religion and science

Playing The Mystery Card (incl. McGrath vs Dawkins) from my book Believing Bullshit

PLAYING THE MYSTERY CARD   Suppose critics point out that not only do you have little in the way of argument to support your particular belief system, there also seems to be powerful evidence against it. If you want, nevertheless, to convince both yourself and others that your beliefs are not nearly as ridiculous as Playing The Mystery Card (incl. McGrath vs Dawkins) from my book Believing Bullshit

Preliminary Thoughts about Stephen Meyer’s Signature in the Cell, Part 2

Re-reading Theism and Explanation by Gregory Dawes suggested another potential logical problem with Stephen Meyer’s argument in The Signature in the Cell.  Remember that Meyer explicitly provides the logical form of his argument. Premise One: Despite a thorough search, no material causes have been discovered that demonstrate the power to produce large amounts of specified information. Premise Two: Preliminary Thoughts about Stephen Meyer’s <I>Signature in the Cell</I>, Part 2

Preliminary Thoughts about Stephen Meyer’s Signature in the Cell

I’ve been reading Stephen C. Meyer’s massive book, Signature in the Cell. For those who are unfamiliar with the book, it is a sophisticated defense of the intelligent design (ID) hypothesis. Meyer argues that intelligent design is the best explanation for the origin of biological, functionally specified information. In other words, Meyers is not arguing Preliminary Thoughts about Stephen Meyer’s <I>Signature in the Cell</I>