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The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of "Irreducible Complexity"
Sat Nov 13, 2010
- This is sooooo old, greenpagan. Miller has hardly refuted Behe. The TTSS and the bf are different animals. At best, it could be said the TTSS is possibly a derivative of the BF, not definitely not a precursor.
Stephen Hawking: God not needed for creation
Thu Sep 2, 2010
- Hawkins is just another in a long line of scientists trying to argue around a strikingly obvious logical conclusion. As always, in a contest between God and spontaneity (er, "it just is"), God wins hands down. 'nuff said.
Is climate change a moral issue? What would God say?
Sun Apr 11, 2010
- Jerry, It is true that humans are polluting the heck out of the earth. But you give little credit to nature to be able to handle human pollution.
Atheist offended by star and angel complains - County then directs all depts. to remove them
Tue Dec 22, 2009
- OK, tell me some another childish insult and anti-American Fanaticism Stevey, calling anything I present here as strawman arguments. LOL.Dan,First, notice the infantile posting came from your side with your 'stevie' comment in your previous post and contained yet again in this past post.
Atheist offended by star and angel complains - County then directs all depts. to remove them
Tue Dec 22, 2009
- Strawmen all around. Hopin' for a bumper crop hey 'Danny'? What , 70+% of the population believes in God and youaren't trying to suppress their desires? Angels and stars being characterized as majority suppression is way out there. Relax, er..its Christmas.
Atheist offended by star and angel complains - County then directs all depts. to remove them
Tue Dec 22, 2009
- But Dan you miss a key point.
Atheist offended by star and angel complains - County then directs all depts. to remove them
Tue Dec 22, 2009
- Down in the mines again, Dan? A total separation of church and state is unachievable and undesirable. People's traditions and habits will always shine through in their work, whether religious or atheist.
Creationism vs. Atheism: Its On!
Wed Dec 2, 2009
- Jackel,
Another Nail In The Intelligent Design Coffin: Specization (i.e. Macroevolution) Observed In The Wild
Tue Nov 17, 2009
- 0Dimension may not even be a physical dimension... It may represent the dimension we interact with in our heads... An Idea can be said to be 0 Dimensional..at yet an idea must still formulate into an idea through the processing of other information....

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Shi Huang's New Manuscript Adding Weight to His Maximum Genetic Diversity Hypothesis

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 5:56 AM EST (Nature Preceedings)

Abstract: Interpretations of molecular data by the modern evolution theory are often sharply inconsistent with paleontological results. This is to be expected since the theory is only true for microevolution and yet fossil records are mostly about macroevolution.

science, molecular-clock, shi-huang, maximum-genetic-diversity-hypothesis, genetic-equidistance

Stephen Meyer's Debate Challenge Rebuffed by Richard Dawkins

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:27 PM EST (The Discovery Institute)

Following on the heels of his last bestseller, The God Delusion, Darwinian biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins has scored another publishing triumph. The No.

intelligent-design, science, richard-dawkins, stephen-meyer

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Behe 'Politely' Turning the Screws on Zimmer and Thornton

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 7:12 PM EST (Uncommon Descent)

"So how, other than begging the question, are we now to know that even the small differences we see in related protein systems came about by random mutation/selection (and, yes, drift)? Quite simply, we can't.

id, thornton, behe, genetic-drift, edge-of-evolution, neutral-mutations

Behe sets Zimmer and Thornton Straight on Possible Evolutionary Pathways.

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:32 AM EDT (Evolution News and Views)

Professor Thornton is playing games.

intelligent-design, science, id, genes, proteins, evolutionary-pathways

Can you be good without God?

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:02 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

"New York is quite unique in America," Rafferty told the UK's Daily Express. "Will we get individual people who will complain? Yes. Will we get people scribbling on posters? Probably. But organized groups? I don't think so."

new-york, ethics, god, atheism, morality

Altenberg! The Woodstock of Evolution?

Seeded on Wed Mar 4, 2009 5:26 AM EST (Scoop)

It's not Yasgur's Farm, but what happens at the Konrad Lorenz Institute in Altenberg, Austria this July promises to be far more transforming for the world than Woodstock.

science, population-genetics, extended-evolutionary-synthesis, body-form, endogenous-variables, epigenetic-inheritance

The Dangers of Overselling Evolution

Seeded on Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:22 PM EST (Forbes)

Experimental biology has dramatically increased our understanding of the intricate workings within living organisms that account for their survival, showing how they continue to function despite the myriad assaults on them from their environments.

evolution, intelligent-design, science, design, id, darwin, origin-of-life, speciation, historical-biology, design-detection

The Genetic Selection Principle, David L. Abel

Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:29 PM EST (Bioscience.org)

The GS Principle states that selection must occur at the molecular/genetic level, not just at the fittest phenotypic/organismic level, to explain the generation of polynucleotide and polycodon linear digital prescription. Organismic/phenotypic selection (natural selection) ca …

science, abel, self-organization, the-gs-principle, prescriptive-information, self-ordering-vs, computational-halting

The Scientific Status of Intelligent Design

Seeded on Wed Feb 4, 2009 5:55 AM EST (discovery.org)

The use by evolutionary biologists of so-called demarcation arguments–that is, arguments that purport to distinguish science from pseudoscience, metaphysics or religion–is both ironic and problematic from the point of view of philosophy of science.

evolution, intelligent-design, science, methodological-naturalism, demarcation-argument

Judge Jones Get Multiple Honorary Degrees, Ben Stein has his withdrawn

Seeded on Tue Feb 3, 2009 7:28 PM EST (Uncommon Descent)

Judge Jones, whose distinction prior to the Dover case was running the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, now has multiple honorary doctorates for rendering his decision, which he cribbed from the ACLU's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.

intelligent-design, science, id, darwinism, nd, ben-stein, university-of-vermont, judge-jones, creation-evolution-controversey, dover-decision

Ten Thoughts Darwinists Need to Ponder Before Breakfast

Seeded on Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:03 AM EST (Uncommon Descent)

As we head into the new year and the impending Darwin bi-centennial on February 12th, we're sure to be regaled with story after story of the wondrous things that Darwinian evolution hath wrought.

evolution, intelligent-design, science, id, creationism, darwinism, theism, naturalism

A Rebuttal to Prof. Olofsson's Criticism of Dembski's Explanatory Filter Argument

Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 11:44 PM EST (Kairosfocus Blog)

Gordon Puccio elucidates the weakness of Oloffson's criticisms. Nice to see Dembski and Behe are NOT walking around headless.

evolution, intelligent-design, science, statistics, probability, explanatory-filter, reject-region

Secular Web Kiosk and Bookstore :: Cosmological Arguments Against the Existence of God

Seeded on Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:37 PM EDT (secweb.infidels.org)

Seeded by Wheel (Clipped by Steven P.)

Theists frequently make the assertion that it is just as impossible to prove that there is no such thing as god as it is to prove that there is such a thing as god; therefore, atheism (the positive assertion that no god can exist) is rooted in blind faith, just as theism (the pos …

religion, atheism, atheist, theism, theist, argument-against-the-existence-of-god

Live Vote: Should 'In God We Trust' be yanked?

Seeded on Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:06 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Seeded by -pappyopa (Clipped by Steven P.)

Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency?

life, us-news, msnbci

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Battle over Confederate flag hits highways

Seeded on Tue Aug 5, 2008 12:52 AM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

Chip Witte doesn't consider himself a Rebel. He doesn't hang Dixie battle flags in his living room, nor does he wear one on the back of his leather jacket.

slavery, politics, rebel, dixie, civil-war, old-south, confederate-flag, north-south-divide

Iran warns it could close waterway vital to oil shipments

Seeded on Tue Aug 5, 2008 12:17 AM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

TEHRAN: Iran on Monday warned that it could close a waterway in the Gulf that is critical for oil shipments and announced that it was in possession of a new naval weapon that could sink enemy ships within a range of 300 kilometers.

oil, iran, persian-gulf, world-news, sanctions, uranium-enrichment, strait-of-hormuz

Changing Your Lifestyle Can Change Your Genes

Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:23 AM EDT (Newsweek)

Here's some very good news: your genes are not your destiny.

disease, science, nutrition, prostate-cancer, genes, stress-management

Supreme Court to rule on whether Ashcroft can be sued

Seeded on Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:18 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

The Supreme Court came to the aid of former Atty. Gen.

immigrants, attorney-general, supreme-court, bush-administration, us-news, 9-11, ashcroft, sept-11-attacks, immunity-from-prosecution

Evolution Has Now Been Observed and Confirmed In Laboratory Conditions

Seeded on Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:17 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

Seeded by Killfile (Clipped by Steven P.)

A major evolutionary innovation has unfurled right in front of researchers' eyes. It's the first time evolution has been caught in the act of making such a rare and complex new trait.

evolution, intelligent-design, science, new-scientist, laboratory

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Teach Intelligent Design as Science - why not?

Thu Jun 5, 2008 10:10 AM EDT

By The Incredulous One (Clipped by Steven P.)

DALLAS — Opponents of teaching evolution, in a natural selection of sorts, have gradually shed those strategies that have not survived the courts.

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evolution, intelligent-design, science, god, darwin, creationism, teaching

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How scientists really feel about God

Seeded on Fri May 16, 2008 3:22 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Seeded by jasmin-aline-persch (Clipped by Steven P.)

In a new collection of short essays, 13 thinkers reveal their true feelings about the existence of a greater being. And their thoughts are contrary to the mind-numbing "culture wars" portrayed on television.

science

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30 facts about Islam

Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:48 AM EDT

By IslamicScholars (Clipped by Steven P.)

1) "Islam" means "peace through the submission to God". 2) "Muslim" means "anyone or anything that submits itself to the will of God".

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religion, islam, facts-about-islam

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Is religion a threat to rationality and science?

Seeded on Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:09 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by O-K (Clipped by Steven P.)

Prof Daniel Dennett and Lord Winston present their arguments ahead of tonight's public debate

evolution, science, god, faith, religious, scientific, creation, knowledge, natre

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Clinton-Obama race spurs party switches

Seeded on Tue Apr 1, 2008 9:17 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

In Pennsylvania, where the primary is set for April 22, the Democrats have registered a staggering 235,000 new voters since last fall, pushing their numbers to more than 4.1 million for the first time.

election, clinton, politics, obama, primary

If you can read this, I can prove that God exists.

Seeded on Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:15 AM EDT (cosmicfingerprints.com )

I have been blugeoned with my own ignorance of 'facts' by plenty of regulars like Jack Huang, Ryan Booker, and Brad Leclerc. Yet, I was left undeterred because I was still convinced that my perceptions were on the right track.

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