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Ooh, Harvard

I expect Harvard will have as much success resolving the origin of life problem as they have winning the NCAA men’s basketball championship. Harvard Jumps Into Evolution Debate CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University is joining the long-running debate over the theory of evolution by launching a research project to study how life began. To view the entire Washington Post article, go here.

God vs. Evolution

In the blue corner, God. In the red corner, Evolution. Will they kiss and make up or will they punch each other’s teeth out? Find out at the Pandasthumb: http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/08/julian_sanchez.html http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/08/my_response_to.html

BBC on ID

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/point_of_view

When Ignorance and Arrogance Collide

The Pandasthumb blog is instructive for understanding how our most virulent opponents think. Informed, coherent thought is not always in evidence there. Perhaps the most extreme counterexample I’ve encountered recently is the following set of remarks by someone named Ed Darrell. I leave it to commenters on this blog to have fun with it: Read More ›

Priests in Lab Coats

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

Rocky Mountain News Reports on ID

The control that evolution supporters hold over the debate “is a kind of an intellectual apartheid,” said Doug Groothuis, professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary and author of 10 books that explore the relationship between science and technology and belief…. “Intelligent design arguments don’t quote the Bible. They appeal to the phenomena in nature, like the complex functioning of the cell. If you can’t explain the complexity (of an organism) on the basis of natural law or chance, and it shows evidence of design, you can infer a designer.” http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3982019,00.html