Mike Keas | Science & Faith

Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute http://www.discovery.org/csc, Professor of History & Philosophy of Science (College at Southwestern http://college.swbts.edu), & teaches at http://www.biola.edu/scienceandreligion

Rethinking Nongenetic Inheritance and How this Relates to Evolutionary Theory

May 25th, 201205:35 PM ET

By Mike Keas

The June 2012 issue of the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution contains an important review of research on biological inheritance. This article, "Rethinking heredity, again" (a free download), shows that the pioneers of the evolutionary neo-Darwinian “Modern Synthesis” since the 1930s have been prematurely dismissive of what is called ...
Radically New DNA-encoding Biotechnology: Implications for Life’s Origin

May 23rd, 201209:56 AM ET

By Mike Keas

Model of the DNA Molecule What does new the DNA-encoding biotechnology announced on May 21, 2012 have to do with the mystery of life’s origin? Read on. The DNA in every living cell stores digital code that directs the sequencing of amino acids in protein construction. Proteins are the most important kind of biologically functional molec...
The Irony of Tolerance and Intolerance: Ben Carson’s Emory University Commencement Address

May 17th, 201209:44 AM ET

By Mike Keas

The four Emory University biology faculty who played the role of Darwinian thought police had the opportunity to hear Dr. Ben Carson talk Monday about the kind of tolerance we should all strive to exhibit: I know there was some controversy about my views on creation and somebody thought that I said that evolutionists are not ethical people. Of cou...
Biblical Problems with the BioLogos Version of Theistic Evolution

May 15th, 201203:39 PM ET

By Mike Keas

Design theorist William Dembski and BioLogos President Darrel Falk participated in an online forum (see the four essays linked here) that addressed the question: "Is Darwinism Theologically Neutral?" Dembski answers “no.” Falk agrees with Dembski on many points, but maintains that “the BioLogos position is not the same as Darwinism.” BioLog...
Darwinism Undermines Objective Moral Values: What 500 Emory University Faculty and Students Need to Know

May 11th, 201210:24 AM ET

By Mike Keas

Although Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Ben Carson doubts Darwinian evolution, he agrees with Darwin that if evolutionary theory were true, then Christian moral precepts such as the golden rule and love for all human races (ethnicities) are no more natural or normative than selfishness and racism. Although Carson disagrees with Darwin and Darwinists to...
Emory University, Support Darwin Skeptic Ben Carson: Petition for Monday’s Commencement Address

May 09th, 201203:42 PM ET

By Mike Keas

This week David Klinghoffer told a shocking story of Darwinian intolerance and intimidation: You can be a brilliant, innovative pediatric neurosurgeon at a sky-scraping top medical school, in addition to being a generous philanthropist with an inspirational up-from-dire-poverty personal story, plus a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, and ...
Pro-ID Paper Examines Irreducible Complexity of Birds in Flight

May 05th, 201210:37 PM ET

By Mike Keas

Discovery Institute maintains an annotated list of peer-reviewed publications that support intelligent design. One of the essays listed there is explained briefly in a podcast at ID the Future: Pro-ID Paper Examines Irreducible Complexity of Birds in Flight. On this episode of ID the Future, Casey Luskin reports on a 2009 peer-reviewed paper arguin...
Removing the Darwinian Spin to Research Dominated by Intelligent Design

May 03rd, 201209:25 AM ET

By Mike Keas

On April 19 National Geographic News summarized a lengthy technical article related to life’s origin that was to appear in the journal Science the next day. NG News began its story with these words: Step aside, DNA—new synthetic compounds called XNAs can also store and copy genetic information, a new study says. And, in a "big advanc...
New Study of Ribosome's Programming Language: Support for Intelligent Design Concepts

April 30th, 201209:01 AM ET

By Mike Keas

A 14 March 2012 essay in the peer-reviewed journal Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling is noteworthy for adopting the intelligent design approach of identifying and measuring functional (prescriptive) information in living systems. They also recognize that a "programming language" is in use when a ribosome translates the DNA/RNA cod...
The Cambrian Explosion—A Major Challenge to Darwinism—Finally Defused by Geologists?

April 28th, 201209:52 AM ET

By Mike Keas

Shanan E. Peters and Robert R. Gaines published an article in Nature on 19 April 2012 that offers a new theory for how the Cambrian explosion occurred. But their attempt to diffuse this Darwin-threatening biological bomb is not really that helpful to believers in Darwinian evolution. The Cambrian explosion refers to the geologically sudden ap...

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I report new developments in science and discuss their implications for Christian apologetics (reasons to believe in Christianity). I critique today’s dominant materialistic worldview, which denies the intrinsic dignity and freedom of human beings and enfeebles scientific creativity.