Reading Time: 4 minutes Several years ago, I participated in an online discussion about how Man had influenced the evolutionary process. The premise was that since no other animal had ever had the capability to do this, it must be the result of a gift from God. Here are some excerpts: Sy says: “I now realize that while Darwinian […]
Intelligent Design
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The Creator On Trial – Part 5
Reading Time: 5 minutes Chapter 10 begins with Rene Descartes’ famous quote, “cogito ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am.) The chapter ends with a quote by philosopher Stuart C. Hackett: “With modest apology to Descartes: Cogito, ergo Deus est! I think, therefore God is.”1 Both the author and Hackett should read Descartes’ entire quote. There are two prefacing […]
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The Creator On Trial – Part 4
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Chapter 4 interviewee is Stephen Meyer, one of the founders of the Discovery Institute. Meyer states, “If it’s true that there’s a beginning to the universe…then this implies a cause that transcends the universe.” He continues, “To get life going in the first place would have required biological information; the implications point beyond the […]
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The Creator On Trial – Part 3
Reading Time: 4 minutes The interviews start in Chapter 3. Jonathan Wells, the interviewee for this chapter, is well-known for his attacks on evolution. Wells is a Moonie (member of the Unification Church) who says he was personally tasked by Rev. Moon to tear down the theory of evolution. He lists ten “Icons of Evolution,”1 that he claims are […]
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The Creator On Trial – Part 2
Reading Time: 4 minutes The interviews in Strobel’s book, “The Case for a Creator,” are written in the form of Socratic dialogues, where Strobel takes on the role of skeptical questioner, as if he were still unconvinced of the Creator’s existence. His biography contradicts this, stating that he converted to Christianity in 1981. This book was published in 2004, […]
Posted inEvolution, The Secular
The Creator On Trial – Part 1
Reading Time: 7 minutes A Little History of Creationism in the US Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. — Amendment […]
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Why Specificity In Intelligent Design Is Useless – Guest Post by Smilodon’s Retreat
Reading Time: 5 minutes Here is a guest post from a friend of mine from my days of blogging at the Skeptic Ink Network. I thought it would be apt given the huge discussion going on here, and some other discussions involving evolution and Creationism here at ATP. Thanks to Smilodon’s Retreat for this! Check out his other posts […]
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Duping the Educated.
Reading Time: 9 minutes I couldn’t wait another moment. We have to take a look at this news story and talk about it a little today. Yes, it’s that awesome. The piece is called “Dallas researchers out to scientifically prove biblical version of creation,” but what it really proves is that people who think they’re educated can be terribly […]
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Remember that Dover Judge? He’s Just Ruled on Equal Marriage.
Reading Time: 13 minutes We are a better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history. Judge John E. Jones III, Memorandum Opinion, Whitewood v. Wolf, 2014 That’s the last sentence in a presiding judge’s opinion paper regarding one of the latest equal-marriage trials, this one in Pennsylvania. […]