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Francis Collins (and junk DNA)

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 8, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design
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Jonathan Wells reflects on the importance of “junk DNA” to Francis Collins’ Language of God

Denyse O'Leary
October 8, 2021
'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design
Wells: It’s not a moral failure to be mistaken about evidence that supposedly supports Darwinian evolution. But the title of Collins’s Language of God was deceptive from the start. And Collins has looked the other way as it has continued to deceive. I consider this one more moral failure of Francis Collins. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 6, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Term “junk DNA” critiqued at journal. But now remember the history!

Denyse O'Leary
October 6, 2021
'Junk DNA', Darwinism, Intelligent Design
“The days of ‘junk DNA’ are over…”? So the house is clearly supporting this move away from the Darwinian position. Oh yes, let’s not forget that “junk DNA” was very much a Darwinian position. Most or all of the Darwinian Bigs signed onto junk DNA as part of their thesis about the unguided nature of life. The big question will doubtless be put off for now: Why does it only count if Darwinian predictions are right but never if they are wrong? Read More ›