The legendary atheist and evolutionary theorist Richard Dawkins appeared on WBUR, Boston’s National Public Radio affiliate. He was debating Design advocate George Gilder.

Dawkins was a professor at Oxford University. One of his admirers had created a special endowment for him, The Charles Simyoni Chair for the Public Understanding of Science.

Minutes before the show began, Dawkins announced that he wasn’t going to debate Gilder, but insisted that Gilder talk for the first 15 minutes, then Dawkins would talk for the final 15 minutes.

I thought that was… shall we say, odd.

Anyway, a caller asked Dawkins about the Origin of Life. Dawkins replied that it was “a happy chemical accident.”

A happy chemical accident?

What do you think of that answer?

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Recently an Evolution 2.0 reader reached out. He’d done deep study of the linguistics of DNA.

Because I’d mentioned designing speakers and stereo equipment in chapter 3 of my book, he sent a photo of a some speakers he’d built.

He had no idea I also built a system that was spooky similar. Same design idea. Same ribbon drivers from the same boutique German manufacturer.

I sent him back some pictures. We both got a chuckle from this “needles in haystacks” meeting in such an unlikely context. Read more »

A Biblical Evolution Model

Is Evolution Compatible With The Bible?

Can you be a Christian and believe in evolution?

Some say: “If God chose to create us via evolution, I’m fine with that.”

Others see evolution as a threat… with grave theological difficulties: The nature of man, original sin, the necessity of Christ. Some insist evolution undercuts Read more »

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God, Science and the Universe: A Dialogue at the University of Toronto on Saturday, March 19, 7-9pm EDT.

Three big thinkers, well-known in their various fields, will be together for the first time on the stage at the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall discussing God, science and the universe: Read more »

Today I searched Google News for “evolution of” to see how the phrase gets used. Titles of headlines included:

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Richard Dawkins is the world-famous science entertainer who masquerades as a scientist. Today, a shining example of how he uses sleight of hand to fool gullible people and build his tribe.

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Doug Brewer poses a fantastic question:

Chloroplasts are actually blue-green algae living symbiotically inside plant cells. They have their own DNA and represent the most successful merger-acquisition in the history of earth.

You say that “We can produce new species at will and it happens all the time”.

Do you believe that these same processes which create (what you refer to as) “new species” are also capable of creating new genera, families, orders, classes, phyla and kingdoms?

If so, how? Read more »

Telorexia:

noun

A psychological state in which the patient is unable to see purpose in nature, or even acknowledge hypocritical use of teleological language.

Our close friends Bob and Angel were dining with us at a barbecue restaurant. Bob was chowing down on a stack of ribs; Angel was nibbling string beans and a tiny square of corn bread.

Angel was 82 pounds and dropping fast. This normally attractive, athletic woman was down to skin and bones. Waging war with an eating disorder – and losing. Her husband Bob was scared. Laura and I were scared for her. Ribs sticking out of her skin. She wore baggy sweaters, her breasts sagged and she was perpetually cold.

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A rocket scientist/engineer and an ER physician/pastor talk with Perry about the big questions of God and life.

In this episode, Perry tells the story of rigid Young Earth theol0gy and strict literalism that jettisoned Perry’s brother from faith, and Perry’s trip down the rabbit hole of evolutionary science.

 “Do I need to get another degree, this time in biology, to understand this stuff?” Striking parallels between Information Technology and Genetics; and a discussion of the latest Nobel Prize, and wonders of the cell almost nobody talks about.

The goal of the God Talk show with Doug Thorpe & Andrew Wyant is “Rightly dividing the line of Truth between faith and science.”

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Michael Flannery reviewed Evolution 2.0. I replied in “ID’s Blind Spot.” Michael then responded to my post in his comment #36.

Thank you, Michael, for your thoughtful remarks. Below are Michael’s questions in bold with my answers:

You seem to presume a lot about what “practicing scientists” hear and Read more »