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What do scientists understand about the origin of life? Updated 7 August 2023 (c) 2023
Introduction
Both creationist and intelligent design writers assert that science has yet to understand the origin of life, and further claim that this is a fatal flaw in evolutionary theory [Behe1996; Dembski1998]. More importantly, creationist-minded members of the public have,
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Does intelligent design pose a challenge for evolution? Updated 29 August 2023 (c) 2023
Background
The “intelligent design” movement was formed in the mid-1990s by a group of scholars whose objective was to present a significantly more tenable body of scholarship opposed to evolution than that promoted by young-earth creationists such as Henry Morris and
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What do fossils say about evolution? Updated 7 August 2023 (c) 2023
Introduction
One of the issues most frequently raised by both creationist and intelligent design writers is the question of gaps in the fossil record. These writers assert that there are large, unbridgeable gaps, and that the conventional scientific picture of a smooth sequence
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What is the evidence for evolution? Updated 7 August 2023 (c) 2023
Evolution as a “theory”
One of the most common misconceptions in the public scientific arena is that evolution is “just a theory.” The Merriam-Webster dictionary lists several definitions for the word “theory” [Merriam2009]. The two that are the most relevant here are: (a)
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Can an evolutionary process generate English text? Updated 7 August 2023 (c) 2023
Introduction
One central issue in the debate over Darwinian evolution is the question of evolutionary novelty — can evolution produce truly novel features? Creationist and intelligent design writers have insisted that whereas minor changes may occur within an established “kind,” nothing fundamentally
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What does DNA reveal about evolution? Updated 7 August 2023
Introduction
In the past few years, modern genome sequencing and computer technology have placed an enormous volume of DNA data only a mouse-click away from researchers worldwide. The first complete human genome sequence was completed in 2000, after a ten-year effort that cost approximately $2.7
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Have species been individually designed? Updated 7 August 2023
Introduction
One of the key tenets of both creationism and intelligent design is that whereas minor variations are possible among different members of a given “kind,” such variations do not extend beyond the boundary of the “kind.” (The term “kind” as used by these communities is
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Does creationism pose a challenge for geology and evolution? Updated 29 August 2023 (c) 2023
Introduction
In the past few decades, modern science has uncovered a world that is far vaster and more awe-inspiring than ever imagined before, and has uncovered a set of elegant natural laws that govern all the universe, deeply resonating with
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The search for harmony: A summary essay Updated 4 September 2023 (c) 2023
Introduction
In our increasingly troubled world, it is abundantly clear that the future of human society will require forging a respectful harmony between science and religion.
On the scientific side, progress achieved over the past few decades has been nothing short
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Summary essay The search for harmony: A summary essay: The search for harmony Evolution, age of the Earth, creationism and intelligent design Does creationism pose a challenge for geology and evolution?: Creationism Have species been individually designed?: Design What does DNA reveal about evolution?: DNA Can
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