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Tag: Reasons to Believe

Adaptation Evolution Intelligent Design

At Reasons.org: Bear Species Hybridization Shows God’s Providence

“These issues also mean that life scientists cannot legitimately enlist the sound and well-evidenced explanations for microevolution and adaptation in support of macroevolution. “

Posted on October 28, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(6)
Adaptation Earth's habitability Galactic habitability Intelligent Design

At Reasons.org: Was Earth Designed for Us or Did We Evolve to Adapt?

Evidence of design for human life predates human existence.

Posted on October 11, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(6)
Cosmology James Webb space Telescope

At Reasons.org: Did the initial findings of the JWST repudiate the big bang creation model?

Hugh Ross: “To most people using their naked eyes, the heavens don’t seem to be declaring anything at all. But through space telescopes, they are proclaiming the wonders and beauty of God and his creation to a degree never before seen.”

Posted on September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(2)
Big Bang Cosmology James Webb space Telescope

At Reasons.org: Do the James Webb Telescope Images Show the Big Bang Didn’t Happen?

“The latest JWST images don’t justify the enormous attention Lerner’s model has recently received in the public sphere.”

Posted on September 6, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(4)
Astrobiology Origin Of Life

At Reasons.org: Have Astronomers Found Life’s Building Blocks?

Precursors to RNA remain distantly elusive.

Posted on August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Author Caspian Comment(1)
Fine tuning Intellectual freedom The human body

At Reasons.org: Science, Faith, and the Problem of Pain

Even pain can be considered evidence of intelligent design.

Posted on August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(74)
Fine tuning Intelligent Design Viruses

At Reasons.org: Benefits of Viruses

“Why would an all-powerful, all-loving God create a world with viruses?”

Posted on August 9, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(31)
Cosmology Fine tuning Intelligent Design

Do Natural Explanations Rule Out the Universe’s Fine-Tuning?

Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink writes some thoughts on cosmological fine-tuning.

Posted on July 8, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(10)
Directed panspermia Intelligent Design Origin Of Life

Did Life Originate on Earth or in the Cosmos? Part 2

Dr. Ross describes “the strengths and shortcomings of what [a team of 33 scientists] proposes to be the only naturalistic alternative to an Earth-based origin and history of life.”

Posted on June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(12)
Chemistry Extraterrestrial life

At Reasons to Believe: Could Life Be Silicon-Based?

Biochemist Fuz Rana discusses a 2020 review article published in the journal Life in which a team of astrobiologists from MIT present a detailed evaluation of silicon’s life-support capacity.

Posted on June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Author Caspian Comment(1)
Cell biology Intelligent Design

Reasons to Believe: Should we Expect Efficiency Inside the Cell?

Jeff Zweerink, senior research scholar at Reasons to Believe, discusses the movement efficiency of Kinesin-1 in the context of a perceived design inefficiency in the reconnaissance aircraft SR-71.

Posted on May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Author Caspian Comments(4)

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  • Origenes StephenB @191, 192 God is the sufficient cause of Ted’s existence, and Ted’s free will; God is not the sufficient... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • JVL Belfast: ‘Emerging’ is not really a word to be used in science. Despite all the non-biological examples on the Wikipedia... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • Belfast Thanks, Querius, cynical but neat. There’s no real connection to merit a distinction, it’s like asking the distinction between a... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • JVL Querius: Emerge is the obfuscating term used to magically evade causality when the origin of a result is still a... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • JVL Asauber: I’m not denying that stuff happens. Let’s call it Stuff Happens instead of Emergence with the pretense that it... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • tjguy Our universe might not be special, merely “probable”? Whatever! People are going to believe what they want to believe. Even... – Physicists: Our universe might not be...
  • JVL Belfast: JVL, anyone. Distinction between “result” and “emerge”? You always get a result, some of those results display emergent characteristics.... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • Querius . . . or better yet, "make your own dirt." -Q – Physicists: Our universe might not be...
  • Querius Belfast, How about this . . . Emerge is the obfuscating term used to magically evade causality when the origin... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • StephenB Relatd StephenB at 188, Does God manipulate us? No, we have free will. We act freely and choose to do... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • StephenB Origenes: Show me a causal chain that starts from Ted and does not trace back to God as a sufficient... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • Belfast Late to the party, much to comment on, but leave it at this; JVL, anyone. Distinction between “result” and “emerge”? – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • whistler Viola Lee That is, we are causal agents in a way that doesn’t require metaphysical concepts such as libertarian free... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • StephenB OrigenesL Suppose you are right. Suppose Ted is not to blame but his ‘human capacity’ is. I didn’t say that... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • Origenes StephenB Ori: 1. Ted is something made by God. 2. Ted’s immoral actions are a direct result of Ted. Therefore,... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • Viola Lee At 53 above PM linked to a very interesting paper on “Naturalising Agent Causation”, by Henry D. Potter and Kevin... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
  • relatd StephenB at 188, Does God manipulate us? No, we have free will. We act freely and choose to do right... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • StephenB Origenes:And God is the sufficient cause for both Ted and his capacities. Of course. The point is that God is... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • StephenB Origenes: 1. Ted is something made by God. 2. Ted’s immoral actions are a direct result of Ted. Therefore, 3.... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
  • Querius Reminds me of a hypothetical discussion: Hashem: Look I made a man from the dirt. Chemist: Pshat, anyone can do... – Physicists: Our universe might not be...
  • Querius How is the universe is probable? To calculate the probability for anything, what does one need? a. Time (actually, space-time)... – Physicists: Our universe might not be...
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