Reading Time: 4 minutes At some point during our merry journey through secularism, we all encounter some benighted religious people who make arguments that only seem to work if you already accept their conclusions. Whenever Christians send messages about creationism to my atheism blog, they tend to be religious, faith-based arguments. I try to use scientific, evidence-based arguments in […]
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Critiquing the Christian Design Checklist
Reading Time: 5 minutes How would a Creationist decide if life on earth was designed by a supernatural Designer? Let’s reconsider those eight attributes of designed things. The list doesn’t hold up as reliable and unbiased.
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A Response to David Gelernter’s Attack on Evolution (5 of 4)
Reading Time: 4 minutes A well-known computer science professor has written an attack on evolution that has been heralded by Creationist/ID proponents as an important document in their fight to overturn the scientific consensus. We’ll look at the Discovery Institute’s goals (no, it’s not science) and try to figure out where Gelernter is coming from.
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A Response to David Gelernter’s Attack on Evolution (4 of 4)
Reading Time: 4 minutes A well-known computer science professor has written an attack on evolution that has been heralded by Creationist/ID proponents as an important document in their fight to overturn the scientific consensus. Let’s look at science vs. pseudoscience and clues that Gelernter’s attack isn’t an honest following of the evidence.
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A Response to David Gelernter’s Attack on Evolution (3 of 4)
Reading Time: 4 minutes A well-known computer science professor has written an attack on evolution that has been heralded by Creationist/ID proponents as an important document in their fight to overturn the scientific consensus. We’ve moved on to evidence for evolution vs. Intelligent Design.
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A Response to David Gelernter’s Attack on Evolution (2 of 4)
Reading Time: 5 minutes A well-known computer science professor has written an attack on evolution that has been heralded by Creationist/ID proponents as an important document in their fight to overturn the scientific consensus. We consider his argument that the Cambrian explosion and new protein synthesis are both unexplainable by evolution.
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Forget the Cambrian Explosion—Here’s a SERIOUS Biodiversity Event
Reading Time: 4 minutes Intelligent Design advocates love the Cambrian Explosion. Yes, the Cambrian explosion was remarkable, but it’s not the evolution-destroying anomaly that Intelligent Design advocates want to believe.
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Movie Review: “Is Genesis History?” (Part 4)
Reading Time: 5 minutes A just-released documentary attempts to give young-earth Creationists scientific rationalization for conclusions that come from the Bible. Let’s see how well it stands up to reality (part 4).
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Organic Material Found in T-Rex Fossils—Evidence for Young Earth?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Soft tissue has been found inside dinosaur fossils that are tens of millions of years old. But doesn’t soft tissue argue for a much younger age?
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Movie Review: “Is Genesis History?” (Part 3)
Reading Time: 4 minutes A just-released documentary attempts to give young-earth Creationists scientific rationalization for conclusions that come from the Bible. Let’s see how well it stands up to reality (part 3).