02.28.07
Religion, Darwinism, and violence
Psychology and Religion, from Frontal Cortex
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The brain is chaotic
From Chaos List-serv
New Study: The Brain is Chaotic
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Brainwashing the brainwashers
Over the last six months we have been bombarded with Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion as the BBC, Guardian, Independent and their equivalents have seized upon the bestselling book as literal scientific proof that God is merely a projected human fantasy.
Shermer on the draw
Intelligent Design is Neither
Brian Trent
In a debate at the Cato Institute between evolutionist Michael Shermer and so-called Intelligent Design proponent Jonathan Wells, the latter was asked point-blank what his alternative to the evidence for natural selection was.
Great move, Shermer. Be quick on the draw, so noone will ask for the evidence of natural selection.
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Darwin movie: what about Wallace?
They better not omit Wallace. Why not work in the episode of the Ternate letter, and cast Darwin as a shadowy tragic figure who rigged the priority and ended triggering social darwinism?
02.27.07
Some thoughts on Kurz essay
The last post by Kurz on religion in conflict asks if ‘evangelical atheists’ are too outspoken. Read the rest of this entry »
Kurz: religion in conflict
Religion in Conflict: Are ‘Evangelical Atheists’ Too Outspoken?
by Paul Kurtz, secularhumanism.org
I will comment on this essay in subsequent posts.
Update, comment at:
http://darwiniana.com/2007/02/27/some-thoughts-on-kurz-essay/
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ID barren, Darwinism fertile?
Martinez Hewlett and Ted Peters: Who Sets the Evolution Agenda?.
To say that Darwinism is more productive than ID is all very well, but, the question of ID apart, the reality is that natural selection is equally barren, for the simple reason that it is woefully incomplete. Many of the supposed explanations are really Just So stories in disguise. Read the rest of this entry »
Schmevolution: no evidence of repentance
If the intelligent design supporters are politically savvy, they will lie low for a while, let the issue fade from the headlines and when the election returns in 2008 get their people motivated and to the polls. The moderates in Kansas must keep a close watch and routinely remind voters of the disaster that lurks around the corner.
Outside job
Michael Shermer valiantly argued the thesis of his book, Why Darwin Matters in a debate with Bill Dembski, February 21, 2007.
Shermer said:
No one, and I mean no one, working in the field is debating whether natural selection is the driving force behind evolution.
If this is true then the field is ossified and needs outside input.
Sudden origins
Sudden Origins: A Leap in Evolution
Sudden Origin theory challenges gradual evolution
By Kat Piper
Epoch Times Sydney Staff Feb 27, 2007
ID, Darwinism and alchemy
Alchemy, Marxism, and the future of Darwinism.
I then predicted that Darwinian evolution would eventually fade into the same obscurity that now shrouds alchemy. Although I knew from previous conversations that my young friends were skeptical of Darwinian theory, they expressed considerable surprise at my prediction, if only because Darwinism is presently held in such high esteem by their professors.
That’s a dubious prediction, as is ID’s prediction of its own success, which is creating stubborn resistance to change in these Darwinists.
One thing that isn’t likely is the triumph of ID, whose faults it shares with that other design theory, natural selection.
ID a scientific claim?
Intelligent Design is based upon the Scientific Method, Not Blind Faith. Even if we grant that the inference to design is a scientific claim the fact is that neither ID-ists or Darwinians are unbiased enough to judge the matter.
One problem is that if the ‘ID scientist’ is also a ‘faith based monotheist’ we will suspect his judgment is biased by his prior beliefs. And the Darwinist is simply stuck in his nineteenth century positivism, or no use to anyone. It is hard to see how this science can progress. Read the rest of this entry »
02.26.07
Buddhism a religion?
Gene Expression asks if Buddhism [is a] religion, or not?, and here are
some comments from a previous post.
To ask if Buddhism is a religion is a bit pointless here. Surely it is. At the same time many Buddhists would say that at the point that a religion comes into being the real ‘dharma’ becomes mechanized and unavailable.
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Jesus’ Tomb?
Documentary Shows Possible Jesus Tomb
KAREN MATTHEWS | AP | February 26, 2007 04:51 PM EST
NEW YORK — Filmmakers and researchers on Monday unveiled two ancient stone boxes they said may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several scholars derided the claims made in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.