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Denyse O'Leary
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August 30, 2021
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At Mind Matters News: Is brain science helping us understand our belief in God?

Denyse O'Leary
August 30, 2021
Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, theism
"Ferguson is careful to emphasize that he is not trying to disprove the reality of religious experience:" Oh no. For sure, why would anyone think that? ;) Egnor: The best way to understand religious experience is to have one. Researchers who are looking for a way around that problem don’t produce useful research. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 24, 2021
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Atheism, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism
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Jerry Coyne vs Ross Douthat on science-based belief in God

Denyse O'Leary
August 24, 2021
Atheism, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism
Coyne makes a virtue of the fact that he finds typical, widespread points of view hard to comprehend. Uncommon Descent to Jerry Coyne: Come in Coyne, are you reading us?: Buckle that seatbelt, man! This is the BIG roller coaster, Flyin’ Annie. Not the little ones you are used to. Over and out. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 17, 2021
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, theism
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Stephen Hawking was actually overdue for a critical look

Denyse O'Leary
May 17, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, theism
Klinghoffer: "As Keating and Seife discuss, much of his fame, too, stemmed from efforts to disprove that God was needed either to account for the Big Bang that brought the universe into existence or to account for the physical laws that govern the cosmos." Hawking’s celebrity made it really difficult to discuss those issues in a forum where both sides were fairly represented. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design, theism
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Orwell’s 1984 as an argument for God’s existence

Denyse O'Leary
April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, theism
Atheism is not only fundamental to the Party’s power but is also its central weakness: If there is evidence for any higher power in the universe, the Party cannot be what it claims. Objective reality, apart from the Party’s version, then certainly exists. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 11, 2021
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, Science, theism
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Michael Egnor: Here’s why an argument for God’s existence is a scientific argument

Denyse O'Leary
April 11, 2021
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Science, theism
Egnor: [t]he logic pointing to God’s existence is overwhelmingly stronger than the evidence and logic supporting any other scientific theory in nature. Aquinas’s First Way proof of God’s existence, for example, has exactly the same structure as any other scientific theory. The empirical evidence is the presence of change in nature. Because infinite regress is logically impossible in an essentially ordered chain of changes, there must be a Prime Mover to begin the process and that is what we call God. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 11, 2021
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Atheism, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Religion, theism
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At Mind Matters News: Why believe atheists about God?

Denyse O'Leary
April 11, 2021
Atheism, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Religion, theism
Logic and evidence both point to the existence of God, whatever atheists may think: Michael Egnor addresses three arguments in Steve Meyer’s new book, The Return of the God Hypothesis. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 4, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, theism
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Asked of Steve Meyer: If humans are so important to God, why did they take so long to develop?

Denyse O'Leary
April 4, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, theism
In the book, Meyer argues from three scientific discoveries to an inference to a personal God. If God is the creator, Keating wants to know, why was He so patient as to wait billions of years, during which not much that was very interesting happened, for the fulfillment of His purpose in initiating the universe to begin with? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 25, 2021
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, theism
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Free excerpt from Steve Meyer’s new book, Return of the God Hypothesis

Denyse O'Leary
March 25, 2021
Atheism, Intelligent Design, theism
Meyer: I was not surprised to hear outspoken atheists or scientific materialists explaining why they doubted the existence of God. What shocked me was the persuasive talks by other leading scientists who thought that recent discoveries in their own fields had decidedly theistic implications. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 7, 2021
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism
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Eric Metaxas interviews Stephen Meyer on his new book

Denyse O'Leary
March 7, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism
Meyer: Historian of science Frederic Burnham has stated that the God hypothesis is now a more respectable hypothesis than at any time in the last one hundred years. The Return of the God Hypothesis looks at three critical sources of evidence. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 7, 2021
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Physics, theism
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At The Conversation: Can the laws of physics disprove God?

Denyse O'Leary
March 7, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Physics, theism
This seems to be a rather light piece intellectually but it gives some sense of what the wine bar would be saying about God and science if COVID-19 crazy hadn’t put it out of business: "But God isn’t a valid scientific explanation. The theory of the multiverse, instead, solves the mystery because it allows different universes to have different physical laws. So it’s not surprising that we should happen to see ourselves in one of the few universes that could support life. Of course, you can’t disprove the idea that a God may have created the multiverse." Read More ›