L.A. Museum of Natural History caves to pressure, removes reference to God
Los Angeles, CA — To most people it would seem harmless enough. But not to Jerry Coyne, an evolutionary biologist and militant atheist who opposes any mention of God or Intelligent Design in scientific discussions – or anywhere else, it would appear. According to the Los Angeles Times, the “offense” in question was a plaque posted in the new Nature Lab Read More ›
Why Darwinism Is False
Jerry A. Coyne is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at The University of Chicago. In Why Evolution is True, he summarizes Darwinism — the modern theory of evolution — as follows: “Life on earth evolved gradually beginning with one primitive species — perhaps a self-replicating molecule — that lived more than 3.5 billion years ago; it Read More ›
Deconstructing Dawkins
As Oxford professor and arch-evangelist of atheism Richard Dawkins continues his crusade against religion, we finally have the first book-length critique of The God Delusion: Alister McGrath and Joanna Collicutt McGrath’s The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine (InterVarsity Press). One could hardly think of a more contrasting figure to Dawkins or a better apologist for Read More ›
Back and Forth with Jerry Coyne, Part 3
Dear Readers, Tonight concludes my response to University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne, which began earlier this week. As you know if you’ve been following my blog here, Professor Coyne reviewed my new book Edge of Evolution in The New Republic. I replied to his response here, and he has responded to my reply at TalkReason.org. Because it quickly gets awkward to include all of Read More ›
Back and Forth with Jerry Coyne, Part 2
Dear Readers, Today I have continued my response to University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne, which began yesterday and will conclude tomorrow. Just a reminder that I’m only quoting the portions of his response that I specifically address here because it quickly gets awkward to include all of the context. Readers who want to see the full back-and-forth should read his Read More ›
Back and Forth with Jerry Coyne, Part 1
Dear Readers, University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne has responded at TalkReason.org to my reply here on Amazon.com to his review of The Edge of Evolution in The New Republic. Here I will respond back — not to everything he wrote (nor to other posts and replies on that website), but only to what I think are the more important points of his original Read More ›
Response to Critics, Part 1: Jerry Coyne
Dear Readers, Major reviews of The Edge of Evolution have begun to appear. Because the conclusion of the book is so controversial, it’s no surprise that responses by some Darwinists so far have been pretty emotional and defensive. I’ll be writing brief replies here to unfavorable reviews by the most prominent academic Darwinists, just to point out important miscues and errors. Later, Read More ›
Critics Rave Over Icons of Evolution:
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Read More ›Michael Behe’s Response to Boston Review Critics
The following is Michael Behe’s response to the essays published by Boston Review following Allen Orr’s review of Darwin’s Black Box. Allen Orr Professor Orr has a mistaken notion of irreducible complexity. I thought I made that clear in my reply, but from his response I suppose I did not, so let me try again. I define irreducible complexity in Read More ›