Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

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The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty? Source
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Evolution With and Without Multiple Simultaneous Changes

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Darwinism is committed to evolution happening gradually, one step at a time, by single mutational changes. Source
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Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

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As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Source
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Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Source
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The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration 

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The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth. Source
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Excerpt: An Obstacle to Darwinian Evolution

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Rather than showing how their theory could handle the obstacle, some Darwinists are hoping to get around irreducible complexity by verbal tap dancing. Source
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When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science

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Here is a small, representative sampling of such claims over the past three centuries. These claims are not from science, but they drive science. Source
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Listen: Michael Behe Answers Your Questions About Intelligent Design

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What are some new examples of irreducibly complex systems? What are some objections to ID from well-known critics? Source
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