Evolution

In case you missed this when it came out: https://uncommondescent.com/documentation/Berlinski_Darwinian_Doubts.pdf.

THE CASE AGAINST INTELLIGENT DESIGN.
The Faith That Dare Not Speak Its Name
—THE NEW REPUBLIC—
by Jerry Coyne
Post date: 08.11.05
Issue date: 08.22.05
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050822&s=coyne082205

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Priests in lab coats By Andrew O’Hehir Philosopher Michael Ruse is an ardent evolutionist who thinks creationism is claptrap. So why is he accusing atheistic scientists like Richard Dawkins of being as religious as born-again Bible thumpers? MORE

Notre Dame ReSource: Evolution and Christianity
By: Dennis Brown
Date: July 18, 2005

A renowned philosopher from the University of Notre Dame supports recent comments by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn that belief in evolution as accepted by some in science today may be incompatible with Christian beliefs. Read More ›

I’ll be on CNN today at 10:30am CST with Michael Shermer on Daryn Kagan’s program.

Krauthammer, thoughtful and critical in other areas, continues his reflexive acceptance of Darwinism and dismissal of ID: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1088714,00.html

For an exchange on evo devo between Michael Ruse, Sean Carroll, and me at Science & Theology News, go here.

California Academy of Sciences Publishes Retraction
Settles Libel Claim over Article by Leading Darwin Advocate

Larry Caldwell

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Many Darwinists are now finding that it no longer suits them to be called “Darwinists.” But, as we all know, calling a tail a leg doesn’t change that fact that a dog still only has four legs. Likewise, backing away from standard terminology and assigning to themselves other labels doesn’t change the fact that most evolutionists are indeed Darwinists. Read More ›

After recently reporting about Niall Shanks’s rising star on this blog (here), I ran across this article about his new position at Wichita State University: go here for the article. For all my disagreements with him, he’s a nice guy and I wish him well in his new post. In the article, note the reference to the exchange on NPR’s Justice Talking between him and Paul Nelson. For the details about that exchange, go here.

Dressing down for Darwin: Forum takes on father of evolution By KELLY DAVIS Anderson Independent-Mail July 22, 2005 Named “Uncommon Dissent Forum: Scientists Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing,” the three-day event Aug. 4 through Aug. 6 at the Palmetto Expo Center is to consist of a panel of nine individuals, six of them scientists, all of them prominent in the cultural debate raging about the origins of life. He offers a $30 discount to the $145 registration fee to students and teachers. Supported by the Discovery Institute, he plans up to 15 similar conferences around the nation over the next five years if the Greenville event draws enough interest. Mr. Young’s desire to set up the forum was kindled last November Read More ›

Kenneth Miller, Francisco Ayala, and Lawrence Krauss have decided to go to the top, asking Pope Benedict XVI to clarify his views on evolution and design. Read More ›