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Bill Dembski offers some thoughts on the current state of Christian apologetics

Dembski: I say Christian apologetics needs to be expanded and upgraded rather than reconceptualized or reimagined.

bornagain77 JVL, "Any good scientific view should be updated and modified when new evidence and data is discovered." You are, as... – Are Mutations Really Random?
JVL Bornagain77: Darwin’s theory itself will, time and time again, simply “evolve” so as to try to avoid any potential falsification... – Are Mutations Really Random?
asauber Sin clouds the mind. For some, it may be the sin of pride, or it could be lots of other... – Good question: Why do atheists reason...
bornagain77 JVL, "If you choose to not keep up with the latest iterations (or Darwin's theory)",,, LOL, too funny, the only... – Are Mutations Really Random?
polistra If we needed theories this might be important. We don't need theories, so this doesn't matter. – Is Darwinism an "Empty Theory"?
JVL Bornagain77: No JVL, Darwin’s theory holds that mutations are random, i.e. unguided, period. If you choose to not keep up... – Are Mutations Really Random?
bornagain77 No JVL, Darwin's theory holds that mutations are random, i.e. unguided, period. Completely random mutations are the friggin teleological denying... – Are Mutations Really Random?
doubter WJM@63 The Abstract of the paper shows that the paper is strictly for specialists in this esoteric area of quantum... – Why (some) physicists think a multiverse...
kairosfocus First reports found from Tonga, significant damage https://www.daily-sun.com/post/599846/Huge-Tonga-volcanic-eruption-caused-signifcant-damage – Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga, sends...
JVL Neil Rickert: I was going to put my two-cents in but you've covered much of the core ideas. I think... – Are Mutations Really Random?
martin_r And here is a designed species that creates sand design... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B91tozyQs9M – If there is a secret math...
martin_r deleted – If there is a secret math...
bornagain77 Well actually ChuckyD, contrary to your usual denial of evidence that is sitting right in front of you, (i.e. willful... – A Case of Bad Timing
chuckdarwin BA77 @ 53 In short, multicellular life would not even exist in the first place if life was not, in... – A Case of Bad Timing
bornagain77 Moreover, to go even further in falsifying the claim from Darwinists that life is the result of 'ANTI-moral' "Death as... – A Case of Bad Timing
bornagain77 Darwinists hold that any conception of objective morality that we may have for life is merely a subjective, man-made, illusion.... – A Case of Bad Timing
William J Murray Robert Lanza, the creator of an MRT he calls "Biocentrism," said the following in a 2021 article: Now, new research,... – Why (some) physicists think a multiverse...
kairosfocus Updated overnight – Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga, sends...
kairosfocus LCD http://www.columbia.edu/~ey2172/orwell.html 1984's Winston Smith speaks . . . – A Case of Bad Timing
kairosfocus Over in L&FP 48a, regarding a new OP 48i: Today’s addition L&FP, 48i: Dallas Willard on the legitimate authority of... – A Case of Bad Timing
kairosfocus Ironically, deep ocean, such waves are unremarkable and may not be noticed, it is when they near a coast that... – Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga, sends...