http://biologos.org/resources/find/Essay/any/Lives of Faith,Science & Worldviews,Design/sort-by-Newest?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication This is a custom feed of BioLogos resources. Make a new feed at http://biologos.org/resources/find en Copyright 2013 2013-05-26T02:42:21-08:00 http://biologos.org/essays/seeking-a-signature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/seeking-a-signature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this article, Venema offers his review of Stephen Meyer's book Signature in the Cell. Signature in the Cell.]]> Wed, 19 Oct 11 15:14:01 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/evolution-and-the-origin-of-biological-information?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/evolution-and-the-origin-of-biological-information?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Venema explores several examples in biology where random mutation and natural selection have indeed led to substantial increases in biological information. The question of how new specified information arises in DNA, far from being an “enigma”, is one of great interest to biologists. Wed, 19 Oct 11 14:48:05 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/from-intelligent-design-to-biologos?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/from-intelligent-design-to-biologos?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Venema tells the story of his transition from support of Intelligent Design to the view that God uses evolution as a creative mechanism. Wed, 19 Oct 11 14:17:25 -0700 Dennis Venema http://biologos.org/essays/c.s.-lewis-on-evolution-and-intelligent-design?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/c.s.-lewis-on-evolution-and-intelligent-design?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication This article is a comprehensive study of the views of Christian author and apologist C. S. Lewis on the theory of evolution and the argument from intelligent design. It explains how he would distinguish expressly philosophical arguments for a Transcendent Mind from the current claims of the intelligent design (ID) movement to provide scientific evidence for such a reality. Wed, 19 Oct 11 12:06:04 -0700 Michael L. Peterson http://biologos.org/essays/accommodationist-and-proud-of-it?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/accommodationist-and-proud-of-it?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Science and religion scholar Michael Ruse gives a personal account of his experiences as an author and public speaker on the compatibility of Christianity and biological evolution. Mon, 02 May 11 18:53:59 -0700 Michael Ruse http://biologos.org/essays/how-does-the-biologos-model-need-to-address-concerns-about-science?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/how-does-the-biologos-model-need-to-address-concerns-about-science?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Many barriers to the acceptance of the BioLogos model by evangelical Christians arise from popular misconceptions about the nature of science and its relationship to God's action in our world. Mon, 02 May 11 18:42:01 -0700 Ard Louis http://biologos.org/essays/engaging-todays-militant-atheist-arguments?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/engaging-todays-militant-atheist-arguments?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, MIT professor Ian Hutchinson addresses the question of how to engage arguments put forward by the New Atheists. In doing so, he offers a critique of scientism, the assumption that scientific knowledge is all the real knowledge there is. scientism, the assumption that scientific knowledge is all the real knowledge there is.]]> Mon, 25 Apr 11 18:14:01 -0700 Ian Hutchinson http://biologos.org/essays/scientific-fundamentalism-and-its-cultural-impact?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/scientific-fundamentalism-and-its-cultural-impact?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Giberson's essay makes the case that scientific fundamentalists are not merely arguing for the supremacy of science but also presenting science as a quasi-religious replacement. The agenda of the "New Atheists" is not merely to refute mainstream religion but to replace it. Unfortunately, the scientific community is poorly represented by these aggressive public figures. Mon, 25 Apr 11 17:35:35 -0700 Karl Giberson http://biologos.org/essays/why-dembskis-design-inference-doesnt-work?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/why-dembskis-design-inference-doesnt-work?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Mathematics professor James Bradley looks at the design argument presented in William Dembski's book The Design Inference and offers his criticisms on the accuracy of the model. The Design Inference and offers his criticisms on the accuracy of the model.]]> Mon, 25 Apr 11 16:47:42 -0700 James Bradley http://biologos.org/essays/what-scientists-do?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/what-scientists-do?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this scholarly essay, Steve Benner, a Distinguished Fellow of The Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution in Gainesville, Fla., looks at what the role of a scientist should be. Benner looks specifically at "falsifiability", the acceptance of uncertainty, and the place of the scientist in public discourse. Fri, 22 Apr 11 17:22:27 -0700 Steven Benner http://biologos.org/essays/intelligent-design-thomas-aquinas-and-the-ubiquity-of-final-causes?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/intelligent-design-thomas-aquinas-and-the-ubiquity-of-final-causes?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, Baylor philosophy professor Francis Beckwith distinguishes between Intelligent Design (ID) and Thomistic Design (TD). Fri, 22 Apr 11 17:20:27 -0700 Francis Beckwith http://biologos.org/essays/design-in-nature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication http://biologos.org/essays/design-in-nature?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication In this paper, adapted from an article from Science & Christian Belief, Dr. Oliver R. Barclay compares and contrasts the biblical view of design in nature with modern design arguments. Science & Christian Belief, Dr. Oliver R. Barclay compares and contrasts the biblical view of design in nature with modern design arguments.]]> Fri, 22 Apr 11 17:17:14 -0700 Oliver R. Barclay