Two Nature Journal Articles Call for Rethink in Biology
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“these frank acknowledgements from evolutionary scientists are encouraging signs and serve to confirm what ID theorists have long argued: the need for a fundamentally new way of looking at the natural world.” - Discovery Institute
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I Believe in the Death of Julius Caesar and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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“March 15, 44 BC…Roman senators assassinated Julius Caesar. Nearly 77 years later… Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. We can have justified belief in both events by following four practices historians use to discover the truth about the past.” - TGC
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Johannes Kepler, Thinking God’s Thoughts After Him
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“Kepler’s work was motivated by his Christian faith. He believed that since God is rational, the universe must be as well. Because humans are made in God’s image, we can, as he said, ‘think God’s thoughts after Him.’” - Breakpoint
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The challenges of being a religious scientist
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“22% of graduate students in science say that they believe in God and 20% describe themselves as ‘very’ or ‘moderately’ religious. These percentages are similar to what is seen among science faculty” - RNS
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“Among both Democrats and Republicans, trust in scientists is lower than before the pandemic”
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“Overall, 57% of Americans say science has had a mostly positive effect on society. This share is down 8 percentage points since November 2021 and down 16 points since before the start of the coronavirus outbreak.” - Pew
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God vs. Absurdity: A Review of Pat Flynn’s The Best Argument for God
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“anyone can dig in their heels and refuse to commit to pushing ultimate explanations as far as possible, which will of course prevent a theistic conclusion. Doing so, however, comes at a heavy cost.” - Acton
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Barna: How U.S. Christians Feel About AI & the Church
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“there are some opinions where Christians have very different views on AI compared to non-Christians. Just over one in four Christians (28%) say they are hopeful AI can do positive things in the world, compared to two in five non-Christians (39%).” - Barna
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The Limits of Science: A Review of ‘Christianity and Science’ by Herman Bavinck
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Bavinck: “No science can be imagined without accepting beforehand, quietly and without criticism, the reliability of the senses, the objective existence of the world, the truth of the laws of thinking, and the logical, ideal content of perceptible phenomena” - TGC
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An Antidote for Scientism—Why Science Needs God
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“without this value (of upholding truth) the institution of science would soon sink into a morass of lies and deception. It’s obvious, but where does this value come from? You can’t prove it scientifically.” - Reasons
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