ID proponents tend to make two related mistakes: They think that the only way to get from unorganized atoms to cells is one-step, which of course, is highly improbable. So is getting from one cell to a human. They don't understand how molecules and cells can organize themselves into...
To be an "atheist" is to hold the position that "God does not exist. Since there is no way to know something like that does not exist, then yes it is irrational to be an atheist. But not to be a nonbeliever or agnostic. Or, as the lead character in my new novel puts it: "If God there be then I...
Yes. "survival of the fittest" comes from Charles Dickens, not Charles Darwin, but Dickens probably did not originate it. And yes, there were evolutionary theories around long before Darwin, including some that arose out of fetura, or the breeding of animals and plants.
It may be of interest to...
The legacy of Islam has had several attempts at reformation. Unfortunately, most of them lost in the ensuing conflicts. The first was led by Aisha, Mohammed's third wife, against another Ali, the third caliph, at the Battle of Basra, which she lost. She spent the rest of her life educating girls...