Monthly Archives: July 2012
Adam Rutherford on Synthetic Biology and Ethics
| July 29, 2012 | Posted by Steno under Intelligent Design |
Adam Rutherford argues that we need to meddle more, not less, with the genes of biological organisms. Writing in the Guardian Comment is Free Synthetic biology: ‘playing God’ is vital if we are to create a better future for all – The present gains and future benefits of synthetic biology are too great for it… more
Space aliens a special threat to Christians?
| July 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Extraterrestrial life, News |
Traditional Christians tend not to know about this threat, partly because they are less likely than others to believe claims about space alien sightings and abductions more
How materialism dehumanizes: For human action, it substitutes “caused” for “intended”
| July 29, 2012 | Posted by News under Darwinism, Mind, News |
” The participants described the protagonists with brain characteristics in ways that suggested that the “true” person was not at the helm of himself. ” more
Darwin’s Finches: An Example of How Evidence for Evolution Works
| July 29, 2012 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
Leading evolutionist Jerry Coyne presented Geospiza fortis as an evidence for evolution at a recent talk at Harvard in what continues to be a good example of the strong metaphysics and weak science behind evolution. Recall that the Galapagos finches provided one of Darwin’s many metaphysical argumentsfor his idea that the species must have arisen on their own.… more
Creationist Paper Published in Peer-Reviewed Biology Journal, UD Author Cited — Origins 2012 Conference
| July 28, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Creationism, Intelligent Design |
Belated congratulations to creationist Dr. Todd Wood for having his paper published in the peer reviewed Journal of Evolutionary Biology! See: Using creation science to demonstrate evolution more
How to Bring Healing and How Not To
| July 28, 2012 | Posted by johnnyb under Engineering, Ethics, Philosophy, Society, Spirituality, Video |
In our final video for the Engineering and Metaphysics conference, we have Dr. Walter Bradley, famous in ID circles for his book, The Mystery of Life’s Origin. Here Dr. Bradley shares with us his work on helping relieve poverty in third-world countries through engineering. He also tells us about practices that people attempt to use… more
Dennis Venema Begs the Question and Warns the Church That it Must Come to Terms With Human-Chimp Common Ancestry
| July 28, 2012 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
In spite of the crystal clear message from science that evolution is not a good hypothesis evolutionists continue to add confusion and uncertainty to promote their mythology. One tactic evolutionists use is to interpret evidence in terms of evolution and then claim the result as evidence for evolution. That is not only bad science, it is fallacious.… more
What future has Darwinism in a world like this, once the tenure bores retire?
| July 28, 2012 | Posted by News under Evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
“… I don’t know that anyone has ever asked how much data a living thing truly holds.”" more
Are pseudogenes evidence of code libraries? (a speculative suggestion)
| July 28, 2012 | Posted by andyjones under Comp. Sci. / Eng., Genomics, Intelligent Design, The Design of Life |
Intelligent Design is relatively new in its present form. Proponents often argue that there are features of biology that look like engineering, and in particular, that the programming of life, the DNA software that goes along with the cellular hardware, is analogous to the programming of computers. However, we haven’t yet been able to fully… more
Do leading Darwinists believe in common ancestry, with or without evidence? Or despite it?
| July 28, 2012 | Posted by News under Darwinism, Human evolution |
” … even if there were no actual evidence in favour of the Darwinian theory (there is, of course) we should still be justified in preferring it over all rival theories … ” more
Irreducible Complexity Example #123,456 — Water Skippers
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
When I was a kid, for a weekend getaway, our family used to visit a place in the woods of northern Idaho. A stream flowed through the campsite, and I remember seeing these fascinating insects called water skippers. They moved on the surface of the water on their “feet,” supported by the water’s surface tension.… more
How complex systems can arise from chemical elements
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Chemistry, Irreducible Complexity, News |
If they are directed by thousands of irreducibly complex minds. more
Drew Berry animates the malaria parasite
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, News |
We’re pretty sure Mike Behe likes it. more
Matti Leisola on why lignin (wood) remains engimatic, in terms of evolution
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
“How are we to interpret the results obtained by Chen et al.? They used kraft lignin, which is produced in an alkaline cooking process (several hours at 130 to 180̊C).” more
Human evolution: Simmering conflict between genetic and paleontology data erupts
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
One paleontologist calls the geneticists’ view “irresponsible” and another invokes the devil, when advising us to “sup with a long spoon” when dealing with them. more
New York Times report on human evolution controversy vindicates book Science and Human Origins
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, Intelligent Design, News |
Human-Neanderthal breeding? “Fossil evidence says no. Genetic evidence appears to say yes” more
Science journalist: Don’t let the rubes know about human evolution controversies
| July 27, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
His article should be saved as a classic in entirely unfounded elitism. more
A Thomistic Approach to Intelligent Design
| July 26, 2012 | Posted by johnnyb under Intelligent Design |
Next up in our Engineering and Metaphysics series is Thomist physicist and philosopher Alex Sich who gives both enthusiastic support and harsh criticisms to the Intelligent Design project. If I understand his objection correctly, he believes that ID is incorrectly and incoherently mixing categories of knowledge, not making proper distinctions of terms, and confusing univocal… more
Theodore Dalrymple on the Aurora massacre
| July 26, 2012 | Posted by News under Mind, News |
“By a strange irony, alleged Aurora mass murderer James Holmes was a doctoral student of neuroscience … ” more
Ann Gauger sets record straight on Wistar II
| July 26, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
“The alternative explanation, that he deliberately misrepresented things to put me in a bad light and to score a talking point, would be unfortunate. ” more