Monthly Archives: February 2009
Casey Luskin Op-Ed in U.S. News & World Report
| February 11, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Casey Luskin’s thoughts on tomorrow’s Darwin Day celebrations here: www.usnews.com/…/darwin-intelligent-design-… more
Humor – What Debating with a Darwinist is Like (sometimes)
| February 11, 2009 | Posted by DonaldM under Intelligent Design |
Okay, this is a little OT (but only slightly), but sometimes debating with a Darwinist can be like this. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt more
Well then, no birthday cake for you, David!
| February 11, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
“I oppose Darwinism because it is an intellectual & scientific fraud. I have opposed it all my adult life on that account alone; as I’ve told you before, I opposed it as crap science when I was an atheist. But I oppose it today with greater & greater passion, because I see that it provides the cosmological groundwork for real evil.”
Dawkins Rap – and Attenborough
| February 11, 2009 | Posted by Steno under Intelligent Design |
I found this ‘Dawkins – Dick D’ Rap’ on youtube while searching for the piece below – sorry not embedded (and apologies if it has been posted before, but I found it amusing). Dawkins Rap A.A.Gill offers his own review of Attenborough’s programming David Attenborough may just be God – by A.A.Gill Gill comments; “David, honour… more
‘Lincoln and Darwin — Live For One Night Only!’ Now On-Line
| February 11, 2009 | Posted by Steve Fuller under Biography, Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Just For Fun, Media, Philosophy, Religion, Science |
I am pleased to say that an audio version (MP3) of my play ‘Lincoln and Darwin — Live for One Night Only!’ is now on-line at ‘The Sci-Phi Show’, courtesy of Jason Rennie, the Sydneyside philosophical broadcaster. Here it is, just in time for Lincoln and Darwin’s 200th birthday (tomorrow). The play runs to 85… more
Darwinists, John Cage, Flimflam Artists, and Himalayan Dung Heaps
| February 11, 2009 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
When I was in college I studied piano with a Hungarian concert pianist by the name of Istvan Nadas. He was a student of Bartok and a miraculous survivor of a Nazi death camp. Nadas had just completed a concert series in which he played all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. I was studying and… more
Chance & Necessity Whackaloons Dropping Like Flies
| February 10, 2009 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Zogby poll conducted at the end of January finds 78% of likely US voters favor teaching both strengths and weaknesses of Darwin’s theory of evolution. The same poll conducted in 2006 found 69% favored teaching both sides of the controversy. We’re winning in the public square. Big time. more
Natural — Supernatural FAQ
| February 10, 2009 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
The Natural — Supernatural trope appears so frequently, I have decided to add it to the FAQ. The following new FAQ (many thanks to StephenB and DaveScot, from whom I have cribbed freely) is now open for comment: (38) When an ID theorist says “natural forces” cannot account for certain features of the universe, he… more
Does Darwin’s God Play Dice with the Universe?
| February 9, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution |
This from the conclusion of Darwin’s THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION: The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but this is not strictly correct; for the shape of each depends on a long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws; on the… more
Science Deprived Whackaloon Creationist Writings From Down Under
| February 9, 2009 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
The article I link to below was written by a creationist and published on a creationist website. The abysmal lack of knowledge about molecular biology is exposed in it. I present it for entertainment purposes only… Astonishing DNA complexity demolishes neo-Darwinism by Alex Williams JOURNAL OF CREATION 21(3) 2007 more
G.K. Chesterton’s Doubts about Darwinism
| February 9, 2009 | Posted by DLH under Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Off Topic, Philosophy, Religion, Self-Org. Theory |
Following are some insightful extracts from G.K.Chesterton that still ring true. Doubts About Darwinism by G. K. Chesterton, 17th July 1920 . . .I am confronted with a very reasonable retort that I know nothing about the subject. . .it would be equally true if I ventured to throw out the suggestion that the Kaiser… more
The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
| February 9, 2009 | Posted by DonaldM under Intelligent Design |
The L.A. Theater Works have been touring the U.S. with a wonderful production of Peter Goodchild’s The Great Tennessee Monkey Monkey Trial. With veteran actors Ed Asner and John Heard as William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, respectively, the play’s script is taken directly from the transcripts of the actual trial, so is not a… more
Triassic Shore Birds?!
| February 9, 2009 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
The late Triassic-early Jurassic predates Archaeopteryx, the most primitive bird known, which first appears in the fossil record in the late Jurassic fifty million or more years later. Yet here we have convincing traces of modern shore birds in strata that appears to be very well dated to the late Triassic. The authors point out… more
Someone please send Barbara Forrest a thesaurus
| February 9, 2009 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Barbara Forrest responds to David DeWolf in The News Star. Early in the article Forrest puts forth a false dichotomy which undermines all that follows. My emphasis: DeWolf’s portrayal of ID as scientific is falsified by his defining it as involving the “actions of an intelligent agent as the cause of phenomena that natural processes… more
The Evolving Times
| February 8, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Check out this link: www.charlesdarwin.org. more
Theos Survey: A Case of Unintelligent Design?
| February 8, 2009 | Posted by Steve Fuller under Atheism, Biology, Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Media, Philosophy, Religion, Science, The Design of Life, theistic evolution |
Andrew Sibley has drawn attention to the recent Theos survey of the UK public’s beliefs in evolution, creationism and intelligent design. Wearing my sociologist’s hat, one overriding conclusion comes through in this survey: It was very poorly designed. Theos should get its money back from the social researchers they hired. Theos wants to give the… more
Exposing the Darwin religion – Booker in the UK Telegraph
| February 8, 2009 | Posted by Steno under Intelligent Design |
Christopher Booker offers his observations on the enthusiasm shown by adherents to Darwin’s theory in the run up to the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. Booker too has noticed the analogy between devotion to Darwin and organised religion. Charles Darwin zealots have made science a substitute religion Booker firstly points out some unresolved problems with… more
The Economist now knows for sure that Darwinism is more important than science achievement
| February 6, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
David Warren, a stalwart hack of the Ottawa Citizen, derides a recent Economist article, “Untouched by the hand of God: How people in various countries view the theory of evolution” (Feb 5th 2009), which allows us to know, IT IS 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, which suggested that all… more
What do Ben Stein and Howard Dean have in common?
| February 6, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
A few days back I reported here that Ben Stein had been uninvited to give the UVM (University of Vermont) commencement address, at which he was also to be given an honorary doctorate. I’m afraid I may have come across as a bit miffed by this seeming unfairness. Well, I’m happy to report that all’s… more
Coffee break: FAQ 2: Note to “real scientists” – stay OUT of police work
| February 6, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Barry Arrington notes that FAQ2 addresses the claim that No Real Scientists Take Intelligent Design Seriously Well, there is a big scandal going on right now in my home province of Ontario, involving accusations of cheating in lotteries. As explained by the inimitable Toronto Star, more