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Denyse O'Leary
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December 15, 2019
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Asked at The Scientist: “Does science describe experience or truth?”

Denyse O'Leary
December 15, 2019
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science, theism
As it happens, the loss of theism puts science in an impossible position. A traditional monotheist (and probably most deists) would assume that God creates according to logic and reason and that the scientist can indeed find out the truth by “thinking God’s thoughts after him.” But otherwise, why? Loss of the theistic perspective leads directly to the current demands that science credentials and acknowledgements be apportioned on the basis of fairness as if they were public goods of some kind. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 8, 2019
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Religion, theism
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Decline in giving is linked to decline in religious belief

Denyse O'Leary
December 8, 2019
Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Religion, theism
If you believe that we evolved randomly and that the world has always been governed by Darwinian survival after that, you would only give if you felt like it. The “giving gene”? The “evolutionary psychology of giving?” Sure. That'll work. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 24, 2019
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, theism, theistic evolution
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Douglas Murray: Is Darwinism toxic to Christianity?

Denyse O'Leary
November 24, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, theism, theistic evolution
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
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November 17, 2019
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism, theistic evolution
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Jon Garvey (“Hump of the Camel”) weighs in on the late Phillip Johnson

Denyse O'Leary
November 17, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism, theistic evolution
God can create ex nihilo. Claims like “God wouldn’t do it that way” are mere opinion. The question for a scientist ... is, what did he do? And once we are forced back on the evidence, the theistic evolutionists’ darling, Darwinism, comes more and more to be seen as the toad who is not turning into a prince when we finally get the princess to kiss him. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 6, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
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In debating Jerry Coyne, Michael Egnor tries philosophy…

Denyse O'Leary
October 6, 2019
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
Egnor: The Prime Mover argument is the most popular formal argument for the existence of God, and it is often misunderstood and, when understood, often misrepresented. Atheists, in my experience, never get it right. If they did, they wouldn’t be atheists. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 26, 2019
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
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If Darwinian biologist Jerry Coyne hadn’t existed, we would have had to invent him

Denyse O'Leary
September 26, 2019
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
Michael Egnor: A shimmering example of atheist idiocy (there is no other word for it) is Jerry Coyne’s recent argument, at Why Evolution Is True, against God’s existence in his post on David Attenborough’s agnosticism. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 26, 2019
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Ethics, Intelligent Design, Religion, theism
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A serious look at whether we can be good without God

Denyse O'Leary
May 26, 2019
Ethics, Intelligent Design, Religion, theism
Christian Smith: One of the key problems with atheist arguments for universal benevolence, according to Smith, is the contention that we live in a "naturalistic" universe, in a realm that simply came to be, with no creator. So how can naturalistic atheist thinkers claim any rational basis for the high moral standard they're reaching for? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 19, 2019
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
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Disproofs of God’s existence are falling on hard times these days

Denyse O'Leary
May 19, 2019
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
Omnipotent means the power to do any possible thing. Christians, for example, say that God “became man and suffered for us under Pontius Pilate.” So the answer to McGinn’s questions (“does he have the power to sneeze or digest food or pick his nose”) is yes, though it requires incarnation in a human body. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 28, 2019
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, Religion, theism
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Researchers: Rise in “religious Nones” masks growth in evangelicalism

Denyse O'Leary
April 28, 2019
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Religion, theism
Atheists have also grown from 1.6% of the adult population to 3%, which is a significant increase. But the smaller the starting number, the easier it is for any increase to be significant. It;s the mushy middle that is shrinking. Read More ›