Nota Bene: The Universe Is Haunted, Stephen Meyer TV Series on ID, and Registration Ends Friday for Westminster Conference

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March 23, 2011 The Universe Is Haunted: Reflections on the "Nature of Nature" In the history of modern propaganda with its technique of the Big Lie, it's hard to think of a brazen untruth more successful in shaping opinion than the one that equates intelligent design with Christian fundamentalist creationism. Almost as influential is the related lie that there is no serious scientific controversy over Darwinism, that main support pillar of contemporary materialist or naturalist doctrine. Anyone who's still unclear on either of these points should take a moment and just weigh in his hand The Nature of Nature, a massive and massively learned new 900-page volume of essays. In chapter after chapter, proponents and critics of naturalism and Darwinism, scientists and philosophers, hammer away at each other at the highest levels of debate. Continue reading . . . Does New Scientific Evidence About the Origin of Life Put an End to Darwinian Evolution? How did life begin? Where did the first cell come from? Questions that have plagued scientists for centuries remain unanswered today, but recent scientific discoveries are leading modern scientists to explore the theory of intelligent design as a better explanation for the complexity of life and the universe. In four television episodes of the John Ankerberg Show broadcast across the US and over 200 nations worldwide, Dr. John Ankerberg interviewed Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, author of the groundbreaking book Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. The series will begin broadcasting on April 3 at 5:30pm EDT on the Daystar Network and on April 10 at 9:30pm EDT on the INSP Network. Continue reading for links to watch the full videos online . . . Deadline to Register for God and Materialism Conference Fast Approaching The online registration deadline for the God and Materialism conference is Friday, April 1 by 5:00 pm (EDT). If you want a box lunch for the conference as well as full conference materials, you must register by April 1. Walk-up registrations may be available at the conference if space is available, but box lunches will not be available unless previously ordered by April 1, and there is no guarantee of conference educational materials for walk-up registrants. More information and registration here . . . Make a Difference for ID: Enroll in the Summer Seminar Programs The 2011 Summer Seminars for college juniors, seniors and graduate students is an intensive 9-day summer learning opportunity in Seattle, July 8-16. These seminars are designed for outstanding and motivated students who seek a deeper understanding of science and its implications for society. Past alumni credit the seminar with giving them focus and inspiration for their research, as well as a place to network and receive the support and mentoring they need to equip themselves for the rewarding but difficult work ahead. This year, in addition to the seminar focusing on ID in the natural sciences, the Center for Science and Culture announces the new C. S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, which will explore the growing impact of science on politics, economics, social policy, bioethics, theology, and the arts. The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. This seminar is open to students who intend to pursue graduate studies in the natural sciences or the philosophy of science. (Click here for details and to apply.) The C. S. Lewis Fellows Program is an inspiration from the work of its namesake, particularly The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength, where Lewis foresaw the dangers of both scientism and technocracy. 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Truth or Fiction

Religion of ANY kind is suspect. From evolutionary, atheistic, agnostic to Muslim and Christian...

They are all simply a belief systems....

Evolution is an attempt at science clouded by Evolutionary Religion where it takes giant leaps of faith to believe.

But that does not mean evolution, nor Intelligent Design should be rejected right out of the box. However it seems like many "evolutionary believers" do that.

Hence Ben Stein created his video Expelled which dares to question why well-known and respected men of science be turfed from their jobs simply because they dared to point out where evolutionary belief CAN NOT answer certain questions that ID can?

Because I KNOW about the horrors of Islamists, does not make me reject all Muslims. It seems like the newly-elected mayor of Calgary who called for investigation before making decisions is what ALL politicians should do.

Tarek Fatah is my favorite Muslim writer of the book, The Jew Is Not My Enemy. He has a very balanced view of Islamists and those who step over the line of civility.

Have you ever watched Michael Coren at 6PM on CTS? Or does your agnostic "faith" prevent you from even tuning into a channel created by Christians?

Of course Mark Gabriel, Noni Darwish, and Brigitte Gabriel are also in group of favorites. (:-)

And just because scientists were fooled for 40 years by the fake Piltdown man does not mean I should reject ALL science, does it?

Just because there are fake $20 bills does NOT mean I should reject ALL $20 bills does it?

Just because there are fakers in religion along with the rest of the world full of fakers, does not mean I should reject religion does it?

We can be aware of our own biases enough to think critically about everything we hear or read. We can detect bias in articles and ideas which may or may not be distorting facts.

I don't reject ALL science. I reject SCIENCE which will not even HEAR of anything contradictory which Ben Stein points out has what has become of science in many areas. It has become a religion.Evolutionary and climate science has made the great leap of faith and "evolved" from science into belief.

Does it not strike you as odd that science which is supposed to be about investigating truth so easily rejects ID. That is exactly what many scientists accuse believers of ... rejecting without checking...

So the question is: what makes you KNOW that truth from fiction?

It depends in the final analysis WHO you listen to. And WHO you listen to "indoctrinates" you to believe or not. You may be sucked into believing in declared hoaxes you see on the internet, or are they?

Piltdown man shows that TOO-eager scientists accepted WITHOUT CHECKING EVIDENCE that here was a NEW species of evolutionary man.

One can be TOO eager to accept anything. I try to weigh everything on its merits. Which is why I am still and always will be a follower of Jesus Christ. The historical evidence for him being the son of God is greater than the evidence that there ever was a Julius Caesar. Yet who tries to deny Julius Caesar?

The personal evidence of answered prayers, not always in the way I expect, is the clincher.