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29Aug 2024 by Post

When an Atheist Professor’s Worldview Imploded

astronomy, Atheism, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian paradigm, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, genetics, Intelligent Design, John D. Wise, materialism, Michael Behe, molecular biology, philosophy, professors, The Christian Atheist, Worldview

For 25 years, John D. Wise considered Darwinian evolution the most plausible explanation for life’s origin and development. Source

24Aug 2024 by Post

What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

brain, Christof Koch, consciousness circuit, David Chalmers, epilepsy, materialism, mathematics, Medicine, Michael Egnor, mind, music, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, philosophy, promissory materialism, seizures, Stony Brook University, Wilder Penfield

Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Source

23Aug 2024 by Post

On the Origin of Darwin’s Worldview

Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theism, Darwinism, Edinburgh University, Evolution, freethinkers, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, intelligent evolution, materialism, Medicine, Plinian Society, Podcast, Scotland, theistic evolution, Worldview

Michael Flannery tells of Darwin’s involvement in the Plinian Society, a “freethinkers” group at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Source

08Aug 2024 by Post

Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

brain, Bruce Greyson, Closer to Truth, death, eliminationism, immortality, materialism, Medicine, Michael Egnor, naturalism, Neuroscience & Mind, physicalism, Psyche, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Sam Parnia, soul, The Immortal Mind

“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Source

17Jul 2024 by Post

The Magician’s Twin: A Conversation with Stephen Meyer, James Orr, and David Berlinski

C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, causation, coding, David Berlinski, Faith & Science, Godlessness of the Gaps, Hoover Institution, information, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, James Orr, John West, laws of nature, materialism, mathematics, nature, Newton’s Gift, Peter Robinson, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Repentance, Richard Dawkins, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, The Magician’s Twin, universe

Citing C. S. Lewis, Dr. Meyer calls the drama of materialism’s unravelling a kind “repentance.” Source

12Jul 2024 by Post

Jonathan Witt: More than Just “Bare” Design, Nature Reveals Cosmic Genius

A Meaningful World, art, Evolution, genius, happenstance, Intelligent Design, Jonathan Witt, Ken Boa, materialism, matryoshka doll, naturalism, nature, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Like a matryoshka doll, nature displays its depths in a hidden manner, not just on the surface. Source

01Jun 2024 by Post

How the Myth of Junk DNA Hindered Science

biology, Casey Luskin, Darwinian evolution, Eric Anderson, Evolution, evolutionary narrative, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, Long Story Short, materialism, non-coding DNA, Podcast, progress of science, science stopper

For decades, we’ve been told that only a tiny percentage of DNA is functional and that the vast majority is useless junk. Source

29Apr 2024 by Post

Do Fungi Have Free-Will?

agency, automaton, biology, Chemistry, Complexity, consciousness, decision-making, Evidence, Evolution, free will, fungal mind, genetics, human behavior, hyphae, imago Dei, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Internet, Judeo-Christian tradition, learning, Life Sciences, materialism, memory, Miami University, mind, mycelium, mycology, Neuroscience & Mind, Nicholas P. Money, Ohio, physics, randomness, science writers, scientists, sensitivity

Whenever a new hypothesis like this is published and calmly debated in scientific journals without arousing any furor, your first instinct may be to scoff. Source

24Jan 2024 by Post