Debating Darwin’s Doubt

Topic Notes

• Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
• Introducing Casey Luskin of the Discovery Institute
• The origin of Debating Darwin’s Doubt
• What is the Cambrian Explosion
• There is a real scientific debate over evolution
• What is Darwinian Evolution?
• Three thoughts of evolution
  • Simple Change Over Time
  • Common Descent
  • Random Mutation & Natural Selection
• The implication of a Designer
• Observation is extremely important
• Biochemical Language and Coded Information
• All language based codes can be traced back to an intelligent mind
• Amino Acid Sequences and Protein functionality
• Mathematical Statistics vs Darwinian Evolution
• So, improbable things happen all the time, right?
• The Pebble in Jeff’s Driveway
• Complexity and Specificity
• Probability and Poker
• Complexity + Specificity = A Design Inference
• Everyone makes Design Inferences multiple times a day
• How do we know that human beings are complex and specified?
• DVD Players and Cellular Machinery
• Information in our DNA is comparable to computer code
• Irreducible Complexity is a problem for Darwinian Evolution
• Genetic similarities between Humans and Chimps
• Common Descent vs Common Design
• The difference between “What” and “Why”
• BIBLE CONTRADICTION
  • Is God warlike? Or is He peaceful?
  • Exodus 15:3 vs Romans 15:33

Links

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