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November 21, 2008 by kevinstilley

Sir Fred Hoyle On Intelligent Design

As biochemists discover more and more about the awesome complexity of life, it is apparent that its chances of originating by accident are so minute that they can be completely ruled out. Life cannot have arisen by chance.
~ Sir Fred Hoyle, in The Intelligent Universe

A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from th facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question…. Rather than accept the fantastically small probability of life having arisen through the blind forces of nature, it seemed better to suppose that the origin of life was a deliberate intellectual act.
~ Sir Fred Hoyle

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November 1, 2008 by kevinstilley

Carl Sagan – Select Quotes

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

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July 13, 2008 by kevinstilley

The Cell’s Design, by Fazale Rana

The Cell’s Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator’s Artistry
by Fazale Rana
Paper, 336 Pages

Read the Table of Contents & Chapter 10 (PDF) | More about The Cell’s Design

“In Darwin’s day, a living cell was thought to be quite simply—for all practical purposes—little more than a microscopic blob of gelatin. Rana lays out what contemporary science has learned about the cell’s design, and he poignantly and provocatively shows that it is the handiwork of not only an Intelligent Designer but specifically the God revealed in Scripture.”
– Hank Hanegraaff, president, Christian Research Institute; host, Bible Answer Man broadcast

“Fazale Rana’s welcome sequel to Origins of Life makes a significant contribution to the growing scientific literature pointing to intelligent design.”
– Kenneth Boa, president, Reflections Ministries

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July 8, 2008 by kevinstilley

Do Science And The Bible Conflict?

The following books are recommended in Do Science And The Bible Conflict?, a small group curriculum published by Willow Creek Resources.

Darwin’s Black Box, by Michael J. Behe

I’m Glad You Asked, by Ken Boa and Larry Moody

Letters from a Skeptic, by Gregory Boyd and Edward Boyd

Intelligent Design, by William Dembski and Michael Behe

Evolution, by Michael Denton

Why Believe?, by C. Stephen Evans

Darwin On Trial, by Phillip E. Johnson

Give Me an Answer, by Cliffe Knechtle

Finding Faith, by Andrew Knowles

Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli

Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis

Miracles, by C.S. Lewis

Know What You Believe, by Paul Little

Know Why You Believe, by Paul Little

Scaling The Secular City, by J.P. Moreland

The Creator and the Cosmos
, by Hugh Ross

The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel

The Case for Faith, by Lee Strobel

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July 1, 2008 by kevinstilley

Why the Conflict…Science and the Bible?

The study Why: 40 Days Pursuing Answers To Life’s Biggest Questions recommends the following books for answering the question, “Why the Conflict…Science and the Bible?”

Darwin’s Black Box, by Michael Behe

Mere Creation: Science, Faith & Intelligent Design, edited by William Dembski

Uncommon Dissent, by William Dembski

Intelligent Design, by William Dembski

Evolution: A Theory In Crisis
, by Michael Denton

Darwin on Trial, by Phillip e. Johnson

The Creation Hypothesis, by J.P. Moreland

Three Views On Creation And Evolution, by J.P. Moreland and John Mark Reynolds

Do Science and the Bible Conflict? Tough Questions
, by Garry Poole

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June 13, 2008 by kevinstilley

Was Darwin Anti-Evolutionary?

Darwin Was Anti-EvolutionaryCharles Darwin evidently didn’t like the evolution of the book industry. It is said that when he acquired a book that he would rip the covers off and put the loose pages in a box, because the pages were easier to turn and access that way. Hmmm… he must have longed for the good ol’ days when writing was committed to scrolls.

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May 30, 2008 by kevinstilley

Are Professors Being Expelled

Expelled Dembski“Professors aren’t being fired because they support intelligent design, they are being fired for lots of other reasons and then they have to justify their firing to other people and say it was because they advocated ID, rather than admit they were in some other way inadequate.”

That is what I was recently told by a cheeky fellow who was trying to cast an aura of confidence and disdain.

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May 25, 2008 by kevinstilley

Intelligent Design – Select Quotes

Intelligent Design

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Just as in the everyday world, where we immediately conclude design when we see a complex, interactive system such as a mousetrap, there is no reason to withhold the same conclusion from interactive molecular systems. This conclusion may have theological implications that make some people uncomfortable; nonetheless, it is the job of science to follow the data wherever they lead, no matter how disturbing.
~ Michael Behe, in The Sterility of Darwinism

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April 28, 2008 by kevinstilley

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Ben Stein ExpelledBen Stein has done the unthinkable. He has become an advocate of something that our academic institutions and the gatekeepers of accepted Science absolutely will not tolerate. He has advocated freedom of inquiry. How dare he suggest that PhDs in mathematics, physics, and genetics be allowed to question the dogma of the scientific elite? Doesn’t he know that Science is about unquestioning acceptance of the theories of our predecessors? Where would we be if Newton and Einstein had the audacity to question the accepted theories of their day?

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April 17, 2008 by kevinstilley

Redeeming Darwin: Discovering & Declaring the Designer

Probe Ministries has published an excellent DVD based study on Intelligent Design called Redeeming Darwin: Discovering & Declaring a Designer. The study guide that goes with it lists the following recommended books and videos:

Recommended Resources

Books

Bohlin, Ray, ed., Creation, Evolution and Modern Science. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 2000.

O’Leary, Denyse, By Design or by Chance? Minneapolis, Minnesota: Augsburg Press, 2004.

Pearcey, Nancy, Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity, Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2004.

Strobel, Lee, The Case For A Creator. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2004.

Wells, Jonathan, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, Washington DC: Regnery, 2006.

Woodward, Thomas, Doubts about Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2003.

Woodward, Thomas, Darwin Strikes Back: Defending the Science of Intelligent Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2006

Videos

Unlocking the Mystery of Life: The Scientific case for Intelligent Design

The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe

The Case For A Creator

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: cosmogony, creation, evolution, intelligent design, Science

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