Understanding the Biochemistry — and Intelligent Design — of Muscle Contraction

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Muscle contraction, which we so easily take for granted, is an incredibly complex and elegant process. Source
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Why Evolutionary Biologists Are “Fatigued” by Darwin

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Says Stephen Meyer, “The neo-Darwinian math is itself showing that the neo-Darwinian mechanism cannot build complex adaptations." Source
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Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

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First, Dr. Hedin discusses the problem of natural evils like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters. Source
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Darwinism Needs Laws to Look Scientific; Cronin and Hazen Stand Ready to Serve

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Desperate to justify their worldview as legitimate, some Darwinians are making up new “laws of nature” to appear smiling inside the big tent of science. Source
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Words for Wednesday! Disentangling ID from Creationism

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Yesterday on Stephen Meyer’s Facebook page we launched the new “Terminology Tuesday” feature, with a quick read about just what we mean by intelligent design. Source
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Nature Reflects an Intelligent Design — But Also a Moral One

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Human beings must have freedom of choice if our actions are to have any meaning beyond the impersonal and predictable outcomes governed by the laws of physics. Source
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