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Nazi Soldiers Indoctrinated with Darwin? Yeah, Right.
Why were the Nazis so unpleasant? Because they were force-fed evolution, of course! Christian podcaster Greg Koukl thinks that he’s uncovered the missing link.In a 2011 Stand to Reason podcast...
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Reject the Scientific Consensus? How Do You Justify THAT?
What reason goes in that blank? What could possibly go in that blank? If you’re a layperson in a particular scientific field, how could you reject that field’s scientific consensus, where it exists, as...
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Design Hypothesis: DNA and Dysteleology
Dysteleology is the idea that life or nature does not show compelling evidence of design, in contrast to the Christian perception of purpose or design (teleology). Recent discoveries in DNA verify that...
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Argument from Design Busted!
The Argument from Design (the Teleological Argument) says that life looks designed. We marvel at the cell’s tiny protein-building machines. Some bacteria have flagella that propel them at twice the...
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Bungling the Facts Behind Evolution
The last presidential election is, thankfully, long behind us, but do you remember Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry? He got flak for saying, “In Texas, we teach both creationism and...
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Forget the Cambrian Explosion—Here’s a SERIOUS Biodiversity Event
A few months ago, I attended a lecture by Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute about his new book, Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design.He...
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Darwin Day Response to Creationist Chick Tract
I recently saw the trailer for the upcoming “God’s Not Dead” movie. A Christian college student discovers that his philosophy class is taught by a dictatorial atheist who demands that all students...
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Making Sense of “Survival of the Fittest”
The term “survival of the fittest” did not initially come from Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, though later editions did use it. It was first coined by Herbert Spencer after he read Origin.While a...
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10 Tips for Dealing with Creationists
I hang out with Creationists occasionally and have seen many of the arguments they make. I’d like to tell you what I’ve found.This isn’t a rebuttal against Creationist arguments (perhaps in a future...
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The Design Hypothesis, DNA, and Dysteleology
Dysteleology is the idea that life or nature does not show compelling evidence of design, in contrast to the Christian perception of purpose or design (teleology). The marvelous complexity in DNA is...
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Argument from Design BUSTED!
The Argument from Design (the Teleological Argument) says that life looks designed. For example, we marvel at the cell’s tiny protein-building machines. Some bacteria have flagella that propel them at...
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Hey, GOP Candidates! Want to Reject Science Without Looking Like a Troglodyte?
I’ve written before about the scientific consensus, arguing that we laymen are in no position to reject the scientific consensus and dismantling popular conservative arguments that encourage us to do...
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Games Creationists Play: 7 Tricks to Watch Out For
Stephen Meyer isn’t a biologist, but he plays one at the Discovery Institute. He wants to help GOP candidates through the minefield of science denial by answering the tough question, “What Should...
View ArticleChristians’ Secret Weapon Against Evolution (1 of 2)
Christian Creationists can’t win the scientific argument against evolution, so they advance their argument as best they can by going directly to ordinary citizens. Lacking the science, they fall back...
View ArticleChristians’ Secret Weapon Against Evolution (2 of 2)
Christian apologist Greg Koukl rejects evolution, and he gives three reasons why. He seems to think that weakness within science (and you can judge if he makes his case) means that his Christian...
View ArticleSaving Haeckel: Why “Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny” Isn’t so Wrong
Haeckel’s theory was wrong, and this long-understood fact, which never was part of evolution’s foundation, is a popular argument from Creationists.
View ArticleA Response to David Gelernter’s Attack on Evolution
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...
View ArticleGames Creationists Play: 7 Tricks to Watch Out For
Suppose you’re a conservative politician and you want to pick and choose your science based on how it pleases you. How do you justify that? Here are some tricks to use if you want to support that...
View ArticleNice Try: the Christian Design Checklist
How would a Creationist decide if life on earth was designed by a supernatural Designer? Step 1: make a list of the attributes of designed things.
View ArticleHow Useful is the Bacterial Flagellum for the Creationist?
The design checklist is finally used for what it was designed for, the bacterial flagellum. The results are in, and the flagellum gets a perfect score! But it needs a second opinion.
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