How to Make a Human Being: A Body of Evidence

Intelligent Design in the Complexity of the Human Body

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Moreover, the views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of Inquiries Journal or Student Pulse, its owners, staff, contributors, or affiliates. Cite References Print Comments. When nature is examined closely it seems impossible to ignore the design in its symmetry. Edward's University in Austin, TX. More By This Author: Debating the Existence of God: From the Inquiries Journal Blog.

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The Static Soul of a Dynamic Body. The Purposive Power of Natural Theology: On Moser and the Christian Apologetics. Describing the World or Transforming It? Considering the Roles of the Arts and the Natural Monthly Newsletter Signup The newsletter highlights recent selections from the journal and useful tips from our blog. Follow us to get updates from Inquiries Journal in your daily feed.

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Between the s and World In recent years there has been quite a bit of talk in philosophy of religion regarding how relevant and how purposive natural theology is, especially in comparison with experiential evidence. One major proponent of this recent skepticism in relation to natural theology is Paul K. Moser believes that natural theology may in The debate between science and religion over the existence of a higher power often leads to little more than a shouting match.

We become so emotionally invested in our personal opinions of whether or not God exists that when presented with dissenting points of view, all civility is thrown out the window and the opportunity for civil Considering the Roles of the Arts and the Natural Sciences. We often acquire knowledge about the world through the detailed process of description.

We understand even more by describing and explaining to others—people often report that they only really understand a topic once Latest in Opinion Globalization. Understanding the Implications of a Global Village. Imagine the vast spectrum of all the cultures in the world. Listen to the music—from the gentle drum beats of Africa, to the melodic didgeridoo of Australia, to the scream of the electric guitar. Taste the curry from India, the coconut milk Defeating Apathy and Alienation in Scotland: True Victors of the Scottish Referendum.

Reliving American Slavery in 12 Years a Slave. As the lights dropped and I sank into my seat, I thought I was ready for 12 Years a Slave, the film adaptation of Solomon Northup's slave narrative. I was expecting a movie, a story told with images, music and sound. But, what I witnesssed Working Towards Uniqueness in American Education.

By attempting to define gender The Consequences of Food Waste. The copious amounts of forgotten and disregarded food that are tossed mindlessly into our landfills are a global travesty of massive proportions. Americans alone waste enough food in a day to transform the Rose Bowl, a football stadium capable of What, for goodness sake, is the meaning of life?

For at least three millennia, humanity's most creative minds have been picking over questions such as these, returning in particular to the last one: For the Epicureans it was about maximising pleasure and minimising pain, while for the Stoics it was about accepting your life as it was. The earliest story that we know of, the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh , can be read as a quest, or a question the two words share the same origin , seeking the purpose of life itself. The meaning of life is so obviously contingent on your particular perspective that one way to approach these big questions might be to think about the elements that have gone into creating humanity, and then about what helps you, as an individual, to flourish.

If you're an especially well-read person, you might be tempted to gather insights from the world's greatest writings and then jot them down together with observations from your own experience. The jotter you'd create would be a sort of commonplace book full of paradox and conflicting ideas, shocking facts and redemptive anecdotes, turbulent with two or three millennia of human thought. It would be by turns pessimistic and celebratory, mawkish and solemn. The philosopher Martin Heidegger, who was particularly concerned with questions of being, said that no inquiry can proceed without first tackling the fundamental question "Why is there something rather than nothing?

He imagines their meeting as a kind of time-travelling intellectual football match: Tell them who you are. Tell them why you are writing to them.

Tell them what you thought, what you saw. Tell them what you felt, what you feared. Tell them what you did, what you hoped for. Tell them what you want them to do. Today, too many are in denial about the human impact on global climate change. For many, denial comes easier than visualizing the future impact of rising seas on their community.

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Our words fall on deaf ears. So, instead, we must write it all down, keep it in a safe place, and share it later, when others are willing to listen. Although the letters are intended for people not yet born, the true audience is those breathing in the present. Sure, the future will be curious.

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