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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 26, 2019
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Michael Behe: There are no “trenchant” criticisms of ID

News
November 26, 2019
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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The complexity is that Darwinism sticks deeply in the heads of shallow people. It explains everything, especially the sociology of their personal lives. Which is what really matters. So trenchant criticisms generally don’t really happen much though outbreaks of rage often do. Read More ›
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Barry Arrington
Date
November 25, 2019
Categories
Intelligent Design

Upright Biped Schools Ed George

Barry Arrington
November 25, 2019
Intelligent Design
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Everything below is from a comment posted by UB: Ed at 34, [re: Ed on telling the truth]It is just one of the rules we have to follow if we want to be welcome in society. If I chose to live by myself in a cabin in the hills I would have no obligation to be honest to the rare person that stumbled upon me. Yes, you’ve been very concise on this feature of your belief system, and we understand you. If you live in a society then you have to tell the truth as a moral obligation to the consensus of that society (who collectively believe that people should tell the truth). But if you live out on your own, then Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 25, 2019
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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An argument for the necessity of design in the universe

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November 25, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Arvay: Would not the multi-verse itself have to have parameters? Would not those also, have to fall within narrow ranges? And what principle of physics defines how many constants there are? What defines what ranges those parameters must have? What law of nature decides what the laws of nature must be? (That would be circular causation!) What governs the dice? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 25, 2019
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Yesterday was the 160th anniversary of Darwinism

News
November 25, 2019
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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To judge from Darwinism's lobbyists and followers in recent decades, who want to make a living putting rubes in their place, without embracing eugenics, Darwin has certainly paid off. But the genome map is killing all that. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 24, 2019
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Douglas Axe on the central weaknesses of Darwinism today

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November 24, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Axe: Then again, if you simply value scientific honesty, you ought to be moved by the fact that thousands of professional Darwinists laboring for 160 years have not explained the origin of a single complex functional feature of life with the degree of rigor expected in all serious sciences. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 24, 2019
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
theism
theistic evolution
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Douglas Murray: Is Darwinism toxic to Christianity?

News
November 24, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, theism, theistic evolution
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And if Darwinism isn’t a correct statement of origins anyway, where does that leave all these theistic evolution fudgers in the cold light of the morning? They won't come off looking any better than the creationists or the Darwinists, however they tried to position themselves. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 23, 2019
Categories
Cell biology
Intelligent Design
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Cilia are more complex than thought

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November 23, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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"Before this work, everyone assumed these proteins inside cilia just stabilize the structure, which is true for a subset of the proteins, especially when you consider the forces produced by the continuous beating of the cilia," Zhang said. "But based on how they are arranged inside this structure, we believe these proteins are doing many more things." Read More ›