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Complexity, Probability, and God

December 30, 2011
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A very old, highly intuitive, and still common argument for the existence of God is the Argument from Design.  The thrust of the argument is that the ordered complexity exhibited by the universe as a whole, and in particular by living things, is evidence that there must be an intelligent designer, since the existence of…

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A Few Basic Problems with the Noah Story

December 30, 2011
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As the body of human knowledge has increased, creationists advocating a literal interpretation of the Bible are required to devise ever more complex defenses. Like many debate subjects, it is easy to get caught up in complex details and miss the many simple and devastating debating points immediately available to anyone. For example, the Noah…

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A Response to Locke’s, “The Scientific Case Against Evolution”

December 29, 2011
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A reader recently forwarded a link to Robert Locke’s short article entitled The Scientific Case Against Evolution.1The author, while claiming not to be a creationist, certainly writes in the curious even-evolutionists-now-realize style so common among creationist writers.  The article, while not offering new arguments (and not pretending to) does do a good job of succinctly…

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