Category: Christian Darwinism

If you find Darwin’s God at your church, show him the door politely, will you?

Could any Darwinist, Christian or otherwise, afford a sneer-free investigation of the facts at this time? more

Why “theistic evolution” should properly be called Christian Darwinism

The element in theories about evolution that is not compatible with Christianity IS Darwinism, which they defend. more

Poll: Atheists 15% – God involved 78%

Gallup has updated their origins survey: Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings? 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less… more

“Adam never existed” theologian responds to critics

Since Enns thinks that his critics really need Adam to exist, does he grasp the centrality of the fact that he himself really needs him not to? more

You can be a stupid Darwinist, and make it work, but you can’t be a stupid ID theorist and make it work

The big question is, why are Christians paying for Christian Darwinism. Thoughts? more

Christianity Today profiles BioLogian and young Earth creationist together

Neither Falk nor Wood have much use for design theory. So they will have something to talk about. more

Barry, it seems like the smart atheists are MOSTLY dumping Darwin now …

Christian Darwinists may be people who make bad investments generally. In, for example, “anything goes” theologies. Congregation-wise, everybody goes. Elsewhere. more

Christian Darwinists get it wrong at BioLogos … but isn’t that the job they are supposed to do?

First of all, Venema confuses “irreducibly complex” with “essential for the viability of the organism.” more

Clergy Letter Project “Scientists on call to help Clergy” — Steve Matheson and Amy Bishop

HT: Jammer, UD commenter The Clergy Letter Project was organized to help promote Darwinism in the churches. They maintained a directory of Scientists on call to help Clergy. However the clergy letter project has a checkered past of recruiting scientists with dubious ethical standards to help spread the Gospel according to Darwin. Were it not… more

Memo to Darrel Falk: Take the ghost of Darwin out and shoot it. Dawn.

Yes, you can shoot a ghost. It doesn’t affect the ghost, but it sure makes a difference for you. more

James Shapiro: It’s hard to consider cell checkpoints purely mechanical – so why is BioLogos …

… dumping Darwin’s trash on us? more

Further thoughts on Stephen Barr’s theistic Darwinism: Why should a “made by YHWH” tag in a cell be convincing?

A Darwinist would say that the accidental tag explains why the illusion of design is so persistent in people’s minds … it is embedded in our cells, more

Thoughts on Stephen Barr’s theistic Darwinism: If God can load the dice so cleverly that no evidence would reveal it …

… why couldn’t he have just created the fossils all at once, to fool us or test our faith? more

Bill Dembski on his discussion with BioLogos head Darrel Falk

“How can [Falk] avoid the charge that the faith by which he sees God’s handiwork is merely an overlay on top of a nature that, taken by itself, is neutral or even hostile to Christian faith?” more

Memo re BioLogos: We are waiting for answers that will likely never come …

ID sympathizers – whatever position we take on religion – agree that it could, in principle, be about facts. That is, there can be actual fine-tuning of the universe, actual irreducible complexity, actual revelation. more

What part of naked, normal Darwinism do the BioLogians actually reject and why?

The BioLogians kvetch about being called Christian Darwinists. But what explicit proposition advanced by Darwinists in the science literature are they prepared to deny, based on evidence? more

Bill Dembski’s second installment at BioLogos

” We see this denial of teleology in Darwin’s own writings and we find it among his contemporary disciples, even among theistic evolutionists. ” more

Bill Dembski asks, Is Darwinism theologically neutral – at BioLogos (= Christians for Darwin)

So Darwinism is compatible with a Christianity where churches rise again – as some really nice condos with an airy central atrium, very hot real estate-wise. more

Should Chuck Colson really have listened to Francis Collins on ID?

Why? more

Douglas Wilson: What if Darwin’s baby is “a particularly ugly chimp that somebody smuggled into the nursery”?

“Some of us want to say, ‘Hey! That’s not baby Jane!’” more

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