As we saw in the previous post the cell membrane has been found to be increasingly sophisticated. Not only is the protein-punctuated sandwich structure incredibly complicated, but organisms actively fine-tune its design as conditions change. For instance, the number and location of carbon-carbon double bonds, in the phospholipid tails in the lipid bilayer, are astonishingly Read More…
Month: June 2012
Which artist caused the most harm?
Photographer and philosopher Laszlo Bencze offers a surprising answer, and it is relevant to ID.
Thomas Cudworth on the “Wesleyan Maneuver”: A View from the Pew
As a member of the United Methodist Church, the recent four-part analysis of BioLogos by Thomas Cudworth sparked my interest. I have no special training in theology and certainly no office within the UMC, but common sense and my historical sense of the church prompted me to wonder, is this a legitimate application of Wesleyan theology or is Read More…
Coping with the fact that most Americans still don’t believe Darwin
The legacy mainstream media have done an outstanding job of obscuring key issues. Otherwise, way more people would doubt than do now.
Bahnsen: The atheist worldview cannot allow for laws of logic, the uniformity of nature
” The atheist worldview cannot allow for laws of logic, the uniformity of nature, the ability for the mind to understand the world, and moral absolutes. “
Darwinism isn’t the only “sciencey” crusade in town. There’s also food.
“But the line between advocate and policymaker was blurring on both sides of the debate.”
From The Best Schools: Remembering Einstein
” As one might expect, there are only a few scientists still alive who were directly acquainted with him.”
Higgs boson will be discovered this summer? By the way, contributing to your church doesn’t matter
At this point, the problem isn’t whether these guys find a “Higgs” but whether anyone need believe them.
Life originated before plate tectonics, deepening mystery
” … , the Earth, under the first third of its history, developed under conditions other than what can be explained using the plate tectonics model.”
Neural circuitry for complex social behaviour 450 million years old, researchers say
‘”In these key brain regions, we found remarkable conservation of gene activity across species,’ said Hofmann.”
Sci fi film takes on ID?
But surely it will be hard to beat Space Odyssey 2001 , which single-handedly saved the space program from aghast American taxpayers. 😉
The original selfish gene met the original iron man?
“Although the creatures are not manifestly hostile, they will vampirically leach the iron from the blood of any human who spends too much time around them.”
Breaking: 46% of Americans still believe God created man, woman
Just think … we could introduce the 78% to convergent evolution, lateral gene transfer, epigenetics, stasis – all the stuff that’s real, and zero court-enforced Darwin claptrap
Fri nite frite: Milky Way will collide with Andromeda galaxy, says NASA
But how would it affect life on Earth?
Human evolution: Burial customs for dogs 30 000 years ago
“Forty percent of the 20 dog and wolf crania found at Predmostí have been pierced.” (ceremonially?)