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Challenges to Darwinism  (continued) Darwin’s evolution is based on gradualism. Darwin wrote: “…natural selection can act only by taking advantage of slight successive variations; she can never take a leap, but must advance by the shortest and slowest steps.”   (http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?keywords=acts%20selection%20successive%20of%20advantage%20natural%20by%20variations%20slight%20only%20taking&pageseq=212&itemID=F373&viewtype=text, p. 194) …“If numerous species, belonging to the same genera or…

Challenges to Darwinism (continued) Genetic modeling is the use of mathematical modeling to show how the genetic composition of a population develops over time. A 2016 study conducted by researchers at three institutions (Stockholm University, Sweden; the Biologic Institute, Washington state, USA;…

What about evolution? Does it make sense to say that a mobile phone evolved by itself; that some plastic and silicon interacted —without any agency— to produce a smartphone? By that logic, if we walk around in the desert of Arabia, where…

How did life begin? The question of how life began on Earth cannot be resolved materialistically. This is not a “God of the gaps” excuse (see Part 7), but a valid inference from the observations at hand. It is purely rational to…

Signs in Creation DNA This amazing four-letter encrypted language (A, T, C, G), which contains the information for all life forms, weighs around a quarter of a kilogram in each human body. Yet it is packed so tightly that, when unraveled, the…

Where is the evidence for God? (continued) Fine-tuning for Life: As discussed, the fact that the earth is precisely positioned in our solar system to sustain life; that the Earth, Sun, and Moon are working together as one intricate system; that the…

Where is the evidence for God? (continued) Science has widely accepted the laws of thermodynamics, but we are asked to ignore them when they point to a Creator: The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed;…

Stolen Concept Fallacy James Conant is the Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor in the College at the University of Chicago, as well as Humboldt Professor at the University of Leipzig. He  tells us that “… scientific research…

Intellectual Terrorism Many scientists who believe in creationism or intelligent design experience discrimination from some atheists in the scientific community. Examples include: Richard Von Steinberg, a well-published Smithsonian researcher, was called an intellectual terrorist and was pressured to leave his job because…

Academic bias Many scientists do follow the evidence wherever it might lead, without subjectivity or bias, as required by the Scientific Method. However, there are others who are more zealous in defense of atheism than religious fanatics are, in defense of their…