Who Speaks for God? Darwinists Do, Apparently

biologists, Center for Science and Culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwinian evolution, Darwinists, Evolution, evolutionary theory, Faith & Science, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, scientific reasoning, Stephen Dilley, Theodosius Dobzhansky, theology
Center for Science and Culture Senior Fellow Stephen Dilley explores this curious phenomenon in his talk at the 2025 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith. Source
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Dilley: How Evolutionary Atheists Employ Homemade Theology

Allan CP, atheists, biology textbooks, Charles Darwin, Evolution, evolutionists, Faith & Science, faith and science, Jerry Coyne, Reasoning, religious tradition, Richard Dawkins, science, scientific reasoning, Stephen Dilley, textbooks, The Science Dilemma, theology
That is no way to reason about science. Yet many biology textbooks, in explaining evolution, do the same thing, perpetuating an error that goes back to Darwin. Source
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One Week from Today! 2025 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

All Creatures Great & Small, body plans, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, eric hedin, Events, Faith & Science, George Montañez, habitat, honeybees, Intelligent Design, John West, Metamorphosis, Michael Egnor, music, Paul Nelson, Ray Bohlin, Richard Sternberg, science and faith, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer
From the smallest honeybee to the greatest whale, planet Earth is swarming with creatures of all shapes and sizes — each designed for their habitat. Source
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Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, creative agency, debates, demigod, Evolution, Harvard University, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialist science, mind-first view, natural selection, origin of life, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow
Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Source
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Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard

Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Chemistry, debates, Events, Evolution, god-of-the-gaps fallacy, Harvard University, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialism-of-the-gaps fallacy, origin of life, Owen Anderson, Podcast, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, University of Glasgow
In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking. Source
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Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, biology, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Chemistry, convergence, death, Diversity, Douglas Axe, electrostatic laws, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, Evolution, evolutionary algorithms, first law of thermodynamics, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, Intelligent Design, laws of forms, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, material mechanisms, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, periodic table of elements, phenotypic plasticity, physics, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)
The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Source
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Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, Evolution, evolutionary models, flagellar assembly, flagellar function, H. Allen Orr, indirect evolution, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, mental agent, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, protein homology, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, synchronization, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), Type 3 Secretory System
Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Source
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