Paul Nelson – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

04Oct 2026 by Post

The Evolution of Specified Complexity

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Wolfgang Smith’s excitement about conservation of complex specified information or specified complexity was not widely shared. Source

03Oct 2026 by Post

Philosophy, Theology, and an Inference to Design

Alexander Hall, Arthur Fine, Bill Wimsatt, David Hull, David Malament, design detection, Divorce, doctoral studies, Douglas Axe, Edward Teller, Evolution, Intelligent Design, J. Gresham Machen, Jonathan Wells, mathematics, Michael Behe, My Personal History with Information (series), natural theology, Northwestern University, Paul Nelson, Paul Teller, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, probability, Sisyphus, specification, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, William Paley, Winston Ewert

My dissertation on the logic of conditionals came to seems like the rock of Sisyphus. Source

09Aug 2026 by Post

Darwin’s Black Box, 30 Years On: A Seminal Contribution to Biology

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It makes sense to think that the T3SS didn’t evolve into the bacterial flagellum, but that the bacterial flagellum shed some protein parts to become a T3SS. Source

03Aug 2026 by Post

Irreducible Behe: The Shy Revolutionary Who Took Down Darwin

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The cell for Darwin was a black box. He was, in that sense, blind — and the blindness was the condition in which he formulated his theory. Source

13Jun 2026 by Post

Aboard the Lifeboat — or Cruise Ship — of Intelligent Design

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It takes persistence to remain on board. Not everyone is cut out for the life of a maligned academic. Source

23Jan 2026 by Post

Here We Go Again: For Complex Life, Just Add Fertilizer

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You may have all the ingredients you want, in the right quantities, but without a builder, nothing functionally complex will emerge. Source

29Dec 2025 by Post

No. 4 Story for 2025: Farewell to Günter Bechly

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I told Richard Sternberg a story from own experience. I learned about more than paleontology from Bechly. Source

01Oct 2025 by Post

ID Education Day Is Coming to Tacoma, November 6!

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This is a fantastic field trip opportunity for middle and high school students in homeschool and private school settings to interact directly with scientists. Source

24Jun 2025 by Post