Naturalism of the Gaps

^{Rob Stadler
September 12, 2022}

An Origin-of-Life Poser: No Short Cut to Energy-Harnessing

_{Rob Stadler
September 12, 2022}

^{Jonathan Wells
March 26, 2008
Intelligent Design}

Darwin of the Gaps

_{Jonathan Wells
March 26, 2008
Intelligent Design}

On June 26, 2000, President Bill Clinton announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, which had just deciphered the sequence of DNA in a human cell. “Today,” he said, “we are learning the language in which God created life.” At the president’s side was Francis Collins, director of the project, who had helped to write Clinton’s speech. “It is Read More ›

^{Nancy Pearcey
June 1, 1996
Intelligent Design}

DNA: The Message in the Message

_{Nancy Pearcey
June 1, 1996
Intelligent Design}

We are so conditioned to expect scientific breakthroughs that exceed our expectations, Barr observed, that we reflexively reject any idea that science has limits. Yet science reveals not only the rich possibilities of nature but also its limitations. To give obvious examples, we know that we will never fulfill the alchemists’ dream of chemically transmuting lead into gold. We know that a parent of one species will never give birth to offspring of another species. Science reveals consistent patterns that allow us to make negative statements about what natural forces cannot do. To persist in seeking natural laws in such cases, Barr suggested, is as irrational as any primitive myth of the thunder gods. Read More ›