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Michael Behe Still from Secrets in the Cell

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Michael Behe

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November 18, 2020

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appearance of design, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Biological Information, Bruce Alberts, Charles Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, DNA, Eric Davidson, Evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, genetic information, information, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, Lehigh University, Michael Levine, molecular biology, molecular machinery, Neo-Darwinism, origins science, protein nanomachines, scientific consensus, scientific paradigm, The Edge of Evolution, unguided evolution}

Michael Behe Reads from His New Book

_{Michael Behe

November 18, 2020

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On this ID the Future, Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe reads from A Mousetrap for Darwin, his latest book making the case against blind evolution and for intelligent design. The volume contains some brand new material alongside a substantial collection of essays he’s written over the years in response to critics of his three previous intelligent design books. His pro-Darwin critics have jumped all over Behe. Some have even claimed he’s ignored their objections. A Mousetrap for Darwin gives the lie to that charge. Behe has answered his critics, and done so decisively, in everything from the New York Times and prominent blogs to major science journals. Listen in as he lays the groundwork for his fourth fascinating book, in his inimitably clear and winsome style.

CAMBRIDGE, UK - JANUARY 18, 2015: Clare college inner yard view

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John Lennox

Date
October 28, 2020

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2084, Abolition of Man, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Atheism, C. S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christopher Hitchens, John Polkinghorne, Kevin Sorbo, Larry Taunton, Lawrence Krauss, laws of nature, Materialism, Mind and Cosmos, Naturalism, Neo-Darwinism, New Atheism, New Atheists, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, Peter Atkins, Robert E. D. Clark, Sam Harris, Scientism, Stephen Hawking, The Blind Watchmaker, Theism, Thomas Nagel, University of Cambridge}

John Lennox and Steve Meyer Against the Tide, Pt. 1

_{John Lennox

October 28, 2020

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On this ID the Future, Stephen Meyer and Oxford University mathematician and thinker John Lennox begin a three-part conversation about Lennox’s upcoming documentary, Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science. As Lennox explains, he grew up as the child of a uniquely non-sectarian Christian family in Northern Ireland, with parents who encouraged him to question broadly, read widely, and respect every person as a creature made in the image of God. He tells of his encounters with C. S. Lewis at Cambridge University, relates a humorous story in which atheist Peter Atkins gave him the title of one of his books, and describes his front-row seat as he watched the scientific atheism of the 1960s transform into the aggressive and contemptuous New Atheism of more recent years — a story that includes Lennox’s own debate with Richard Dawkins.

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Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 20, 2020

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__edited, Ann Reid, critical thinking, Darwinism, Evolution, high school biology, modern evolutionary theory, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Nature Magazine, Neo-Darwinism, science education, strengths and weaknesses, survey research, Teach the Controversy}

NCSE Pushes Unscientific Pro-Darwin Survey

_{Sarah Chaffee

July 20, 2020

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On this episode of ID the Future, Robert Crowther interviews Sarah Chaffee, Education and Public Policy Program Officer for the Center for Science and Culture, on a recent survey conducted by the dogmatically pro-Darwin National Center for Science Education (NCSE), and published in Nature. The NCSE claims that the survey shows that science teachers “advocate evolution” even more now than in 2007. But as Crowther and Chaffe’s discussion suggests, the survey appears gamed to produce a pro-Darwinist outcome, so much so that even teachers who follow the Discovery Institute’s policy of promoting critical thinking skills by teaching biology students both the strengths and weaknesses of modern evolutionary theory could be counted as evolution advocates by the survey. Then too, as Crowther and Chaffee further note, how likely are biology teachers with doubts about modern Darwinism to participate in a survey by an organization famously instrumental in attacking Darwin-doubting biology teachers?

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Daniel Reeves

Date
June 1, 2020

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__edited, Alfred Russell Wallace, cells, Charles Darwin, common descent, Darwinism, DNA, explanatory deficits, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Gerd Müller, Günter Bechly, Homology, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, Isaac Newton, macroevolution, Microevolution, modern synthesis, molecular machinery, nanomachines, Natural Selection, Neo-Darwinism, protoplasm, Robert Boyle, Royal Society of London, speciation, survival of the fittest, teleology}

Of Natural Selection, Explanatory Deficits, and Bunnies Dark and Light

_{Daniel Reeves

June 1, 2020

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On this episode of ID the Future we hear the first part of Discovery Institute Education Outreach Associate Daniel Reeves’ talk at the 2020 Dallas Science and Faith Conference. Reeves outlines the meaning of natural selection, and traces its history, starting from Darwin’s early understanding, in the days when cells were viewed as just blobs of protoplasm. Reeves carries the story from there through the neo-Darwinian modern synthesis and into the extended evolutionary synthesis, culminating in a 2016 meeting of the Royal Society on the theory’s continuing — and still unresolved — explanatory deficits.

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John G. West

Date
May 4, 2020

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__edited, afterlife, Alfred Kinsey, Atheism, Christopher Ryan, Cornell University, cultural decay, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, divine omnipotence, divine omniscience, Ethics, Evolution, faith, Finding Darwin’s God, fine-tuning, George Coyne, God, human exceptionalism, human zoos, Intelligent Design, Kenneth Miller, marriage, Materialism, moral relativism, National Public Radio, Neo-Darwinism, Philip Skell, Privileged Species, purpose, Religion, scientific Materialism, Sex at Dawn, sexual ethics, Social Darwinism, sociobiology, soul, theistic evolutionist, Thomas Nagel}

John West on Darwin’s Culturally Corrosive Idea, Pt. 2

_{John G. West

May 4, 2020

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On this episode of ID the Future, hear the second half of Discovery Institute’s John West’s talk given at the 2020 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, on how Darwinism has corroded Western culture. In this portion he examines the morally poisoning effects of Darwinism on marriage, sexual ethics, and religion, such that virtually anything can be defended as OK, and no particular culture’s ethic is to be preferred over another. Humankind’s spiritual purpose has likewise been eroded. Yet West closes with hope: science in our generation is discovering more and more signs of intelligent design and purpose in nature, and young researchers are learning that materialism shouldn’t be the foregone conclusion of contemporary science.

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Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 4, 2020

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__edited, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Emily Johnson, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Materialism, Michael Ruse, Neo-Darwinism, Phillip E. Johnson, Phillip Johnson, William Provine}

Honoring Phillip Johnson Pt. 6: Emily Johnson, Stephen Meyer

_{Stephen C. Meyer

March 4, 2020

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On this episode of ID the Future, we present two final, moving talks in a series honoring the late Phillip E. Johnson, author of the hit book Darwin on Trial and affectionately known as the godfather of the intelligent design movement. These two eulogies were given at his memorial service in November. The first speaker is Emily Johnson, Phillip Johnson’s daughter. The second is Stephen Meyer, director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture.

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Michael Behe

Date
January 27, 2020

Tagged
bacterial flagellum, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, degradative evolution, Evolution, Galápagos finches, Galen, history of intelligent design, Intelligent Design, irreducible complexity, modern evolutionary theory, molecular machinery, Neo-Darwinism, protoplasm, William Paley}

Honoring Phillip Johnson, Pt. 3: Michael Behe

_{Michael Behe

January 27, 2020

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On this ID the Future we continue a series of messages from a November 2019 symposium in Berkeley, California, presented in honor of the late Phillip Johnson, who played a crucial role in the flowering of the intelligent design movement. Read More ›

Who Question with Copyspace, Chinese Language

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 27, 2019

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__edited, Barbara Forrest, California Science Center, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Donald Prothero, falsifiability, genetic drift, Human Nature, Jeffrey Shallit, Jerry Coyne, Larry Moran, Materialism, methodological naturalism, Motoo Kamura, Neo-Darwinism, NOMA, Non-overlapping magisteria, P. Z. Myers, Phillip Johnson, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Robert Pennock, Stephen Jay Gould, The Blind Watchmaker, University of Kentucky}

David Berlinski Pays Tribute to Phillip Johnson

_{Andrew McDiarmid

November 27, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Andrew McDiarmid reads from David Berlinski’s new book Human Nature. The excerpt is a tribute to Phillip Johnson and his 1991 book Darwin on Trial. Berlinski calls the work a “Majestic Ascent.” Johnson, he writes, not only brought evolution into question logically and scientifically; he brought the case where it belongs, before “the considered reflection of the human race.” Berlinski himself reflects on various empty attempts to build a scientific theory on prior commitments to materialism. “Darwin’s theories,” he says, “are correspondingly less important for what they explain, which is very little, and more important for what they deny, which is roughly the plain evidence of our senses.”

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
November 11, 2019

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Brazil, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, degradative mutations, Discovery-Mackenzie, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mackenzie University, Marcos Eberlin, Neo-Darwinism, São Paulo Adventist University, The Edge of Evolution}

Behe Barnstorms Brazil

_{Michael Behe

November 11, 2019

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On this episode of ID the Future, Darwin Devolves author and Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe sits down with host Rob Crowther to discuss Behe’s recent speaking trip to Brazil, and on where he sees the Darwinism/design debate heading in the next few years. Read More ›

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Stephen C. Meyer

Date
November 8, 2019

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__edited, Berkeley, Charles Darwin, Darwin, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neo-Darwinism, Phillip Johnson, Richard Dawkins}

Stephen Meyer on Phillip Johnson’s Courage

_{Stephen C. Meyer

November 8, 2019

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On this episode of ID The Future, Stephen Meyer, director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, honors Phillip Johnson, the U.C. Berkeley law professor who helped ignite the modern intelligent design movement with the publication of his highly successful book Darwin on Trial.