14Mar 2026 by Post

Why Roman Catholicism Needs Intelligent Design

Archbishop Józef Mirosław Życiński, Bible, biological origins, Brown University, C. Everett Koop, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholic intellectuals, Darwinism, Edward Peltzer, Ernan McMullin, Evolution, Faith & Science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Michael Chaberek, Fr. Richard Pendergast, Francis Schaeffer, Genesis, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Kurt Wise, Lumen Christi Institute, Macroevolution, Microevolution, Protestant circles, Protestants, Roe v. Wade, Roman Catholicism, Steve Greene, The Design Inference, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, Young Earth Creationists
Through high school and most of junior high, I attended Roman Catholic schools. I liked the discipline. I learned to buckle down on my studies. Source
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25Dec 2024 by Post

Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2024: Reagan’s Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

An American Life, arms control, atheists, birds’ eggs, birthday, butterflies, Capitalism, Christianity, Douglas Brinkley, evil empire, Faith & Science, faith and science, Galesburg, General Secretary, Greeks, Illinois, Intelligent Design, Jews, Jimmy Carter, Kremlin, Lessons My Father Taught Me, Mars, Michael Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, Moslems, National Prayer Breakfast, notetaker, Otangelo Grasso, Paul Kengor, political freedom, Protestants, Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Red Square, Romans, Ron Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Russian Orthodox Church, Soviet Union, St. Catherine’s Hall, The Notes, The Reagan Diaries, U.S. Constitution, Ukrainian Catholics, Whittaker Chambers, Witness
An untold story from the final year of Reagan’s Presidency about science, faith, and intelligent design. Source
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05Jun 2024 by Post

Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

agnostics, Ann Gauger, atheists, Catholic Church, David Berlinski, Enigmatic, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, Jews, kinesin, molecular machines, Muslims, Philip Ball, proteins, Protestants, Robert Shedinger, Thomas Nagel, Will Herberg
I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Source
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06Apr 2020 by Post

Opposition Is True Friendship: A Remembrance of Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)

Adolf Grünbaum, Alec Stewart, art school, Arthur Schopenhauer, atheists, Bas van Fraassen, Bertrand Russell, Brahma, Carl (“Peter”) Hempel, Carnegie Mellon University, Catholics, Cologne, depression, Education, Faith & Science, Forbes Avenue, German, Germany, Intelligent Design, Jews, Joseph Stalin, Kristallnacht, National Academy of Sciences, Nazis, Nicholas Rescher, Notre Dame University, Philip Quinn, Phillip Kitcher, Philosophy of Science, Protestants, Richard Feynman, Robert Griffiths, Sigmund Freud, The Future of an Illusion, Thomas Kuhn, U.S. Army, University of Pittsburgh, Vishnu, Wesleyan University, Yale University
“Opposition is true friendship.” —William Blake (1793) Art School Dropout Becomes Wannabe Philosopher of Science In September 1980, as an art school dropout, I wandered into the University of Pittsburgh and the best philosophy of science program in the world. At the time, I had no clue about Pittsburgh’s high standing in this particular academic field. I had no clue about much of anything, actually, except that I was keenly interested in questions about the foundations of science. Pitt was local, affordable, and by some inexplicable kindness, they had admitted me. (Years earlier, to show the world how unhappy I was with my art school, I stopped attending classes there, but for inscrutable reasons, still registered and continued to make the tuition payments. Understandably, this persuaded the art school that,…
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