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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Hidden or Revealed? Two New Guides for the Perplexed

cancer, Christianity, Christians, clockmaker, codes, death, DNA, faith, Faith & Science, God the Science the Evidence, Granville Sewell, Guide for the Perplexed, Intelligent Design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Justin Brierley, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Maimonides, Michel-Yves Bolloré, Middle Ages, National Review, Olivier Bonnassies, podcasters, proofs, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholicism, Science and Culture Today, Scott Adams, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, The God Proofs, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Warfare Thesis, young people
As many already know, the beloved podcaster Scott Adams, beset by cancer, is wavering on death’s portal. Source
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St. George Jackson Mivart: A Historical Snapshot

Charles Darwin, Church of England, Darwin's bulldog, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, Evolution, evolutionism, excommunication, Faith & Science, faith and science, General Morphology of Organisms, Generelle Morphologie der Organismen, historical figures, history, James Barham, King’s College, Lincoln’s Inn, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, social elite, St. George Jackson Mivart, Thomas Henry Huxley, Wikipedia, William Dembski
In the end, Darwin, Huxley, and their friends collectively decided to “cut him dead,” meaning to ostracize him socially. Source
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Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

Allan CP, Aristotle, astronomy, atheists, bifurcation, Children, Christian civilization, Christians, civilization, Emma Camp, Evangelicals, Faith & Science, gender ideology, Guillermo Gonzalez, Intelligent Design, materialists, New Atheism, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Reason (magazine), Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholicism, Socrates, surgical sexual mutilation, The Privileged Planet, The Science Dilemma, theism, theists, tradcath, wokeness
If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Source
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A Disagreement with Shermer on the Ethics of IVF

bioethics, chattel slaves, Children, Christian bioethics, Christof Koch, conception, Denyse O'Leary, Faith & Science, human beings, in vitro fertilization, industrial manufacture, IVF, Medicine, Michael Shermer, organ donors, persons, Piers Morgan, Roman Catholicism, sexual slaves, Skeptic (podcast), soldiers, The Immortal Mind
It is quite possible to seek good ends (children) by bad means (their industrial manufacture). These are very real concerns. Source
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What’s the Difference Between True & Almost True? with Dr. Erwin Lutzer

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Dr. Frank Turek, Gospel, morality, papacy, philosophy, Podcast, religion, Roman Catholicism, Social justice, theology
Why does the papacy exist in Roman Catholicism? What did the recent death of Pope Francis reveal about his legacy? And why do so many modern liberals misunderstand the true role of the Pope—treating him more like a soft-spoken “social worker with a Mr. Rogers personality” than a defender of sound doctrine? This week, Frank sits down with the one and only Dr. Erwin Lutzer to talk about the sobering state of the world, the growing animosity towards objective truth, and why Christians should avoid the temptation to compromise as the world drifts further into confusion, political unrest, and chaos (mixed in with a dad joke or two!). During their conversation, Frank and Erwin will answer questions like: What’s the first duty of a pope and what should the cardinals focus on…
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Pope Francis, Evolution, and the Curia

Associated Press, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Christianity, Curia, elites, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Evangelical Catholicism, Evolution, Faith & Science, George Weigel, Intelligent Design, materialism, media, National Review, newspapers, Pontifical Council on Culture, Pope Francis, religion, Roman Catholicism, Secularism, sexual misbehavior, Templeton Foundation, Vatican City, young people
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is “just another office down the street,” as one Vatican insider told me. Source
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At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

abortion, abortion pill, Albert Olszewski, Alberto Giubilini, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, Animal Liberation, aversive action, babies, birth canal, blood samples, brain, Culture & Ethics, curette, developmental biology, dilatation and curettage, dilatation and evacuation, distress, fetal age, feticide, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, Francesca Minervage, gestational age, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, injury, Jenny Eckmifepristone, Medicine, Montana, New York City, newborns, Nik Hoot, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, phenylalanine, phenylketonuria, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy, prosthetic legs, Roman Catholicism, Russia, Should the Baby Live?, Sopher clamp, station, tissue, United States, Washington Post
Logic isn’t a sufficient answer to the question I raised, however. For a scientific answer, we need evidence. Source
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A Living and Symphonic Order — Appreciating Anthony Esolen

Anthony Esolen, beauty, Book of Wisdom, creator, Culture & Ethics, Dante Alighieri, Darwinism, Divine Comedy, Faith & Science, Genesis, God's Grandeur, infinities, infinity, Intelligent Design, Jackson Pollock, Johann Sebastian Bach, mathematics, Meaning, music, painting, Peter Kreeft, poetry, randomness, Roman Catholicism, science, scripture, splendor, symphony, universe
I knew I wanted to choose someone who wrote beautifully. He, however, was someone I didn't know, and I could not predict his views on intelligent design. Source
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