Monthly Archives: October 2010
Bruce Gordon’s Article on Stephen Hawking
| October 4, 2010 | Posted by Clive Hayden under Atheism, Design inference, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design |
In a recent Washington Times article, written by the Discovery Institute’s polymath Bruce Gordon, Gordon discusses the soundness of Stephen Hawking’s argument made recently which states that the universe could have been brought into existence merely by the laws of nature. Stephen Hawking‘s new book, “The Grand Design,” co-authored with Leonard Mlodinow, contends that God… more
ID in Japan?
| October 3, 2010 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
Shrine gate at Itsukushima shrine, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Photo by Dan Smith. One of Paul Gauguin’s most famous paintings is entitled: “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” Historically, the world’s great civilizations have offered very different answers to these three questions. In this post, I’d like to draw readers’… more
St. Thomas Aquinas and his Fifteen Smoking Guns (A five-part reply to Professor Tkacz)
| October 1, 2010 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
For some time now, I’ve been threatening to publish an expose of the pretentious claims of self-styled “Thomists” who have argued that Intelligent Design is completely at odds with St. Thomas Aquinas’ philosophy. Well, this is it. The Big One. Get ready, and hold on to your hats. In today’s post, I’m going to comprehensively… more
UK Centre For Intelligent Design Claims It Will Focus On Science, Not Religion
| October 1, 2010 | Posted by Clive Hayden under Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science |
Dr Alastair Noble, director of the Center for Intelligent Design in Glasgow, says ID is ‘consistently misrepresented as a religious position’ and he’s ready to engage the debate on the grounds of actual evidence, according to this article at the UK’s Guardian. more
Darwin proven wrong, again! Experimental Evolution Reveals Resistance to Change
| October 1, 2010 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
Natural Selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, the slightest variations; rejecting those that are bad, preserving and adding up all that are good. C.DARWIN sixth edition Origin of Species — Ch#4 Natural Selection NOT! Newly appearing good traits in a single individual will rarely get infused (or “fixed” ) into a population.… more
Alister McGrath and Roger Penrose on Stephen Hawking’s Latest Atheist Pronouncements
| October 1, 2010 | Posted by William Dembski under Religion, Science |
For the full program, go here. more
Darwinian “triggers to persuasion and captivation” read more like the seven deadly sins.
| October 1, 2010 | Posted by O'Leary under Darwinism, Evolutionary psychology |
“So tell me again, Uncle Doddy: Given the stats, how does sin promote survival – for anyone but the rackets downtown?” more
Irony
| October 1, 2010 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
In Foresight and Understanding (Indiana University Press, 1961), physicist and philosopher of science Stephen Toulmin rejected set “rules” for science. He argued that no single criterion (e.g., falsifiablity, prediction, etc.) encompasses the entire scientific endeavor. Toulmin advocated a Darwinian conception of science pursuant to which scientific theories succeed because they are better adapted at explaining… more