Richard Dawkins – Page 8 – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

12Feb 2023 by Post

Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and Intelligent Design

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Given Lincoln’s acknowledgment of the evidence of design in nature, he would be banned from expressing his views on evolution in most public schools today. Source

29Jan 2023 by Post

Mama Bear Apologetics Takes on Richard Dawkins

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Dawkins invokes the beautiful order evident in the murmuration of bird flocks as evidence that complexity can evolve from simple algorithmic rules. Source

14Jan 2023 by Post

Wesley Smith Asks, Is Your Body “Engineered”?

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Or did it evolve through impersonal and random processes over countless millions of years of natural selection? Source

02Dec 2022 by Post

Let’s Help “Professor Dave” Understand the Precambrian

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We have much to teach the non-professor, and I trust that he is grateful for the education being rendered to him here. Source

30Nov 2022 by Post

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

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We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Source

23Nov 2022 by Post

“Poor Design”? Actually, the Human Body Is Amazing; Here’s Why

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If someone suggests that a coherent, interdependent system of systems arose by chance, they’ll need to back that up with a detailed engineering analysis. Source

11Nov 2022 by Post

Evolution’s Circular Web of Self-Referencing Literature

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The formula goes like this: 1. Evolution is true. 2. Here’s how it must have happened. 3. Look, yet more proof of evolution. Source

05Oct 2022 by Post

Erasmus Darwin and Credible Denial

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Consideration of Erasmus Darwin’s writings suggests that his unbelief could well have been father to the thought in the matter of his evolutionary speculations. Source

29Sep 2022 by Post

An Optimistic Solution to the Mystery of Life’s Origin

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Consider what five prestigious origin-of-life thinkers say about the current status of origin-of-life research. Source

18Aug 2022 by Post

West: Theistic Evolution and the Gnostic Heresy

biology, Christianity, Creation, Culture, demiurge, Discovery Institute, Early Church, Evolution, Faith & Science, gnosticism, God and Evolution, Gospel of John, history, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, John West, Judaism, Lucretius, Mandaeism, materialists, Richard Dawkins, Talmud, theism, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith

Friendliness to a design perspective might seem to be natural for any theist. Yet a prickly disdain is strangely common, especially among religious academics. Source

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