Monthly Archives: August 2012
Spring it on ‘em and Watch the Fur Fly
| August 31, 2012 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
Dennis Venema is an associate professor in the biology department at Trinity Western University, a Christian university near Vancouver, British Columbia. Over at Biologos Venema has an article entitled The Sorrows and Joys of Teaching Evolution at an Evangelical Christian University in which he recounts his efforts to indoctrinate his students in Darwinian evolution. In the… more
An anti-ID biology professor who doesn’t even know the facts of life, let alone evolution
| August 30, 2012 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. You wouldn’t expect a biology professor, of all people, to get the facts of life wrong. You wouldn’t expect a man whose specialty is genetics to overlook the most basic facts about how evolution works. And you certainly wouldn’t expect a scientist who declares that “it is necessary for… more
UB Sets It Out Step-By-Step
| August 30, 2012 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
UD Editors: No one has come close to refuting UB’s thesis after 129 comments. We are moving this post to the top of the page to give the materialists another chance. I take the following from an excellent comment UB made in a prior post. UB lays out his argument step by step, precept by… more
That’s the Way, ASA!
| August 29, 2012 | Posted by Caroline Crocker under American Scientific Affiliation |
Reposted with permission from AITSE Report on the 2012 American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) Annual Meeting About a year ago AITSE and Uncommon Descent featured an article that, between it and the follow-on posts, attracted 3773 hits and 182 comments. Why this high level of interest? Simply because the article pointed out that some of what happened at the… more
“Conservation of Information Made Simple” at ENV
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by William Dembski under Informatics, Intelligent Design |
Evolution News & Views just posted a long article I wrote on conservation of information. EXCERPT: “In this article, I’m going to follow the example of these books, laying out as simply and clearly as I can what conservation of information is and why it poses a challenge to conventional evolutionary thinking. I’ll break this… more
Ten Questions for Professor Coyne
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
Over at his Website, Why Evolution is True, Professor Jerry Coyne is a vigorous defender of science against what he sees as the encroachments of religion. Professor Coyne has made many forceful criticisms of religion over the past few years, so I thought I would respond by writing him an open letter, in which I… more
Do you have to believe in Adam and Eve?
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
It is not often that I find myself in agreement with Professor Jerry Coyne, but this is one of those occasions. Over at his Website, Why Evolution is True, Professor Coyne has written a lengthy post entitled, Catholics proclaim complete harmony between science and their faith, trot out Aquinas again, in which he cites (without… more
For record: Questions on the logical and scientific status of design theory for objectors (and supporters)
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Design inference, Functionally Specified Complex Information & Organization, ID Foundations, Science, science education, Science, worldview issues and society |
Over the past several days, I have been highlighting poster children of illogic and want of civility that are too often found among critics to design theory – even, among those claiming to be standing on civility and to be posing unanswerable questions, challenges or counter-claims to design theory. I have also noticed the strong… more
Trading on borrowed capital
| August 28, 2012 | Posted by David Anderson under Atheism |
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/07/16/new-genus-of-south-asian-fish-named-after-richard-dawkins/ [Rohan] Pethiyagoda, an ichthyologist and internationally acclaimed conservationist, said extensive studies in India and Sri Lanka showed that the level of diversity among such fish was “much greater than previously suspected”. This was partly the reason that the study group had chosen to name the new genus after the 71-year-old Dawkins, the British author… more
The Science Guy: Evolution is True, Creationism is False
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
Bill Nye, host of the 1990s “Bill Nye the Science Guy” children’s show, makes a plea for evolution in this new video clip. Nye explains that evolution deniers are not scientifically literate and have no future: Read more more
Review of a review of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Caroline Crocker under academic freedom, Evolution, Expelled, Intelligent Design |
First posted at AITSE. With the release of Obama’s America, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is again attracting media attention. Both movies are conservative documentaries–Obama’s America has now displaced Expelled as the top conservative documentary. The difference between the two? You can see Expelled for free by clicking on the link above; you have to pay… more
Shakespeare or Whitman?
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
“This above all: to thine own self be true.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, scene 2. Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Watching the materialists tangle themselves into linguistic and intellectual knots in the comment thread over at my… more
Examples of Darwinist “Free” Thought Blogging
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Culture, Humor |
There is never ending drama over at Darwinist Ed Brayton’s “Free” Thought Blogs (FTB). We have the example of Greg Laden (affectionately known as Greg bin Laden by some), describing how he intends to terrorize a US Army soldier: Think about that. You f–king sh-t. Now, get forever out of my life. Do not turn… more
Are these atheists and agnostics really covert creationists?
| August 27, 2012 | Posted by Joshua G under Atheism, Creationism, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
We’ve all heard it before. Time and time again the somewhat tiresome and predictable Darwinian propagandists, in a fit of florid indignation, assert that intelligent design will be the death of science and the dawn of theocracy. The claim that ID is nothing more than warmed-over creationism is one that has been thoroughly addressed by… more
On Self Evident Moral Truth [Updated]
| August 26, 2012 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
Some years ago I posted an excerpt from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov in which Ivan Karamazov brings his indictment against God to his brother Alyosha. In it he describes a number of atrocities based on real life stories. (Warning: Not for the faint of heart): People talk sometimes of bestial cruelty, but that’s a great… more
The Shallowness of Bad Design Arguments
| August 26, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Comp. Sci. / Eng., ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality |
The existence of bad design, broken design, and cruelty in the world inspires some of the strongest arguments against the Intelligent Design of life and the universe. I consider the “bad design” argument the most formidable of the anti-ID arguments put forward, but in the end it is shallow and flawed. I will attempt to… more
Neil Armstrong’s Passing
| August 26, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Culture |
First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82 more
Update: Toronto earns a bar to poster child status (as does Petrushka) in a TSZ thread, with several others joining in and showing the habitual incivility and strawman tactics of too many design objectors
| August 26, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Functionally Specified Complex Information & Organization, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Science, Science, worldview issues and society |
Sometimes UD commenter, NR has started a thread at TSZ, which addresses my new poster child of illogical conduct by objectors to design theory series. Unfortunately, the thread all too soon illustrates just why it is wise to cordon off sites that harbour abusive commentary as enablers of uncivil behaviour. And into the bargain, it… more
Quote of the Day
| August 25, 2012 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
“When you cannot even act as if what you say is true, you really should reconsider your beliefs.” William J. Murray more
Radical Feminism, the Unwitting Ally of ID and Creationism
| August 25, 2012 | Posted by scordova under Atheism, Culture, Humor |
Radical feminists are attempting to seize leadership of the New Atheist movement (aka GNU atheist movement). With big fanfare, we hear: Atheism Plus: New New Atheists Let me introduce you to Atheism+, the nascent movement that might be the most exciting thing to hit the world of unbelief since Richard Dawkins ….. there have been… more