William Dembski

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Green Gray Areas — Books that question the conventional wisdom on the environment.

BY MICHAEL CRICHTON
Saturday, October 29, 2005 Read More ›

My political views seem to be a matter for discussion at the Panda’s Thumb (go here). In line with their discussion, let me offer the following 1907 quote by Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN “In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man’s becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who Read More ›

http://www.idthefuture.com/2005/11/testifying_in_dover_trial_was.html

[Excerpt:] Religions continue both to render their special services and to exact their heavy costs. Can scientific humanism do as well or better, at a lower cost? Surely that ranks as one of the great unanswered questions of philosophy. It is the noble yet troubling legacy that Charles Darwin left us. [For complete article, go here.]

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Visit http://www.mutationengineer.homechoice.co.uk and you will see how a simple molecule could dramatically accelerate evolution in a way which might allow design without intelligence.

Fuel’s paradise? Power source that turns physics on its head · Scientist says device disproves quantum theory · Opponents claim idea is result of wrong maths Alok Jha, science correspondent Friday November 4, 2005 The Guardian It seems too good to be true: a new source of near-limitless power that costs virtually nothing, uses tiny amounts of water as its fuel and produces next to no waste. If that does not sound radical enough, how about this: the principle behind the source turns modern physics on its head. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1627424,00.html

An Evolutionist’s Evolution By GLENN COLLINS, NYTimes, 7Nov05 It may seem that the American Museum of Natural History is cruising for controversy in presenting “Darwin,” the most comprehensive exhibition any museum has offered on the naturalist’s life and theories. It is a time, after all, when the theory of evolution by natural selection seems as newsworthy as it was back in the days of the Scopes trial 80 years ago. . . . The exhibition mentions intelligent design not as science, or as a theory to be debated, but as a form of creationism, which offers the biblical view that God created the earth and its creatures fully formed within the last 10,000 years. In 1987 the Supreme Court ruled Read More ›

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science
by Tom Bethell

Regnery, 2005

In science, dispassionate, objective inquiry reigns supreme, and researchers
will readily give up their most cherished views if the evidence proves them
wrong — right? Unfortunately, the answer is no. Read More ›

The Muslim uprising of the last week is a challenge to the half century of policy that has brought France to this point. Policies which deprecated European culture, frowned on a national identity, lowered the birthrate, created a welfare state, imported ‘guest workers’, promoted mindless multiculturalism and relied on ‘international’ treaties for protection — all articles of Leftist faith — are now facing the judgment of history; and worse, the verdict of Islam. It would be supremely ironical if the European Left, the ‘vanguard of history’, required for its future survival the very things it had set out to destroy. [Go here for more: http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com.]

CORNELL UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN FACULTY/STAFF FORUM

THIS WEEK AT CORNELL:

Intelligent Design, Intelligent Discourse:
Reflections on the State of the University Address
A Panel discussion

Friday, November 4, 2:30pm – 4:00 pm
Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium

In his recent State of the University address, Cornell President Hunter Rawlings discussed at length “the challenge to science posed by religiously-based opposition to evolution, described, in its current form, as ‘intelligent design.'” The address received national media coverage and is now serving as the basis for discussions taking place at the departmental level at Cornell.

The response to the address by the Christian community at Cornell has been mixed. Some Christians favorably disposed toward intelligent design were troubled by the talk; others have no more sympathy for intelligent design than Rawlings, and agreed with the large majority of what he said. Read More ›

This just in from a colleague in Australia: Michael Behe was misquoted on the Aussie Catalyst program as follows. From Australian ABC Catalyst program slamming ID. (Thurs 20th October 2005) According to the ABC “the purpose of the report was to explain what is meant by Intelligent Design and to ask whether it is, in fact, a science.” From Catalyst transcript: “Paul Willis: It’s simply not science. And the ‘claimed’ scientific clout behind Intelligent Design is very small. Prof. Michael Behe: There are not that many people who are actively involved in it. Probably, oh maybe a handful you know, five to ten, something like that. Paul Willis: And this handful of scientists have a good idea just who the Read More ›

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