood
As every medical student comes to learn when first dissecting the human body at medical school, our limbs are almost entirely composed of muscles. Source
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09Aug 2020 by Post

Listen: Michael Behe Answers Your Questions About Intelligent Design

bacterial flagellum, Bacteriophage T4, cellular control systems, co-option, cryo-electron microscopy, embryo, Evolution, flagella, gears, genetic regulatory networks, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, magnetotactic bacterium, Michael Behe, MO1, Podcast, random mutation, theistic evolution, wiring diagrams
What are some new examples of irreducibly complex systems? What are some objections to ID from well-known critics? Source
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