October 7, 2009

Los Angeles Premiere of Darwin's Dilemma at California Science Center on Oct. 25

The debate over Darwin will come to California on October 25th, when the Smithsonian Institution's west coast affiliate  premieres Darwin's Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record, a new intelligent design film which challenges Darwinian evolution. To view a trailer and clips from the film, please visit www.darwinsdilemma.org.

Darwin's Dilemma will be screened Sunday, October 25th in the IMAX theater of the prestigious California Science Center, which describes itself as "the West Coast's largest hands-on science center." Sponsored by the American Freedom Alliance, the premiere starts at 7:00 pm and will also include a showing of the IMAX film Born of the Stars as well as a post-screening discussion of Darwin's Dilemma featuring the film's director Lad Allen; David Berlinski, author of The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions; and biologist Jonathan Wells, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design.  The screening is a part of The Darwin Debates, a series of exciting events the American Freedom Alliance is putting together in honor of the Darwin anniversary.

For tickets or more information, call the American Freedom Alliance office at (310) 444-3085 or visit the group's website here.

Darwin's Dilemma explores one of the great mysteries in the history of life: the geologically-sudden appearance of dozens of major complex animal types in the fossil record without any trace of the gradual transitional steps Charles Darwin had predicted. Frequently described as "the Cambrian Explosion," the development of these new animal types required a massive increase in genetic information. "The big question that the Cambrian Explosion poses is where does all that new information come from?" says Dr. Stephen Meyer, a featured expert in the documentary and author of the book Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design.

The film previously had regional premieres at the Seattle Art Museum in August and at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History last week.

Stay tuned to Evolution News & Views as this story develops.

Leading Darwinist Richard Dawkins Dodges Debates, Refuses to Defend Evolution as The Greatest Show on Earth

Richard Dawkins, the world's leading public spokesman for Darwinian evolution and an advocate of the "new atheism," has refused to debate Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, a prominent advocate of intelligent design and the author of the acclaimed Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design.

"Richard Dawkins claims that the appearance of design in biology is an illusion and claims to have refuted the case for intelligent design," says Dr. Meyer who received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Cambridge in England.

"But Dawkins assiduously avoids addressing the key evidence for intelligent design and won't debate its leading proponents," adds Dr. Meyer. "Dawkins says that there is no evidence for intelligent design in life, and yet he also acknowledges that neither he nor anyone else has an evolutionary explanation for the origin of the first living cell. We know now even the simplest forms of life are chock-full of digital code, complex information processing systems and other exquisite forms of nanotechnology."

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The Science of Denial

Biologic Director Douglas Axe special to ENV:

Scientists sometimes find themselves wishing things were different. In one sense that's a thoroughly unremarkable observation. After all, scientists are human, and humans have always found themselves wishing things were different.

But what if some of the things scientists wish were different are the very things they have devoted themselves to studying? In other words, forget about salaries, teaching loads, and grant funding. What if some scientists want the brute facts of their own field of study to be other than what they really are?

As odd as it may seem, particularly to non-scientists, that tension between preference and reality has always been a part of doing science. Like everyone else, scientists don't just have ideas - they favor them... even promote them. And for scientists, as for everyone else, sometimes those cherished ideas are just plain wrong.

For decades now, a growing minority of scientists have argued that the standard explanations of biological origins are prime examples this-cherished ideas that are spectacularly wrong. That raises an interesting question. If these ideas are really so wrong, why do so many experts affirm them?

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Upcoming Events

October 19, 2009   
Stephen C. Meyer lecture at King's College
King's College Distinguised Visitors Series 

October 23, 2009   
David Berlinski Lecture at King's College
King's College Distringuished Visitors Series

October 23 - 24, 2009

   
Science and Faith: Friends or Foes?
Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth, TX

October 25, 2009
Los Angeles Premiere of Darwin's Dilemma
At the California Science Center IMAX Theater
  

October 30 - 31, 2009   
The Legacy of Darwin Intelligent Design Conference
Douglas County Event Center, Castle Rock, Colorado

November 17, 2009   
Duelling with Darwin: An Evening with G.K. Chesterton
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington