Category: Culture
William Dembski on BioLogos and Theistic Evolution at Patheos
Dembski’s point is that books like these sell ideas — and that’s actually a good thing, as long as the authors practice truth in advertising:
Francis Collins’ Junk DNA Arguments Pushed Into Increasingly Small Gaps in Scientific Knowledge
Francis Collins and Karl Giberson rely heavily on pseudogenes — what they call “broken DNA” — to argue for evolution, but increased discovery of function for pseudogenes means their argument is being pushed into increasingly smaller gaps.
When Atheists Attack (Each Other)
The squabble between Darwin lobbyists who openly hate religion and those who only quietly disdain it grows ever more personal, bitter and pathetic.
Diluting the News, or Why You Should Be Careful When Reading The Associated Press
Pope Benedict’s forthright insistence that God is involved in creation is refreshing, but of course, it upsets those who are invested in the idea of theistic evolution.
Et tu, Pseudogenes? Another Type of “Junk” DNA Betrays Darwinian Predictions
Perhaps the mindset of Dawkins, Giberson, and Collins is setting us up to miss important biological functions of pseudogenes.