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Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2024
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Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer thinks David Hume’s argument against miracles is weak.

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Return of the God Hypothesis in Cambridge with Stephen Meyer

The Deniable Darwin: David Berlinski and Stephen Meyer in Cambridge, UK.: Stephen C. Meyer; December 9, 2024; Intelligent Design

The Robot Repairmen Inside You (Secrets of the Cell, Ep. 9): Michael J. Behe; October 11, 2024; Intelligent Design

Science Professor Canceled by Atheists Because He Exposed Students to Evidence of Intelligent Design: Eric Hedin; October 7, 2024; Intelligent Design

Human Zoos: Socrates in the Studio with Dr. John West: Eric Metaxas; August 6, 2024; Intelligent Design

ID the Future

Physicist Eric Hedin: Information, Entropy, First Life

_{Eric Hedin
December 20, 2024
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On today’s ID the Future out of the vault, Canceled Science author and physicist Eric Hedin concludes his conversation with host Eric Anderson about the challenge that the second law of thermodynamics poses for purely naturalistic scenarios of the origin of living organisms. The problem, Hedin argues, is generating the reams of exquisitely orchestrated biological information required for even the simplest self-reproducing cell. The fundamental principles of physics mitigate against chemical processes getting the job done. Hedin provides easy-to-grasp examples that illustrate his arguments. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.

Stephen Meyer: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?

_{Stephen C. Meyer
December 18, 2024
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On this episode of ID The Future, philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer concludes his conversation with Praxis Circle’s Doug Monroe. In this last section of a multi-part interview, Dr. Meyer explains why theistic evolution – the belief that God used the evolutionary process to create – is an incoherent position to take on the origin and development of life. There’s no need, Meyer says, to attempt to reconcile theistic belief with a dying theory. Meyer also discusses the topic of miracles. He thinks David Hume’s argument against miracles is weak and goes on to explain how miracles demonstrate the independent action of a conscious agent and why they don’t violate the laws of physics. It’s an intriguing conclusion to a wide-ranging conversation.

Stephen Meyer: Can There Be a Theory of Everything?

_{Stephen C. Meyer
December 16, 2024
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On today’s ID The Future, philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer continues his conversation with Praxis Circle’s Doug Monroe. In this section of a multi-part interview, Dr. Meyer discusses two of the crucial arguments of his latest book Return of the God Hypothesis: the information embedded in DNA code that demands an explanation, and the fine-tuning of the physical properties of the universe and what’s wrong with recent attempts to explain that fine-tuning by resorting to a theory of multiple universes. Dr. Meyer also addresses the question: can there be a theory of everything? Dig Deeper Listen to another segment from this interview: Stephen Meyer: Did Belief in God Make Modern Science …