There is an intuitive analogy between the basic operation of an electric circuit and how intelligent design works. In an electric circuit, a current flows in a load only if a generator provides voltage. In a system, organization can increase only if a generator of information provides intelligence. Consider the figure: On the left we have an electric circuit, on the right intelligent design applied on a system. In the electric circuit an active component is necessary (generator) to power the passive component (load). Similarly, in the ID schema, an active agent (designer) is necessary to organize a passive object and make it a designed system. More generally, this ID model applies as well as to a problem to solve, Read More ›

In a comment to a prior post Dr. JDD captures in a nutshell typical Darwinist dismissal and bluster disguised as argument: Darwinism Critic:: “I don’t accept evolution” Darwinist: “Evolution has been proved many times! Just look at antibiotic resistance! You are stupid for not accepting evolution! I am justified in not engaging with you anymore because you don’t even accept observed facts.” -Darwinist leaves- Critic: “Actually I meant Darwinian evolution…” -Darwinist in the distance- “that’s not a thing…” Critic: “I meant macro-evolution” -Darwinist on the horizon- “no one in science even uses that term. All your arguments are rejected. I win!”

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has placed a full-page advertisement in the July 3 issue of the New York Times, protesting against the Supreme Court’s recent decision (in Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby) that two for-profit corporations with sincerely held religious beliefs do not have to provide a full range of contraceptives at no cost to their employees, pursuant to the Affordable Care Act. The two companies in question are closely held corporations, like 90 per cent of all businesses in the United States. Brett Logiurato, writing for Business Insider, points out that closely held companies comprise 52% of the American workforce, citing a 2002 study from New York University. Writing in National Review Online (July 1, 2014), Matt Bowman Read More ›