Bill Pratt | October 31, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt In the first two parts of this series, I presented Mark Isaak’s arguments from his 2003 article. In this article, his central contention was that human design and life are not analogous; there are at least six important differences that make the analogy break down. Analogies imply that there are similarities [...]
Bill Pratt | October 21, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt In part 1 of this series, I introduced Mark Isaak’s 2003 article which argued that human designs are not analogous to life, and that an argument to design using the analogical method fails. Mark Isaak listed six attributes of human design that are not found in life, and now we take up attribute number [...]
Bill Pratt | October 19, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt In an article written in 2003, Mark Isaak explored “What Design Looks Like.” The central argument of the article was simple. According to Isaak, creationists who claim that life is designed are using an argument from analogy - the analogy is between human design and biological life. In his article, Isaak [...]
Bill Pratt | October 12, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt The Bible History Daily website announced in July 2011 that archaeologists had discovered the Apostle Philip’s tomb. Here is an excerpt from the article: Italian archaeologists working at the site of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey believe they have discovered the tomb of St. Philip, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles. According to [...]
Bill Pratt | October 10, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt The intelligent design movement claims that when we look at certain features of the natural world, we are justified in inferring that these features were designed by an intelligent agent or designer. The exact arguments are hashed out elsewhere on this blog and in numerous books and websites. One of the [...]
Bill Pratt | October 7, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt Bad things happen to people all the time. They happen to you and to me, in places nearby and in places far away. Sometimes when we see a person or persons suffering, and we don’t like their worldview, their moral beliefs, or lifestyle, we Christians do something that we need to [...]
Bill Pratt | October 3, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt During the Renaissance and Enlightenment, philosophers continuously changed their views on how science and religion should interact. Philosopher William Lawhead describes the continuum chronologically in his textbook The Voyage of Discovery. Initially, most scientists and philosophers “saw religion and science as co-equal partners in the search for truth.” Lawhead continues: “Gradually [...]
