Eric Strandness – Uncommon Descent

How one medic moved from theistic evolution to intelligent design

Strandness: Richard Dawkins famously said that Charles Darwin made it possible for him to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist, but I found that ID made it possible for me to be an intellectually fulfilled Christian.

Origenes Q: So what baffles me is their motivation and why they even bother. For some reason everything is allowed to... – Is there such a thing as...
jerry Undoubtably you won’t actually read to book to find out. Oh well The reviewers said the book revealed nothing new.... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
Origenes Follow-up #51 JVL: Surely if DNA affects development then it helps determine biological form. S.Meyer: At a construction site, builders... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
bornagain77 Besides Darwinists such as JVL, Shubin, Dawkins, Coyne, and etc. etc. having no realistic clue within their reductive materialistic framework... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
Origenes JVL: Surely if DNA affects development then it helps determine biological form. What does it mean to "help determine biological... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
JVL ET: Except I never proposed that. Obviously you have issues. You have proposed a scenario where life forms are 'programmed'... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
JVL Jerry: I assume all unless they apply to micro evolution. Undoubtably you won't actually read to book to find out.... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
JVL ET: He knows what can affect development. And just because development can be affected by changes to DNA he thinks... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
JVL Origenes: And now, your final position seems to be: “read Shubin’s book”. Since I'm clearly not presenting the information clearly... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ram Sandy: You don’t understand the fundamental role of free will of humans in shaping the world. Humans didn't create this... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
kairosfocus Q, do not underestimate the significance of the penumbra of attack sites. Nor the institutionalised power of evolutionary materialistic scientism... – Is there such a thing as...
ET Shubin doesn't know what determines that a fish will develop other than a fish develops after a successful mating of... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
ET JVL: And why is that? Are you too afraid to offer your model? This is why you get suspended. I... – Only at Salon: The human neck...
ET JVL: No, it’s not nonsense. He was spending a lot of time and effort to address some issues about how... – Is it the “junk DNA” that...
Querius Sandy @118, Yes, indeed. And typically they don't really believe in relativism in their own day-to-day experiences. Imagine their reaction... – Is there such a thing as...
Sandy Jerry is confusing the creator’s “best possible world” with the “best world for the present time.”Obviously this isn’t the best... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
Querius Ram @13, So true. Jerry says he doesn't base his assertion on any scriptures, but instead imagines that somehow God... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
Querius Jerry @12, See Querius @10. It's the question in the last paragraph. -Q – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
ram Seems like Jerry is confusing the creator's "best possible world" with the "best world for the present time." Obviously this... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
Sandy Just some observations and questions. The objective moral law is working even in atheists and all their "struggle" to prove... – Is there such a thing as...
jerry How about it, Jerry? How about what? – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...