Divine Action and Natural Selection

The following sections are included:

• Contents

• Acknowledgements

• Further Acknowledgements

• List of Authors and Dialoguers and Their Addresses and E-mail Addresses

• Foreword

• Preface 1. Where Did We Come From?

• Preface 2. To the Scientist Who Feels Above the Creationist Debate

• Preface 3. Monotheism: The Basis for Unifying Abrahamic Religion and Science?

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Further Reading

• Dialogue
  • Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Origins and Creation

• A Brief History of Scientific Methodology

• The Life Sciences

• The Fallacies of Intelligent Design

• Biological Evolution and Religion

• The God of a Believing Scientist

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Enigma in Kant, Hume and Copernicus

• Objective, Inexorable Causes vs. the “Accidents” of Biology

• Idealism and Final Causality

• Aristotle, Our Contemporary

• Mental Air

• Abstract

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Is There a Crisis in the Dialogue Between Faith and Reason?

• Has there been a Second Genesis in the Solar System?

• On the Implications of Darwinism

• Darwinism, Philosophy and Theology

• Discussion

• Glossary

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Disclaimer

• The Artificial Life Programmer, the New Alchemist?

• Lost in the Noise of the Data Explosion

• The God Detector

• Finding the God Detector

• God and the Copying Rule

• Scope and Time Scales of the Copying Rule

• How God the Intelligent Designer Engages the Copying Rule

• The Monk and the Copying Rule

• God the Intelligent Adapter

• God, Life, the Universe and Everything

• Afterthought Experiment: Building a God Detector

• Giving Birth to God

• References

• Dialogue

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Field of Reference

• Simulation Metaphysics

• Alive without Intelligence

• Intelligence and the Game Hunter

• Computational Power

• New Science

• Moving the Discussion Forward

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Background: Structure of a Genetic Algorithm

• A Toy Example: Use a GA to Kill Wasps

• Real Applications

• Other Uses of Evolution in Industry

• Evolution Works

• References

• Dialogue

• Further Reading

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Getting the Terminology Straight

• Teleology, Purpose and Natural Selection

• Creator of the Heavens and the Earth

• Evolution and Purpose

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Darwinian Variation

• Historical Perversions

• Conclusion: Intelligent Design and Current Debates

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Science and Religion: Separate Magisteria?

• Divine Action and Gods of the Gaps

• Biology-based Ethics?

• The Origin of Life, High Expectations and Looking for a Purpose

• Is the Purpose of Life The Production of Entropy?

• Ancestors Become Food

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Unity

• Death and Immortality

• “Everything Transcends”

• Unity and Humanity's Place in Nature

• Evil, Unity and Reality

• Materialism

• Humanity, Morals and the Struggle for Existence

• Rabbi Kook's Interpretation of Natural Selection and Its Moral Implication

• Epilogue

• Acknowledgements

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Book #1: My Unwelcome Introduction to “Intelligent Design” (ID)

• Book #2: A Breath of Fresh Air

• Book #3: Over-Confident Anti-Creationists
  • Anti-Creationists Against Progressive Evolution
  • Anti-Creationist Cookbook Recipes for Making Organisms
  • Anti-Creationists Against Reductionism
  • Anti-Creationists Create “Self-Organizing” Systems
  • Anti-Creationists are on the Verge of Creating Life?

• Book #4: Christian Anti-Creationists

• Conclusion

• Acknowledgements

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The General Context in France Related to the Origin of Life, at the Time of the Debate over Spontaneous Generation

• The Refutation of the doctrine of Heterogenesis: Towards the idea of a Primeval and Unique Genesis?

• Other Views in the 1870s: Georges Pennetier (1836-1923) and Hyacinthe de Valroger (1814-1876)

• Camille Flammarion (1842-1925)

• Archeogenesis and Chemical Evolution: Edmond Perrier (1844-1921)

• Conclusion

• Acknowledgements

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• What is Science?

• Faith in Science

• What is Life?

• A Runaway Chemical Reaction

• Organic Chemistry

• Biomonomers

• Biopolymers

• The RNA World

• Protocells

• A Very Brief History of Life on Earth

• Panspermia

• Astrobiology

• Nature and Evolution

• Summary

• Acknowledgments

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Fact Revealed by the Fossil Record

• “Stasis”: Stability in the Fossil Record

• The Cambrian Explosion: A Dazzling Variety of Life

• What the Fossil Record Reveals: Evolution Never Happened

• Darwin's Chopped Down Tree of Life

• No Ascent from the Simple to the Complex

• The Hidden Facts

• Conclusion

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Complex Structure and Systems in the Cell

• The Problem of the Origin of Proteins

• Homochirality: The Problem of Left-Handed Proteins

• The Indispensability of the Peptide Link

• Zero Probability

• Is There a Trial-and-Error Mechanism in Nature?

• The Origin of the DNA Molecule

• Miller's Experiment

• Conclusion: The Fact of Creation

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Acknowledgement

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Emotional Problem

• The Second Law of Thermodynamics

• The Big Bang

• How Was Man Created?

• The Laws of Evolution

• The Attitude of Halakhic Scholars to Controlled Experiments

• The Origin of Species

• In Conclusion

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Evangelicals

• “Methinks the gentleman protests too much”

• Missionary Zeal

• Gladness

• Concluding Remarks

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Metaphysical Perspective

• A Few Relevant Concepts
  • Mental Constructs
  • Reality: The Actual and the Possible
  • Truth
  • Existence and Proof of Existence
  • The Actual and the Possible Worlds

• Historical Perspective
  • Anthropomorphic Deitism: Transfer of Human Attributes
  • Begin at the Beginning!
  • Mental Equals Physical!
  • Indian Philosophical Thoughts
  • Other Teleological Views in Physics and Biology

• The Innate Psychology Perspective
  • Intuitive Ontology and Domain-Specificity in Cognition

• The Intelligent Design Doctrine
  • Regularity Out of Randomness: A Counter Example to the Design Argument

• Discussion and Conclusion

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction: Two Worldviews — Divine Providence, and a World Without God

• The Basic Mechanism of Natural Selection

• The Complexity of Life

• The Development of Life on Earth: Can We Prove the Law of Evolution?

• Compatibility with Divine Providence

• Does a Law of Evolution Exist?

• Creative Emerging Evolution

• Conclusion. Evolution: Law of Nature or Divine Providence?

• Abstract

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Young-Worlders
  • Bertrand Russell

• God and Chance
  • Irreducible Complexity
  • Divine Providence and Chance
    • Medieval Jewish Philosophers
  • Holistic Providence

• Arguments from Design and Daily Miracles

• Acknowledgements

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Notion of Providence

• The Notion of Randomness

• Randomness and Providence

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Of Fossils and Creationists

• Cambrian “Explosion”—or “Slow Fuse”?

• Transitional Forms, “Missing Links”, and the Quality of the Fossil Record

• Of Horses and Whales

• Of Walking Fishes and Flying Dinosaurs

• Of Integrity and Truth

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Secular Approach to Bible

• The Two Accounts of Creation

• The First Account

• Discussion of First Account

• The Present Day Scientific Account: Some Highlights

• Comparison of First Biblical with Scientific Account

• Ancient “Ideas of Evolution”

• Discussion of Empedocles “Idea of Evolution”

• Comparison of Empedocles with Biblical First Account as an Evolutionary Model

• Mechanism of Inheritance

• Historical Dating of the Biblical First Account of Creation

• The Second Account

• Conclusions

• References and Notes

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• A Range of Options

• Denying Evolution

• Beyond Popular Creationism

• Defending Evolution

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• A preliminary

• In the Beginning

• The Divine was First

• From Divine to Human

• Clash of Ideas

• Big Bang and Before?

• Yet, Parallel Universes Do Exist

• To Creation via Evolution

• The Question of How Remains

• Many Still Beg to Differ

• Intelligent Design and God's Hypothesis

• No Side Has the Answer

• In Summary

• Personal Reflection

• The Meaning of Being

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Fundamental Complexity Measures of Life

• The Working Mechanism of the DNA

• DNA as the Central Factor of Cells' Cooperation

• On the Activity of the First Principles

• Evolution or Divine Action? Complexity Jumps in the History of Life

• Summary

• Acknowledgements

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Science and Religion

• The Intelligent Design Movement

• Theistic Darwinian Evolution

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• The Problems of Teaching Evolution in Russian Secondary Schools

• The Situation at Orthodox Schools

• In Search of a New Conceptual Space

• The New Course — “Introduction to Christian Natural Sciences” and its Ideas

• Feature and Principles of the Course

• The Basic Methodological Principles of the Course

• Argument of the Course: The History of the Idea of Evolution

• Argument of the Course: The Current Status of the Idea of Evolution

• Theological Analysis of the Idea of Evolution

• Results of Study of the Idea of Evolution

• Summary

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Sources

• Answers

• “In the beginning”
  • God Was and Above All is
  • God Creates or Makes

• “From Nothing”

• “God made”

• “It was good”

• Conclusion

• Alternative Interpretations of Creationism

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Historical Background
  • Pioneers of Darwinism in Poland
    • Warsaw
    • Cracow
    • The early controversies
  • Brief History of Teaching Evolution in Polish Schools
    • The Second Republic (1918-1939)
    • The People's Republic (1945-1989)
    • The Third Republic: after 1989

• Current Biology Curricula in Poland
  • Primary Schools
  • Secondary Schools — Gymnasium
  • Secondary Schools — Lyceum

• The Creation-Evolution Controversy in Poland
  • Antiscience Attacks
  • The Antievolution Movement in Poland
  • Towards the Fourth Republic?

• Summary

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• An Historical Perspective

• More on Macro-Evolution

• Remarks on the Origin of Life

• From Single Cells to Developed Creatures?

• On Intelligent Design

• Some Main Messages of Judaism

• On the First Part of the Bible, the Torah

• Concluding Remarks

• References and Further Reading

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Appearance of Design in Life is Overwhelming

• There Exists No Nondesign Explanation for Life

• Rationality versus Science

• The Consequences of Spurning Reason in Physics

• The Consequences of Spurning Reason in Biology

• Final Comment

• Abstract

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Wrong of ID

• Problems with Randomness

• Teaching the Wonder and Discovering the Intelligence

• Summary

• References

• Dialogue

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• The Court Ruling in Pennsylvania

• Einstein on Science

• The Meaning of the Galilean Revolution

• The Grammar of Useful Knowledge

• “Knowledge of Reality”

• Congruent Knowledge and Design Capability

• Does ID “Start from experience and end in it”?

• Subjectivity vs. Objectivity

• A Biblical View of ID

• Summary

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Incredible Complexity of the Cell

• Imaginary Mechanisms of Evolution
  • Natural Selection
  • Mutations

• The True Origin of Species

• Variation

• The “Microevolution” Misconception

• The Origin of Species in the Fossil Record

• Stasis in the Fossil Record

• The Invalidity of Punctuated Equilibrium

• The Misconception about Macromutations

• The Misconception about Restricted Populations

• Conclusion

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• The Nature of the Evidence for Evolution

• Some Evolutionary Examples

• Nonrandom Genetic Changes

• Mutations Cued by Environment

• Conclusions

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Religion and Science: Conflict, Coexistence or Cooperation?

• The Information-processing Animal Brain²

• The Feeling Brain

• The Information-generating Human Brain

• The Believing and Knowing Brain

• Abstract

• References

• Dialogue
  • Arie S. Issar
  • Josef Svoboda
    • Emergence of Religion
    • Emergence of Science
    • Science-prone Brainó
    • Brain as a Person.

• References

• Summary About The Concept of Information

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Dangerous Consequences

• A Bad Idea

• Dialogue

The phenomenon of language represents a notable counter-example to the materialist claim that there are no non-material realities. Language involves the assignment of meaning to arbitrary symbols to form a vocabulary and the application of a set of rules to join elements from the vocabulary together to generate more complex meaning structures. Although such structures are normally associated with a material medium, the meaning they convey is independent of the medium. Language is not an incidental aspect of our world. Not only is it a fundamental aspect of our conscious experience as humans and central to our social interactions with others, it also plays a significant role in the ways the material world is structured around us. Microprocessors, with language-based programming, for example, make possible increasingly complex communication, transportation, manufacturing, and commercial networks. At a much higher level of complexity, biological systems rely on language-based specification and control. As mathematical expressions are linguistic, so are the laws of chemistry and physics. This implies that the material realm itself has linguistic underpinnings. Because language is non-material and matter itself displays no apparent language generating capability, how language arises is obviously an important question. That human beings possess language capacity points to an answer.

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• An Additional Dimension is Required

• Information as a Dimension

• Evolution as ‘Take off’ Against Entropy, Along Space-Time-Information Dimensions

• Pre-Biotic Evolution of Intelligence

• Summary

• References

• Dialogue

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction
  • Who are the Nahuas?

• The Understanding of the Myth

• Nahua's Cosmogonic Myth
  • Order
    • Omeyoalt or “the unity of the multiple”
    • Space and time divisions

• “Myth of the Suns” or the Explanation of the Eras of Time
  • The Movement Inside the Myth of the “suns”
  • The Nahua's Idea of “Evolution”?

• “The Fifth Sun” or Our Present Time
  • The Profane Influence in the Movement of the Sun

• The Importance of the Human Body in the Nahua Cosmogony
  • The Significance of the Heart

• Materialization of the Cosmogony

• Conclusions

• Acknowledgements

• References

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Evolution Myths and Facts

• Summary

• References

• Dialogue

The following sections are included:

• Biography

• Introduction

• Lord Russell's Frontiers of Philosophy, Science and Theology

• Saint Augustine's Reading of the Holy Books

• Einstein's Views on Faith and Reason

• Astrobiology and Rational Bases for Evolution beyond Darwin

• Towards an Understanding of Darwinism within Natural Theology

• Religion, Science and Creationism

• Concluding Remarks

• Acknowledgement

• References

The following sections are included:

• Index of Species

• Index of Keywords

• Index of Authors and Dialoguers

• Index of Names