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Home: Core Subjects: Science: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Science: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Billions of Planets, But Only One Earth - Ben WikerClaims of Earth’s uniqueness have been held up for ridicule ever since Copernicus. That’s why scientists have dubbed the principle that Earth is nothing more than a ho-hum phenomenon the “Copernican principle” or, even more humbling, the “principle of mediocrity.” Now along come Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee to upset scientific orthodoxy. Earth, they claim, is no run-of-the-mill planet. We are “not so ordinary as Western science has made us out to be . . . . Our global inferiority complex may be unwarranted.” Read more... Climbing Mount Improbable" & "Darwin's Black Box" - book review - PHILLIP E. JOHNSONPerhaps materialism was a liberating philosophy when the need was to escape from dogmas of religion, but today materialism itself is the dogma from which the mind needs to escape. Read more... Concerning Philosophers and Moths - Donald DeMarcoIf philosophy is a search for wisdom, then a true philosopher who philosophizes long enough will surely find at least a glimpse of the enticing goal that first animated his search. Read more... Creation Reveals God and His Love - Pope Benedict XVIGod's created works are the first sign of his existence and love, says Benedict XVI. Read more... Creation, Evolution, and Thomas Aquinas - William E. CarrollThe analysis of creation and the distinctions Thomas Aquinas draws among the domains of metaphysics, the natural sciences, and theology can serve an important role in contemporary discussions of the relationship between creation and evolution. Read more... Darwin & Our Lady - David WarrenFeb. 12, 2009 is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. By coincidence it is also Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday, but the media hype I have seen has been reserved mostly for Darwin. Read more... Darwin Under the Microscope - MICHAEL J. BEHEWhenever we see interactive systems (such as a mousetrap) in the everyday world, we assume that they are the products of intelligent activity. We should extend the reasoning to cellular systems. We know of no other mechanism, including Darwin's which produces such complexity. Only intelligence does. Read more... Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution — Book Review - GEORGE SIM JOHNSTONMichael J. Behe, begins his book, Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, by showing how neo-Darwinism, the reigning dogma since the 1930s, is in serious trouble. Read more... Dawkins is wrong about God - Roger ScrutonFaced with the spectacle of the cruelties perpetrated in the name of faith, Voltaire famously declared organised religion to be the enemy of mankind. Richard Dawkins, whose TV series The Root of all Evil? concludes next Monday, is the most influential living example of this tradition. Read more... Debunking the Galileo Myth - Dinesh D'SouzaMany people have uncritically accepted the idea that there is a longstanding war between science and religion. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 26-Oct-2009 - 17:11:12
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