Nice. Prominent philosopher Thomas Nagel--no friend to Christianity--names Stephen Meyer's Signature in the Cell: DNA and the evidence for Intelligent Design as one of his books of the year:
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Nice. Prominent philosopher Thomas Nagel--no friend to Christianity--names Stephen Meyer's Signature in the Cell: DNA and the evidence for Intelligent Design as one of his books of the year:
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With The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, River Out of Eden, and many more, Dawkins has established himself as one of the foremost contemporary defenders of Darwinian evolution. As soon as a copy of his book arrived at my doorstep, I enthusiastically opened the Amazon.com box and jumped right into the book, hoping to be challenged to take another hard look at the evidence for evolution. With this background information in mind, it’s difficult to express how disappointed I was at the demeaning rhetoric and lack of substance that characterizes The Greatest Show on Earth.
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Every so often some new fossil discovery is heralded as the "missing link" that will finally corroborate Darwin's theory. A few months ago the fossil "Ida" was released to the public (it was actually found years ago) and heralded as the "eight wonder of the world" that would finally silence Darwin-doubters. Ida was proclaimed in major newspapers, covered in a cable-TV special, and the feature of a new book. However, new discoveries are showing that it's a complete evolutionary dead-end. This should not come as a surprise to those of us who are skeptical of Darwinism, but it is surprise how strongly the media has come out against it.
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For those of you who missed it, Dawkins made his second appearance with Stephen Colbert. It's a must see! As always, Colbert is hilarious, but also gets to the heart of the matter between naturalism and Christianity. This is a great teaching opportunity for teachers, youth workers, and even parents. Enjoy!
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Eugene Cho, a second-generation Korean-American, is the founder and lead pastor of Quest Church in Seattle and the executive director of Q Cafe, an innovative non-profit neighborhood café and music venue. He and his wife are also the visioneers of a new organization to fight global poverty called, One Day's Wages.
We can try but we cannot fully understand the fullness, majesty, and glory of God.
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If nature, or some aspect of it, is intelligently designed, how could we tell? Design inferences in the past were largely informal and intuitive. Usually people knew it when they saw it. Intelligent design, by introducing specified complexity, makes the detection of design rigorous. Something is complex if it is hard to reproduce by chance and specified if it matches an independently given pattern (an example is the faces on Mt. Rushmore). Specified complexity gives a precise criterion for reliably inferring intelligence. 2. Looking for Design in Biology Should biologists be encouraged to look for signs of intelligence in biological systems? Why or why not? Scientists today look for signs of intelligence coming in many places, including from distant space (consider SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence). Yet, many biologists regard it as illegitimate to look for signs of intelligence in biological systems. Why arbitrarily exclude design inferences from biology if we accept them for other scientific disciplines? It is an open question whether the apparent design in nature is real.
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One of the most common questions I get from youth workers is about quality worldview and apologetics resources for students. So, I've finally taken the time to put together the top books, DVDs, curriculums, and websites I have been able to track down to help youth develop a biblical worldview. You can download it for free at my website:
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One of the most stereotypes of intelligent design (ID) is
that it is an evangelical Christian movement intent upon forcing religion into
the classroom. The release of Seeking God
in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design (Bradley Monton,
Broadview Press, 2009) officially puts this claim to rest. Defenders of ID do
include evangelical Christians, but also Muslims, Hindus, agnostics, and now
even atheists! University of Colorado philosophy professor Bradley Monton is
ultimately not persuaded by the arguments of ID (which is why he’s an atheist),
but he says that they do have some
force, and they make him less certain of his atheism.
For those of you who have followed the ID movement, this
should come as quite the surprise. Yes, an atheist actually defends the
integrity and merits of ID! Monton argues that criticisms of ID—whether from
atheists or theistic evolutionists—are largely unfounded, misplaced, and
erroneous.
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If you thought youth camp was only for Christians (or at least religious groups), then you need to check out this short video. I've always wondered what the next generation of atheists will be like. It seems that almost every popular atheist today had some bad experience in a religious home or church. They grew up in a primarily "Christian" nation and have revolted against it. Both Hitchens and Dawkins, for example, begin their recent books retelling their personal stories to this extent. But what will the next generation of atheists, who go to camps such as this, be like? And more importantly, will your students be prepared to engage them thoughtfully?
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Those of you interested in apologetics and Intelligent Design may want to know that William Dembski and I just released a new resource on ID. Check it out here: www.rose-publishing.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=1729.
As you can see, the graphics of the pamphlet are amazing. We've taken some of the information in our book UNDERSTANDING INTELLIGENT DESIGN as well as some more recent findings and written a short/concise pamphlet with Rose Publishing tackling the following issues: |
