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Dembski and McDowell on Intelligent Design

This 90-minute talk on Intelligent Design by Sean McDowell and William Dembski was to a lay audience of 500. It is based on their new book “Understanding Intelligent Design – Everything you need to know in plain language”.

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Answering Objections to 'The Argument from Evolution' Part 2

Answering the objections to the article “Argument from Evolution,” (4) the illegitimate use of probability calculations to substantiate fault in evolutionary models; (5) the illegitimate use of the second law of thermodynamics and (6) that these improbability calculations should equally apply to creation models.

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Answering Objections to 'The Argument from Evolution' Part 1

Answering the objections of the article “Argument from Evolution” (1) being anti-evolution; (2) upholding a ‘web of lies’ by citing ‘bulling’ tactics from evolutionists that curtail of the freedom of inquiry; (3) The illegitimate use of a quotation by Stephen J Gould that speaks of a lack of transitional forms in the fossil record;

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Science, God and the Bible

A follow-up answering some criticisms of “The Argument from Evolution” article, and the charge that the Bible offers nothing scientifically relevant. The refutation is threefold. There is discussion on how the Christian worldview has benefited science; the motivation for Christians pursuit of truth in science; and the discoveries in science that the Bible anticipated.

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The Merits of Intelligent Design

A follow-up answering some criticisms of “The Argument from Evolution” article. These include defending Premise 1-1: If evolution is true it requires a divine miracle; explaining there is no need for an explanation of the explanation; the science of Intelligent Design and its predictions; and broadly defending the criticisms of religious texts.

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Tim Keller interviewed at the Washington Post and other videos

A short video of Sally Quinn interviewing Tim Keller on Christianity. Also, some other Keller videos related to New Atheism and science.

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Has science buried God? Report from the Dawkins/Lennox discussion

Some comments from the October 21st discussion between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox at the Oxford Museum about science, atheism, and the Christian faith.

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Hitchens vs Turek debate now online

The video from the debate between Christopher Hitchens and Frank Turek on the existence of God is now online and available for viewing.

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Nihilism letter to Massey Uni "Chaff"

In my youth, the understanding I had of the world was that everything was ultimately meaningless. I mocked the religious kids at school for believing in a god, for Darwin had shown there was no need for such a creation of our minds. I also understood where this thinking lead to.

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God and the limits of science: Auckland Lecture this week

On October 21, Dr Neil Broom, a professor at Auckland University will be giving a lecture on the limits of science and his defense of the existence of God.

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Humanist Amsterdam Declaration refuted point-by-point

This article responds to the Humanist ethics propounded in The Amsterdam Declaration 2002 by comparing and contrasting with a Christian perspective.

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William Lane Craig & Madness in England

Dr. William Lane Craig talks briefly for a few minutes of the madness going on in England regarding the Church of England the the Royal Society.

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The Argument from Evolution

An analysis of the atheistic argument from evolution, including four criticisms of evolution as well as a close look at the assertion that evolution implies that God does not exist. An exploration of the more cautious argument that evolution is more likely given naturalism rather than theism, which leads to a startling conclusion.

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Michigan Invasion, Hitchens Debate Video, Help for UNC

I didn’t know what to expect when I landed in Detroit last Monday. A colleague there scheduled me for nine “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist” events in seven days all over the state: Four at secular universities, two at a Christian high school, and three at churches up north. It was like an invasion, and God…

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Two Movies soon to hit New Zealand screens

Two new movies by Christian authors to soon his New Zealand. Will they be able to be utilised in Christian apologetics?

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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol

A discussion of the merits of the Lutheran theologian Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s claim that God cannot be proved, examining the role of natural theology in proffering arguments for the existence of God?

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