03May 2021 by Post

When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete

Alfred Russel Wallace, Anthropological Society, archaeal cells, Carl Woese, Charles Darwin, Dreams of Earth and Sky, eukaryotic cells, Evolution, Freeman Dyson, Jerry Coyne, Linnean Society, natural selection, Origin of Species, prokaryotic cells, Reductionism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, scientistic positivism, “selfish gene”
The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting. Source
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04Apr 2021 by Post

Meyer: “Is the Designer an Alien or God?”

alien intelligence, atheists, biological information, Brian Keating, cosmos, DNA, HarperOne, Intelligent Design, New Atheism, origin of life, panspermia, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientists, The Stream, U.C. San Diego
"The fine-tuning of the universe is better explained by an intelligent agent that transcends the universe, with attributes that we associate with God." Source
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02Apr 2021 by Post

As Church Membership Slumps Ominously, Time for a Return of the God Hypothesis

agnostics, Bill Nye, Brian Josephson, Christianity, Christians, Christopher Hitchens, church membership, Daniel Dennett, Discovery Institute, Eastern, Faith & Science, Gallup, HarperOne, Intelligent Design, Jews, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, Nobel Prize, Philosophy of Science, polling data, religious belief, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Federalist, Victor Stenger
"Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend." Source
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05Mar 2021 by Post

Michael Ruse on Purpose: The Flies in the Ointment

abstract thought, art, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Everett, Darwin Industry, Darwinian theory, Darwinism as religion, Evolution, Faith & Science, Frederic Harrison, hedgehog, human exceptionalism, John Henry Bridges, mathematics, Michael Ruse, music, Noam Chomsky, On Purpose, Pirahã people, Richard Dawkins, scientific reductionism, South America, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Henry Huxley, Whiggishness
Ruse’s chronological snobbery might be forgiven if the claims he makes for Darwinism can be unequivocally substantiated. Source
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14Jan 2021 by Post

Atheist Christopher Hitchens: Best Evidence for Intelligent Design?

Atheism, atheists, Big Bang, Christopher Hitchens, cosmic fine-tuning, Denyse O'Leary, fanaticism, Günter Bechly, Intelligent Design, physical existence, Physics, Earth & Space, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, universe
Following Denyse O’Leary, I referred earlier to the curious but, on reflection, not surprising messy nature of the “magic” numbers that rule our universe. Source
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31Dec 2020 by Post

#2 Story of 2020: Kimberella Is No Solution to the Cambrian Conundrum

Avalon explosion, Big Bangs, Bilateria, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charnia, Cnidaria, comb jellies, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Ediacaran organisms, Evolution, explosions, fossil record, Intelligent Design, Kimberella, Lophotrochozoa, macro-organisms, metazoan animals, precambrian fossils, Richard Dawkins, saltations, stem mollusk, Yilingia spiciformis
None of the Cambrian animal phyla is represented in the Ediacaran fossil record. Source
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03Dec 2020 by Post

A Physician Describes How Behe, and Intelligent Design, Changed His Mind

A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemistry, biological machines, Biomimetics, Charles Darwin, Christianity, computational biology, Erik Strandness, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, faith, Faith & Science, human body, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Joshua Swamidass, Justin Brierley, Lutheran Church, Medicine, neonatal medicine, physicians, Richard Dawkins, Spokane WA, theistic evolution, Unbelievable?
There’s no better tribute to the power of ideas than a changed mind. Erik Strandness is a physician in Spokane, WA, practicing neonatal medicine. Source
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25Nov 2020 by Post

Design Triangulation: My Thanksgiving Gift to All

aliens, Allchemy chemical evolution simulation, Alpha Centauri, black swallowtail, Every Life Is on Fire, Francis Crick, Honda Odyssey, Houdini, Immanuel Kant, Intelligent Design, Jeremy England, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lego blocks, locomotives, mathematics, Naturalistic Parabola, nematodes, Niels Bohr, puzzles, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Science (journal), Thanksgiving, The Beatles, William Blake
Hey — wanna see a talk that combines the following. Black swallowtail butterflies, William Harvey, snarky robotic aliens from Alpha Centauri, and more. Source
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06Nov 2020 by Post

Lennox: Atheists’ Best Objection to Theism?

Against the Tide, atheists, Christchurch earthquake, Christianity, Evolution News, Faith & Science, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gunning for God, hope, John Lennox, morality, New Zealand, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins, theism, trailer, Where is God in a Coronavirus World?
I think the hardest problem that any of us face is the problem of pain and suffering. I’ve written in great detail about that but I will say one or two things. Source
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