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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

Believers require a fresh realization that the Christian faith does provide existential and intellectual fulfillment, and makes reality intelligible. Secularism should be criticized for its self-entitled interpretations of reality, and its dubious propositions for humanity.

These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just “the way things are,” not proving anything. But this is not so.

Did scientists like Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton speak easily of God as the intelligence behind nature just because that’s how everyone spoke at the time?

The book under review is a splendid and uniquely well-informed contribution to the debate about what is by all indices a theory in possibly terminal crisis.

"axelbeingcivil" is a cordial atheist who is a biologist. I've enjoyed many good dialogues with him. This one occurred in a combox of my blog. His words Friendly, fun dialogue with an atheist biologist on the "borders" of science and Christian theology and philosophy: where they intersect with and influence each other.

"axelbeingcivil" is a cordial atheist who is a biologist. I've enjoyed many good dialogues with him. This one occurred in a combox of my blog. His words Friendly, fun dialogue with an atheist biologist on the question of mutations as the materialistic evolutionary mechanism and alleged originator of all variations of life.

The mechanism of Darwinian evolution absolutely works — by breaking genes, when that provides a selective advantage, or turning them off.

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design.

Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin.