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Category Archives: Intelligent Design
A Short History of Purpose in Biology
Denis Alexander in his new book Is There Purpose in Biology starts with an outline of the history of thinking about Purpose and purpose in biology in the West and Middle East. Capital P Purpose is a metaphysical concept relating … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Intelligent Design, Natural Theology, Science and Faith
Tagged Denis Alexander
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Intelligent Design Revisited
Ten years ago, when I first started writing on science and faith, Intelligent Design was a hot topic. It was in the news and high on the agenda for many in my local church. Today it has slid into the … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligent Design, Science and Faith
Tagged Greg Cootsona
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Insights From Thomas
In his book No Free Lunch William Dembski commented on gaps and science. The “gaps” in the god-of-the-gaps objection are meant to denote gaps of ignorance about underlying physical mechanisms. But there is no reason to think that all gaps … Continue reading
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The Case for a Designer
The final essay in the new book Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design was written by Stephen C. Meyer, Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute. In this essay he summarizes a history of the design argument and many … Continue reading
Overwhelmingly Complex!
The next two scientists profiled in Tim Stafford’s book the adam quest favor intelligent design. Unlike those who support young earth creation, neither Michael Behe nor Fazale Rana base their approach to evolution and the age of the earth on … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Intelligent Design
Tagged Fazale Rana, Michael Behe
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Finding God in What We Know
Dennis Venema’s final chapter in Adam and the Genome examines his move from a position of Intelligent Design to Evolutionary Creation. It isn’t that he finds the world a random mess with humans as lucky accidents. Rather, he has come … Continue reading
The Heavens Declare!
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. All Christians agree that the heavens and the earth are intelligently designed … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligent Design, Natural Theology
Tagged Denis Lamoureux, J.B. Stump
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Is Intelligent Design Dead?
A decade ago Intelligent Design with a capital I and a capital D was a hot topic. A major trial testing the teaching of the ID in Pennsylvania was decided in late 2005 and Stephen C. Meyer’s massive book Signature … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligent Design, Theology
Tagged Ron Highfield
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Design, Secular Naturalism, and “Acceptable” Worldviews
The conversation (at Jesus Creed) on the post last week Darwin’s Doubt and Intelligent Design was interesting. Several years ago I had (and posted about) an e-mail conversation with a friend and colleague about intelligent design and the place for … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Intelligent Design, Problems for Faith
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Darwin’s Doubt and Intelligent Design
A couple of years ago Stephen C. Meyer published Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design as a continuation of the argument he began in Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligent Design, The Fossil Record
Tagged Darrel Falk, Stephen Meyer
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