Naturalism
This is from the book written by prof emeritus Kjell J. Tveter, «How and why the West lost its faith.»This book can be downloaded free of charge by entering the link below We all have thoughts about life and our world. We create our own worldview. In our secular society, few people have a conscious […]
What is a worldview?
Recommend the article explaining the worldview of Naturalism and Scientism. We all have an opinion, conviction or belief about life. Philosophers are fascinated by why things are the way they are, whereas scientists concentrate more on what it is that makes things the way they are. Few of us have a comprehensive philosophical view of […]
How Different Are Humans from Chimps? A Genomic Perspective
To evaluate the plausibility of human evolution from a common ancestor with chimpanzees, we can compare the extent of genetic changes required with those observed in well-studied cases of evolutionary change — specifically, the development of resistance in malaria parasites and E. coli bacteria. These “high-confidence” studies offer clear insight into the scale of genetic change that […]
Scientism
A radical form of Naturalism is called scientism. Scientism asserts that only natural science can give us the truth about our reality. Everything else, such as ethics, morality, theology, and philosophy, is based only on personal feelings, blind faith, or a specific cultural upbringing, even though these messages have been considered truth and a source […]
Richard Lenski’s E. coli Experiment and Michael Behe’s Analysis
Richard Lenski is an evolutionary biologist who has studied the bacterium E. coli for more than 65,000 generations since 1988, equivalent to 2 million years for humans. During this time, numerous changes have occurred in the bacteria, demonstrating microevolution. Michael Behe has analyzed Lenski’s results in more detail and presents them in his book “Darwin Devolves” […]
Fossils
In literature, fossil material is often cited as the best evidence for evolution. However, this conclusion may not be accurate. If animals evolve into entirely new species over millions of years, this process should produce many intermediate stages that would be preserved as fossils. Some fossils would resemble the original species, while others would resemble […]
Echolocation
Bats We have developed systems that use echolocation. Sonar, which means “sound navigation and ranging,” is echolocation in water and is used by boats, while radar is used in the air. These are advanced systems developed by engineers. Some animals are born with such an ability, which also required an engineer! Dolphins, whales, and bats […]
The brain’s network is infinitely more complex than any computer network we know of.
The brain has 170 billion cells. The brain develops in the fetus with 250,000 new cells per minute! There are a total of 170 billion cells in the human brain. Half of them are neurons that conduct nerve signals, while the other half are support cells called glia. The nerve cell has two types of […]
The argument of R. Dawkins that the eye was poorly designed has now been permanently refuted!
Even Darwin was fascinated by vision and said he got chills when he thought about how perfectly the eye was constructed. The eye is covered by the cornea, which consists partly of collagen. Everywhere else in the body, collagen is opaque, but in the cornea, it is transparent. The lens is a masterpiece that bends […]
Who Is Arguing from Ignorance? from the book The design inference chapter 7.2 by William A. Demski
Critics of intelligent design often mistakenly charge the design inference with being an argument from ignorance (i.e., arguing for design based on our ignorance of chance alternatives). In fact, a design inference, by ruling out relevant chance hypotheses, engages in an eliminative induction, whose logic is sound and differs from an argument from ignorance. Eliminative […]