A commenter on my site informed me of this recent news item of interest for UFO Religions: UK Scientists: Aliens May Have Sent Space Seeds To Create Life On Earth The article is a serious one and not a parody. Here are the first two paragraphs along with the...
Intelligent Design
Panspermia Junk Science
If intelligent design is junk science (as it is so often accused of being), then this absolutely qualifies as junk science: “ET Genetic Code May Be Found In Human DNA, According To Kazakhstan Scientists’ Biological SETI Theory.” But Mike, it’s...
DNA as Indicative of Intelligent Design: New Peer-Reviewed Journal Article with a SETI Twist
The Uncommon Descent blog reports that “in the planetary science journal, Icarus, two scientists argue that the genetic code bears the hallmarks of an intelligent cause.” The blog quotes the abstract which reads in part: It has been repeatedly proposed to...
More Functions for Junk DNA
In another blow to the “junk DNA is vestigial extraterrestrial DNA that proves aliens made us” buffoonery, Science Daily recently posted an overview of a new scientific paper in the peer-reviewed journal Genome Biology that demonstrates that junk DNA is...
Validating Signs of Intelligence (Where We Want to Anyway)
What if someday we detect a signal from outer space that turned out to be the Fibonacci sequence? Would that be proof of extraterrestrial intelligence? Be careful how you answer!
Intelligent Design and Nobel Laureates
From time to time I post on intelligent design (ID) here, as that perspective on origins could be (and has been) offered as a backdrop for any intelligent ET life that might be found out in the universe someday. That is, the Designer would also have designed alien...
Of Sophistry and Antagonism Toward Fine-Tuning
I found this recent post entitled, “ Is This the Dumbest Ever ‘Refutation’ of the Fine-Tuning Argument Ever ?” worth the read (and a bit funny). It’s about some very poor thinking on the part of British philosopher Anthony Grayling with...
On Intelligent Design's Ability to Embrace Evolution and Adapt to Various "Designers"
This post critiquing a well-known Christian Darwinist’s mis-articulation of intelligent design is absolutely worth reading. I post it here in light of several ideas I have noted several times on this blog: 1. Evolutionary theory and intelligent design are not...
Intelligent Design Usurped by Alien Astronaut Theory?
As many of you will know, I think the intelligent design approach to origins has merit, since it attempts to bring to light the weaknesses of an undirected, random Darwinism. You may also know that I’ve been saying for years how easy it will be for those who...
Paul Davies Annoying Me Again
Those of you who have perhaps heard one of my talks on why Christianity could indeed sustain an ET reality would have heard me comment on physicist Paul Davies’ ideas about religion and ET. I’ve more or less said Paul should stay with physics and avoid...
An Appropriate Rebuke to Those Who Would Argue Genetic Similarity Between Humans and ET Life Would Support Naturalistic Evolution
From Uncommon Descent . The quotation is what caught my eye. It amazes me how many times I hear that a high genetic similarity between human life and any intelligent ET life (should it ever be proven) means that (a) evolution has been proven; or (b) ET made us. ...
Creationists and Evolutionists Declaring Peace . . . On the Basis of Panspermia?
This post by Loren Coleman over on Cryptomundo calls for peace between the two camps. It doesn’t mention panspermia, but one of the commenters does, noting that some who believe in intelligent design opt for “designerS,” as in ETs. Recall my recent...
Theists in Favor of Directed Panspermia?
Yes, this is possible. One could believe that life on earth came from space and that there was an intelligence behind that process / mechanism. One need not have space aliens as the intelligence. In the same way theistic evolutionists argue “God was in the...