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^{Tom Bethell
September 1, 1994
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A New Beginning

_{Tom Bethell
September 1, 1994
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The good news this month is the appearance of Michael Behe’s book, Darwin’s Black Box, published by the Free Press. As far as I know, it is the first outright anti-Darwin book to have been published by a major New York house for decades; perhaps since the 1920’s. Behe (pronounced “Bee He”) is an associate professor of Biological Sciences at Read More ›

^{Jon A. Buell
July 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

Darwinism: Science or Philosophy

_{Jon A. Buell
July 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

This volume presents papers presented at an early conference at Southern Methodist University in 1992 which was a landmark event in uniting scholars who now make up the intelligent design movement. Phillip Johnson, Program Advisor for Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, explains that evolution is based upon assumptions of naturalism, which are often unsupported by the evidence. Johnson Read More ›

^{John Angus Campbell
June 1, 1994
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Report on the Mere Creation Conference

_{John Angus Campbell
June 1, 1994
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^{David Berlinski
June 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

The Deniable Darwin

_{David Berlinski
June 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

Charles Darwin presented On the Origin of Species to a disbelieving world in 1859 — three years after Clerk Maxwell had published "On Faraday's Lines of Force," the first of his papers on the electromagnetic field. Maxwell's theory has by a process of absorption become part of quantum field theory, and so a part of the great canonical structure created by mathematical physics. By contrast, the final triumph of Darwinian theory, although vividly imagined by biologists, remains, along with world peace and Esperanto, on the eschatological horizon of contemporary thought. Read More ›

^{Phillip E. Johnson
June 1, 1994
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Articles by Phillip E. Johnson

_{Phillip E. Johnson
June 1, 1994
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This page links to the Phillip E. Johnson page maintained by the Access Research Network. Read More ›

^{Paul Nelson
December 1, 1993
Intelligent Design}

Thinking About the Theory of Design

_{Paul Nelson
December 1, 1993
Intelligent Design}

Introduction: Why Return to a Disreputable Business? Present theological discussions . . . ignore natural theology, and for contemporary linguistic philosophers the Argument from Design possesses no validity whatsoever and is logically and morally indefensible, although it may serve to heighten religious emotions. Meyrick H. Carre“Physicotheology,” The Encyclopedia of Philosophy One wonders what religious emotions the argument from design is Read More ›

^{Multiple Authors
May 2, 1993
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Homology:

_{Multiple Authors
May 2, 1993
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Before Darwin, homology was defined morphologically and explained by reference to ideal archetypes -- that is, to intelligent design. Darwin reformulated biology in naturalistic* rather than teleological terms, and explained homology as the result of descent with modification from a common ancestor. Descent with modification, however, renders design unnecessary only if it is due entirely tonaturalistic mechanisms. Two such mechanisms have been proposed, genetic programs and developmental pathways, but neither one fits the evidence. Without an empirically demonstrated naturalistic mechanism to account for homology, design remains a possibility which can only be excluded on the basis of questionable philosophical assumptions. * In this article, "naturalism" and "naturalistic" refer to the philosophical doctrine that nature is the whole of reality, and that intelligent causation does not qualify as a scientific explanation. Read More ›

^{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1992
Intelligent Design}

What Is Darwinism?

_{Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1992
Intelligent Design}

The debate between creationism and Darwinism is often depicted as a dispute between naive biblical literalists, who ignore the overwhelming evidence for evolution, and scientifically enlightened intellectuals. But this is a caricature that serves the purpose of helping to perpetuate a world view hostile to Christian faith: atheistic naturalism. The debate hinges on five key terms: creationism, evolution, science, religion, and truth. Instead of trying to Christianize evolution we ought instead to challenge the assumption that atheistic naturalism is true. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Wells
January 1, 1991
Intelligent Design}

Darwinism and the Argument to Design

_{Jonathan Wells
January 1, 1991
Intelligent Design}

The controversy between Christianity and Darwinism involves a number of complex issues. One of these is a conflict over design. According to the received view, the root of the conflict is that Darwinism undermines the argument that God’s existence can be proved from design in living things. It seems to me that there is a basic conflict between Christianity and Read More ›