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February Newsletters: Columbo, Evolution, and Adam
Alan’s, Tim’s, and Brett’s February newsletters are now posted on the website:
Random Mutation, Natural Selection, and Information
This new video from the Discovery Institute is a clear and concise explanation of why we should doubt the power of random mutations and natural selection to build new, functional information content in DNA. Here are some excerpts, but watch the whole video (below) to see the helpful way they illustrate the truth of this:
Challenge: In an Age of Science, It’s Silly to Believe God Created Everything
For this week’s challenge, here’s a quote from a Salon article: [I]t insults our intelligence to be enjoined to believe, now that we have split the atom, discovered the Higgs Boson, and sent a probe to Pluto, in the veracity of a supernatural account of the origins of our cosmos.
Natural Selection Can’t Select a Future Function
In this short video from the Discovery Institute, Paul Nelson follows the development of a C. elegans worm from one cell to an adult, showing how “even these little worms, a millimeter long, humble little creatures out there in the compost heap…carry the signal of design unmistakably.”
We Still Need the Old Answers
In a conversation on Edge.org, historian Yuval Noah Harari discussed how society may change in the future due to advances in technology. He foresees a time of social change and unrest when the elite can afford advanced medicine (possibly even achieving eternal life on earth, he says) and the poor are left farther and farther behind. He compares his predicted social problems to the upheaval caused by the Industrial Revolution:
You Can’t Get Western Morality from Science
Atheist John Gray argues in the Guardian that atheists who think science alone can support their preferred system of morality are fooling themselves:
The Eye “Is Optimized for Our Vision Purposes”
We’ve posted before about the problem of atheists declaring that the design of this or that body part is sub-optimal (and therefore, isn’t designed). Electrical engineer Bill Pratt explained it this way:
Anomalies Don’t Necessarily Disprove Christianity
Last week, Biola hosted a panel discussion between William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland, and John Lennox (moderated by Hugh Hewitt) on the topic of “God, Science, and the Big Questions.”
Have Grace for Fellow Christians on the Age of the Earth
The age of the earth is not a topic we discuss much on our website. We have an article by Greg on why he believes in an old earth, but not every employee we’ve had has agreed with that, and it’s not something we take a hard stance on as an organization. (We do, however, affirm the primacy of Scripture and a historical Adam and Eve, and we’ve argued against theistic evolution).
Challenge: No Scientific Consensus on When Human Life Begins
This challenge comes from the first item in the Pro-Choice Action Network’s article refuting “some common misconceptions about abortion”: