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Michael Egnor: Prayer during an epidemic makes sense; Jerry Coyne is scandalized

It started when diehard Darwinian Jerry Coyne made fun of U.S. Veep Mike Pence and colleagues praying about the coronavirus epidemic…

William J Murray Viola Lee, BTW, perhaps you missed it. My views on other worlds and MRT are not just theoretical, they are... – An interview on God and mathematics
William J Murray Viola Lee, Well, that's one of the great things about being me. Others are free to believe whatever they want,... – An interview on God and mathematics
William J Murray KF, I understand that's how all that looks from your perspective, but like your "delusion" challenge against mental reality theory,... – An interview on God and mathematics
bornagain77 Sev states, "Scientists, above all others, should be well aware that science does not have all the answers. Materialism is... – Molecular biologist discovers the weaknesses of...
Viola Lee to WJM at 125: You wrote, "1. What do you mean by “spiritual”? I didn't (and don't) intend to write... – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus WJM: Pardon a markup on opening sentence, illustrating inescapability of said first duties: >> just to be open here,>> -... – An interview on God and mathematics
polistra If he thinks modern tech is based on Quantum Quackery, he's not done chipping yet. Quantum is just a rather... – Molecular biologist discovers the weaknesses of...
kairosfocus Jerry, the movable type printing revolution was the gateway. The ferment over the Reformation opened up the new thinking and... – An interview on God and mathematics
jerry The modern world arose in England to some of the reasons Kf described but the origin of the printing press... – An interview on God and mathematics
Bob O'H Jerry - you do realise that that's a nonsense question, don't you? Social isolation isn't an infectious disease. I think... – BREAKING: President Trump, Mrs Trump &...
bornagain77 More interesting still, why is the size of a human egg, and human vision, halfway between Planck length and the... – Fun: Why is a human body...
William J Murray Also, just to throw this out there and skip all the in-between stuff, all arguments about morality, either subjective or... – An interview on God and mathematics
William J Murray BTW, just to be open here, I don't personally believe in "First duties to right reason" or "objective, absolute morality."... – An interview on God and mathematics
William J Murray VL, First, I want to applaud you for taking a leap and expressing your views. There is nothing I respect... – An interview on God and mathematics
Bob O'H It's about half way on the log scale. And, ironically, the mass of the sun News gives is quite close... – Fun: Why is a human body...
Truth Will Set You Free Well said, BobRyan. – Molecular biologist discovers the weaknesses of...
polistra Suddenness itself isn't really the main problem. The problem is that flowers require bees and bees require flowers. Every aspect... – Why did Darwin consider flowers an...
kairosfocus F/N: The C18 agricultural revolution https://www.britannica.com/topic/agricultural-revolution KF – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus WJM & Jerry, my argument has been that movable type printing was revolutionary, working with vernacular rendering of the Bible... – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus VL, FYI I have just responded to a claim you made, through a step by step corrective argument. KF – An interview on God and mathematics
kairosfocus VL, At this point I am disappointed in your continued mischaracterisation despite repeated correction: I understand the general structure of... – An interview on God and mathematics