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News

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

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May 15, 2024
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A correspondent wrote to us with an interesting question about evolution that arose in a discussion he had with a biologist.

Video

Scientifically Proving God’s Existence with Stephen C. Meyer

Can This Man PROVE That God Exists? Piers Morgan vs Stephen Meyer: Stephen C. Meyer; May 3, 2024

Dr. Casey Luskin vs Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale: Is the Human Genome Largely Junk DNA?: Casey Luskin; May 2, 2024

Was Your Body Intelligently Designed?: Howard Glicksman; April 22, 2024

C.S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design with John West (2024 Dallas Conf. on Science & Faith): John G. West; April 8, 2024

ID the Future

The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory

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May 15, 2024
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The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes his conversation with esteemed cosmologist Jean-Pierre Luminet, who sets the record straight on the real heroes of the Big Bang Theory with his new book The Big Bang Revolutionaries, available now from Discovery Institute Press. In Part 2, Dr. Luminet sheds more light on chief architect George Lemaitre, as well as Alexander Friedmann and George Gamow. He also discusses how the Big Bang model stands up to scrutiny today. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.

The Real Heroes of the Big Bang Revolution

_{Jean-Pierre Luminet
May 13, 2024
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The discovery that the universe had a beginning was one of the most remarkable achievements of 20th century science, sparking a cosmological paradigm shift and a radical new way to understand our world. But the three scientists most responsible for the big bang revolution are largely unknown to the public and underestimated by other scientists in their field. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a conversation with esteemed cosmologist Jean-Pierre Luminet, who sets the record straight on the real heroes of the Big Bang Theory with his new book The Big Bang Revolutionaries, available now from Discovery Institute Press. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Look for Part 2 next!

Toward an Information-First View of Reality

_{William A. Dembski
May 10, 2024
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On a classic episode of ID the Future from the vault, host Dr. John West continues his conversation with Dr. Bill Dembski as they discuss Dr. Dembski's 2014 book Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information. Listen in as Dr. Dembski explains 3 central points at the heart of his book: the Tang problem, the problem of no, and transposition. Tang?! What does a breakfast drink have to do with information theory? Tune in to find out!

Events

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2nd-Annual Polish Conference to Feature Three Discovery Institute Fellows

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On June 3-4 at the Royal Castle of Krakow-Niepolomice in Poland, Discovery Institute Fellows Douglas Axe, Brian Miller, and Jay Richards will join Dominican friar, university professor, and author Michał Chaberek to present on the scientific theory of intelligent design and its implications for faith in God. This 2nd-annual conference, Faith & Science in the Age of Secularization, will explore the “Return of the God Hypothesis” — a theme borrowed from the title of Stephen Meyer’s latest book. According to the conference organizers, this event will address four questions that modern science cannot resolve without the help of theology — the origin of the universe, the origin of cosmic fine-tuning, the origin of life, and the origin of biodiversity. Unlike many …

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C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society

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The C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts during the past century. The program is named after celebrated British writer C.S. Lewis, a perceptive critic of both scientism and technocracy in books such as The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength. Topics to be addressed include the history of science, the relationship between faith and science, the rise of scientific materialism, the debate over Darwinian theory and intelligent design, evolutionary conceptions of ethics, science and economics, science and criminal justice, stem cell research and abortion, eugenics, family life and sexuality, ecology and animal rights, climate …

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Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare participants to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion on worldview …

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News

A Question on New Genes and Animal Origins

From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

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Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism

Consciousness BEFORE Life? These Scientists Say Yes

Metals and Life — A Balancing Act

Video

Can This Man PROVE That God Exists? Piers Morgan vs Stephen Meyer

Dr. Casey Luskin vs Dr. Dan Stern Cardinale: Is the Human Genome Largely Junk DNA?

Was Your Body Intelligently Designed?

C.S. Lewis on Evolution and Intelligent Design with John West (2024 Dallas Conf. on Science & Faith)