The Country Shrink on November 15th, 2009

Darwinists of all stripes can hardly refrain from evolutionary storytelling when it comes to human psychology.  Not surprisingly, they focus largely on their opponents–those who have faith in God.  The recent work by archeologists Joyce Marcus and Kent Flannery seems to follow the familiar template.1  Start with an actual study, then speculate wildly about how [...]

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The Country Shrink on October 28th, 2009

Commenter Mike weighs in on mynym’s recent post. I thought it deserved a post of its own.
Another thing I find typical (and the thread you linked to is typical of this) is that it’s always the Darwinist who wants to bring up Creationism and Genesis in an ID debate. Usually this is accompanied by [...]

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The Country Shrink on May 20th, 2009

The latest in the saga of nature worship is the discovery of a ‘47 million year old’ fossil given the name Ida.  Hailed in the popular press as the long-sought-after ‘missing link,’ Darwinius masillae is being held up in some circles as the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”
Perhaps my impression that this is being held [...]

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The Country Shrink on May 16th, 2009

Cornelius Hunter, author of book Darwin’s God and DarwinsPredictions.com writes at his blog Darwin’s God:
Religion in disguise can be the most dangerous kind. Sometimes religious movements veil their true convictions and instead present an appealing false front to searching souls. Even long-time members may not be aware of the true inner core of the movement [...]

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The Country Shrink on September 29th, 2008

Why is it that I have hostility toward the Ivory Tower1? In fact, I spent enough time there to obtain a Ph.D., you’d think I’d pay homage. While I do appreciate that I had the opportunity, and a few things that I learned, I did not disengage my independent mind during the process [...]

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The Country Shrink on August 25th, 2008

Dave Scot, decidedly an agnostic, has written what I believe to be a very cogent analysis of theistic associations between ID and Christianity, and atheism and promoters of science. His views, I believe line up well, with how I see the issue. He also includes a logical rationale for design detection.
http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/response-to-gabriel/

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