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^{Phillip E. Johnson
November 12, 1999
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The Religious Implications of Teaching Evolution

_{Phillip E. Johnson
November 12, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Robert E. Hemenway, chancellor of the University of Kansas, declared war on creationism in his essay ("The Evolution of a Controversy in Kansas Shows Why Scientists Must Defend the Search for Truth," Opinion, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 29). He characterized the Kansas Board of Education as wishing to destroy the idea that the public schools should be a source of truth or certainty, and quoted various hyperbolic comments that gave the impression that the board had discarded science in favor of the Book of Genesis. His worries are greatly exaggerated, but there is much to be said for the remedy he proposes. Read More ›

Abstract futuristic concept of spherical algorithm analysis. Big data. Quantum virtual cryptography. Business visualization of artificial intelligence. Blockchain.

^{William A. Dembski
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Why Evolutionary Algorithms Cannot Generate Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

While it's true that shaking out random scrabble pieces would render METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL highly improbable (and therefore complex), Dawkins's evolutionary algorithm renders that sequence certain and thereby removes its complexity. Read More ›

^{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Metaphysics Matters

_{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

In his influential book The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins asserts that “Like successful Chicago gangsters our genes have survived . . . in a highly competitive world, . . . [and so] a predominant quality to be expected in a successful gene is ruthless selfishness.” Therefore, “We are survival machines-robot vehicles programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›

^{Robert Adler
October 23, 1999
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Death stars

_{Robert Adler
October 23, 1999
Intelligent Design}

This article, published by New Scientist, mentions Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow Guillermo Gonzalez: Guillermo Gonzalez, an astronomer at the University of Washington in Seattle, was intrigued to discover three years ago that 51 Pegasi, the first star other than the Sun that astronomers found to have a planet, had lots of heavy elements in its Read More ›

^{gsjohnston
October 15, 1999
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Designed for Living

_{gsjohnston
October 15, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Does God exist? You can answer that question in at least two ways, including, notably, “yes.” But how do you argue for that particular answer? A new cottage industry among the religiously minded is the re-articulation of the so-called “cosmological argument” for the existence of God. Its proofs work backward. They start with visible creation and reason that it can Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski
October 1, 1999
Intelligent Design, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Are We Spiritual Machines?

_{William A. Dembski
October 1, 1999
Intelligent Design, Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

For two hundred years materialist philosophers have argued that man is some sort of machine. The claim began with French materialists of the Enlightenment such as Pierre Cabanis, Julien La Mettrie, and Baron d’Holbach (La Mettrie even wrote a book titled Man the Machine). Likewise contemporary materialists like Marvin Minsky, Daniel Dennett, and Patricia Churchland claim that the motions and Read More ›

^{Phillip Johnson and Denis Lamoureux
September 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Darwinism Defeated?

_{Phillip Johnson and Denis Lamoureux
September 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

This volume contains a debate between design advocate Phillip E. Johnson and evolutionary biologist Denis Lamoureux, with commentary from other scholars in this debate. Though differing in opinion over evolution, all contributors are Christians who conduct the discussion in a civil manner. Dr. Lamoureux asks challenging questions of Johnson, asserting that Johnson’s position is based upon “God-of-the-gaps” type arguments. Lamoureax Read More ›

^{Jay W. Richards
August 21, 1999
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Darwinism and Design

_{Jay W. Richards
August 21, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Last week the Kansas Board of Education voted to remove from state standards references to evolution as the underlying principle of biology. While the vote allows schools the freedom to teach about evolution, the battle is being reported as a simple conflict between scientific ‘evolutionists’ on one side and fundamentalist ‘creationists’ on the other, following the standard trope of the Read More ›

Low Angle View Of Ribbed Vaulting At Westminster Abbey

^{Phillip E. Johnson
August 16, 1999
Intelligent Design}

The Church of Darwin

_{Phillip E. Johnson
August 16, 1999
Intelligent Design}

A Chinese paleontologist lectures around the world saying that recent fossil finds in his country are inconsistent with the Darwinian theory of evolution. His reason: The major animal groups appear abruptly in the rocks over a relatively short time, rather than evolving gradually from a common ancestor as Darwin’s theory predicts. When this conclusion upsets American scientists, he wryly comments: Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe
August 13, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Teach Evolution

_{Michael J. Behe
August 13, 1999
Intelligent Design}

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The debate leading the Kansas Board of Education to abolish the requirement for teaching evolution has about the same connection to reality as the play ‘Inherit the Wind’ had to the actual Scopes trial. In both cases complex historical, scientific and philosophical issues gave way to the simplifying demands of the morality play. If the schoolchildren of Read More ›