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Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief on 1st June 2025. He travels to Fr Gerry Kenny's parish to discover St Senans Altar and Statue and finds out about a concert at St Josephs Church in Miltown Malbay given in aid of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. As students prepare for their leaving cert exams Fr Gerry and Stephen recall their own exam days with shocking revalations from one of them! Stephen also catches up with Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn and Sr Ann Crowley provides her Reflection for Ascension Day.

Nuacht Mhall. Príomhscéalta na seachtaine, léite go mall.*Inniu an ceathrú lá fichead de mhí na Bealtaine. Is mise Eoin Ó Seachnasaigh.Tá gorta faoi lán seoil in Gaza. Tá sé fógartha ag ceannaire gnóthaí daonnúla na Náisiún Aontaithe, Stephen Fletcher, go bhféadfadh 14,000 páiste bás a fháil mura gcuirtear bia ar fáil dóibh láithreach. In ainneoin cáineadh forleathan ón bpobal idirnáisiúnta, níor cheadaigh Iosrael ach naoi leoraí cúnaimh isteach i nGaza, cé go bhfuil níos mó ná 2.3 milliún duine ocrach le beagnach trí mhí. I dteachtaireacht físe ar na meáin shóisialta, dúirt Príomh-aire Iosrael, Benjamin Netanyahu, go bhfuil Iosrael chun smacht a fháil ar Gaza ar fad. Mar gheall ar an ngéarchéim atá ag dul in olcas, cháin Príomh-aire na Ríochta Aontaithe, Keir Starmer, Iosrael agus é ag labhairt os comhair na parlaiminte níos luaithe sa tseachtain. Bíodh sin mar atá, sheachain sé úsáid a bhaint as na focail ‘glanadh eitneach' nó ‘cinedhíothú', agus níor gheall sé ach oiread go stopfadh sé ag díol arm le hIosrael.Tá fáilte curtha ag Gaeilgeoirí i dTuaisceart na hÉireann roimh an gcinneadh tuairim is 100 comhartha dhátheangacha a chur suas i gContae an Dúin agus i gContae Ard Mhacha. Cé go raibh polaiteoirí Aontachtacha ina choinne le sé bliana, tá sé deimhnithe anois ag an dá chomhairle contae go mbeidh na comharthaí le feiceáil go luath. Leanann sé seo le polasaí na gcomhairlí contae an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn. Úsáidtear comharthaí dátheangacha cheana féin ar fhoirgnimh údaráis áitiúil sna ceantair seo. Tagann an scéal seo ag an am céanna go bhfuil mic léinn ag Ollscoil na Banríona agus Ollscoil Uladh ag éileamh comharthaí Gaeilge ar an gcampas.Tá painéal imreoirí roghnaithe ag bainisteoir fhoireann sacair ban na hÉireann, Carla Ward, don dá chluiche dheireanacha i Sraith na Náisiún. Imreofar an chéad chluiche in aghaidh na Tuirce thall in Iostanbúl an deireadh seachtaine seo chugainn, agus beidh siad ar ais sa bhaile an tseachtain dár gcionn in aghaidh na Slóivéine i gCorcaigh. Má tá seans ar bith acu críochnú ar bharr an ghrúpa, caithfidh siad an dá chluiche a bhuachaint. Tá Erin Healy, tosaí le Adelaide United san Astráil, ar an bpainéal den chéad uair riamh, chomh maith le Louise Quinn sula n-éireoidh sí as sacar gairmiúil go hiomlán. Go n-éirí go geal leis an mbeirt acu, agus leis an bhfoireann uilig.*Léirithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge i Londain. Tá an script ar fáil i d'aip phodchraolta.*GLUAISgorta - faminegnóthaí daonnúla - humanitarian affairsglanadh eitneach - ethnic cleansingcinedhíothú - genocidefoirgnimh údaráis áitiúil - local authority buildingsgairmiúil - professional

Stephen Fletcher presents our Sunday Prayer for today the 25th May 2025, the 6th Sunday of Easter

Fr Gerry Kenny presents Beyond Belief for today, the 25th May 2025. He visits the church in Carrigaholt which has recently reopened after it was damaged by smoke resulting from a fire last November. He talks to Fr Michael Casey and Mary Maloney from the Parish Pastoral Council about how the damage has been repaired and the church reopened. Fr Gerry also talks to a Jesuit Theolgian Fr Gerry Whelan about the legacy of Pope Francis and finds time to catch up with Stephen Fletcher over a coffee and some cake.

Stephen Fletcher presents out Sunday Prayer for today 18th May 2025, the 5th Sunday of Easter. The set Gospel reading for today is from John 13: 31-35 and we hear Jesus prepares his disciples for his departure. He tells them he will not be with them much longer and leaves them with a new commandment that they should love one another as he has loved them. Reader: Sr Mary Frawley Music: A New Commandment - The Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge. Love is the Sweetest Thing - Peter Skellern

Stephen Fletcher prsents this Sunday's Beyond Belief on 11th May 2025. He visits the FCJ Spirituality House and talks to the Director Noirin Lynch sitting in the sunshie overlooking the atlantic Ocean. After the announcment of Pope Leo XlV Steohen discusses the appointment with Fr Gerry Kenny overcoffee. Liam Lawton provides a Gardener's Prayer.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for today the 11th May 2025, the fourth Sunday of Easter. Reader: Kathleen Fitzpatrick Music: Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep by the Oasis Chorale and Love is his Word, Love is His Way - James Kilbane

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for today the 4th May 2025, the third Sunday of Easter.

Fr Gerry Kenny presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief which features and extended interview with Fr Martin Browne from the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. Fr Martin talks to Fr Gerry about the involved process of the Conclave works. Fr Gerry also chats over coffee with his colleague Stephen Fletcher and Sr Ann Crowley provide her reflection.

Stephen Fletcher presents Beyond Belief for Easter Sunday 20th April 2025. Stephen talks to Colm Flynn, the Vatican Correspondent based in Rome about his recent travels. Also Bishop Fintan Monahan and Bishop Michael Burrows have their Easter Reflecions.

Stephen Fletcher presents Beyond Belief this week and talks to Revd Carole Reynold who is the Education Officer for the Connemara National Park. He also talks to Bishop Michael Burrows about his Good Friday Pilgrimate 'From Killal to Kenmare'. Sr Ann Crowley from Kilkee gives her reflection for the 4th Sunday of Lent.

Fr Gerry presents this week's Beyond Belied which features an interview with Fr of Throfire Retreat, a reflection for the 3rd Sunday in Lent from Sr Ann Crowley and a chat over coffee with Stephen Fletcher.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief for 9th March 2025 the First Sunday in Lent. He talks to the Archdeacon of Tuam and Killaloe the Venerable John Godfrey and hears how he gave up a successful career in marketing and sales and trained to be a priest in the Church of Ireland. Stephen also has his usual conversation over coffee with Fr Gerry Kenny about how the churches are celebrating Lent in different ways. Sr Ann Crowley from Kilkee gives us a reflection for the first Sunday in Lent.

Fr Gerry Kenny presents Beyond Belief for Sunday 2nd March 2025. He talks to Jane from Trocaire about their Lent Campaign and talks about Bishop Emeritus Willie Walsh with Stephen Fletcher over coffee and cake. Sr Ann Crowley from Kilkee gives her reflection on this time of pilgrimage and hope.

Stephen Fletcher presents Beyond Belief for 16th February 2025 which features an interview with Bishop the Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, Michael Burrows about his recent visit to the Anglican Centre in Rome and meeting Pope Francis in the Vatican.

Stephen Fletcher presents Sunday Prayer for today Sunday 16th Sunday 2025, the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the 3rd Sunday before Lent.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for today the 9th February 2025, the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the 4th Sunday before Lent.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for today Sunday 2nd February 2025, the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Presentation of the Lord and includes prayers for the Celebration of St Brigid.

Stephen Fletcher presents Beyond Belief for Sunday 26th January 2025. He talks to the recently appointed Pioneer Minister for the Church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe who is organising a day of reflection in the Connemara National Park to celebrate St Bridget. He also catches up with our Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn and shares coffee and chat with Fr Gerry Kenny.

Fr Gerry Kenny presents this week's Beyond Belief and hears about the Ennis Choral Festival from Carmel Honan. Fr Michael McCullough talks to Pat Coyle about his book, With Due Respect and Fr Gerry catches up with Stephen Fletcher after his return to Kilrush.

Stephen Fletcher presents the first Beyond Belief of 2025 which features 2 speakers from the recent conference Community Futures held in Gort and organised by the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe Council for Mission. Stephen also hears from the Archdeacon of Limerick, the Venerable Simon Lumby about how he is sharing his church in Killarney with the local Ukrainian Orthodox congregation and the extraordinary way they have shown their gratitude to him. Fr Gerry Kenny joins Stephen for a New Year catch up and the Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe gives his New Year reflection.

Fr Gerry Kenny presents Beyond Belief and talks to Denis Carty, President of Clare SVP about their Christmas Appeal. Jesuit Fr Gerry O'Hanlon talks about the report on the Synodical Process. Fr Gerry catches up with Stephen Fletcher for a coffee and chat and Sr Ann Crowley from Kilkee gives an Advent Reflection.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief which includes an interview with the recently appointed Priest in Charge of the Kilcolman Group of Parishes Rev'd Mark Blakely. Fr Gerry Kenny joins him for a chat and Sr Ann Crowley provides a reflection for Advent Sunday.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief which features Part 2 of Brendan O'Brien's interview with Daniel Kennedy of Kennedy's Funeral Home giving an insight into the Undertaking business. Following the Licensing of a Pioneer Minister in Training in the local Church of Ireland Diocese we have a package about Pioneer Ministry which features Bishop Michael Burrows, the Church of Ireland National Director for Pioneer Ministry together with the Archdeacon of Limerick, Simon Lumby, the Archdeacon of Tuam and Killaloe, John Godfrey. Fr Gerry Kenny joins Stephen for their regular coffee cake and chat.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the 5th Sunday before Advent. The Gospel reading is Mark 10: 46-52 the story of blind Bartimaeus.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday prayer for today Sunday 20th October 2024, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the 21st Sunday after Trinity.

Stephen Fletcher presents this week's Beyond Belief which features an interview with John Quinn the Director of Strategy at Alpha Ireland and explains what Alpha is and how it is growing across different denominations across Ireland. He also talks to Fr Brendan Quinlivan, recently returned from Rome and joining the Killaloe Diocese Pilgrimage to Lourdes. He then had his usual Coffee and Chat with Fr Gerry Kenny.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday prayer for Sunday 13th October 2024 the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the 20th Sunday after Trinity

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for the 6th October 2024, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the 19th Sunday after Trinity.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief which features an interview with Linda Hebenstreit from Lahinch. Linda talks about growing up in Connecticut on the East Coast of the US and then getting married and living for 10 years in a log cabin in Minnesota with no water or electricity. After years of extended visits to Co Clare Linda with husband Dave settled in Co Clare and became Irish citizens. An interest in sea shells inspired Linda to produce a book the Shell Hunter's Journal which has recently been launched in Banner Books in Kilrush and Enistimon

Welcome to Beyond Belief, Stephen Fletcher here. As we continue our Pilgrimage Theme from last week our programme has a report on the annual pilgrimage to Scattery Island for the graveside mass with Bishop Fintan and I interview Kitty McNamarra who was born on Scattery and lived there for 26 years.. Also I interview our Vatican correspondent Colm Flynn talking about Pope Francis' Pilgrimage to SE Asia - as well as telling us some personal news. Fr Brendan and Fr Tom Ryan discuss the arrival of St Bernadette's Relic which arrives in the diocese on Monday And I have a short, more serious than usual, chat with Fr Gerry about the report historic abuse in our schools and help that is available.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer on today, the 28th July 2024, the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time and the 9th Sunday after Trinity.

As usal Beyoind Belief takes a break during the month of August. In this last programme of the current season, each of the team have chosen one of their favourite packages which thay had included on Beyond Belief over the last months. We look forward to our return to the Clare FM airwaves on 2nd September 2024. We look forward to you joining us for Beyond Belief then. Best wishes from, Fr Gerry Kenny, Fr Brendan Quinlivan and Stephen Fletcher.

Stephen Fletcher presents our Sunday Prayer for today the 21st July 2024, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary time and the 8th Sunday after Trinity.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for today the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the 7th Sunday after Trinity.

Stephen Fletcher presents this week's Sunday Prayer for the 7th July 2024 the 14th Sunday of Ordinary time, the 6th Sunday after Trinity.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief and talks to Vatican correspondent Colm Flynn and Damian Shorten the new Safeguarding Officer for the church of Ireland Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe. He also chats weddings, weather and tourists with his friend and colleague Fr Gerry Kenny.

Stephen Fletcher presents this week's Beyond Belief which begins with a coffee and chat with Fr Gerry Kenny as they discus election blues and sporting highlights. There is also an interview with Mulugeta Dejenu the Regional Programmes Coordinator for Tearfund Ireland in Ethiopia who explains how the charity is building thriving communities through women's economic empowerment, and teaching climate resilient farming methods. They are doing this by setting up Self Help Groups SHGs which enable people to become self sufficient and no longer dependent on aid. You can find out more at ⁠www.tearfund.ie Stephen also features some music recorded at a concert in St Columba's church in Ennis by the University of Michigan Women's Glee Club Choir and talks to the Co Conductors of the choir Benjamin Gaughran and Katherine Rohwer about the choir. There is also reaction from the Musical Director and Organist at St Columba's Nigel Bridge.

Fr Gerry Kenny presents Beyond Belief for today the 2nd June 2024. He talks about volunteering and speaks to the Samaritans and the retail arm of SVP in Ennis. He also chats with his colleague Stephen Fletcher over a coffee.

Stephen Fletcher presents Beyond Belief this Sunday and has an interview with Dr Rita Kelly who is responsible for encouraging and promoting the use of the Irish language in worship throughout the Church of Ireland; North and South. He also speaks to Peter Whyte who has been the organist in the Birr group of parishes for over 40 years and is also a composer of church music. And we will hear his some of his music. Revd Canon Alex Morahan is preparing to jump out of a light aircraft at 10,000 feet to raise money for a charity he feels compelled to support. He tells Stephen about why he is doing it. And Fr Gerry and Stephen get to have their coffee and chat together.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief and finds out more behind the scenes stories from our jet setting Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn. He also questions Michael Burrows, the local Church of Ireland bishop, in a new 'Ask the Bishop' slot. As usual Stephen enjoys a coffee and chat with his friend and colleague Fr Gerry Kenny.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for today the Fourth Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday.

Stephen Fletcher presents Sunday Prayer for today the Third Sunday of Easter.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief which features part of an interview that Brendan Quinlivan had last year with Canon Brendan O'Donoghue who was laid to his rest in Shannon last Monday. Canon Brendan had been ordained in 1956 and served in the Killaloe Diocese for 68 years. The full interview, by Brendan Quinlivan will be played in full next week. Also Stephen talks to Professor Cathal O'Donnell the Clinical Director of the National Ambulance Service about his life and word and the role faith plays in his work.

Stephen Fletcher leads our Sunday Prayer for today the 7th April 2024 the 2nd Sunday of Easter. The Gospel is read by Kim Hutchinson in St Columba's Church of Ireland Church in Ennis.

Stephen Fletcher presents Beyond Belief for Palm Sunday. Brendan O'Brien talks to some Transition Year students from St Anne's Community College Killaloe. Brendan speaks to the School Chaplain Ms. Karol Torpey and students: 1. Jacob Niland, O' Brien'sbridge 2. Jack Hession, Bridgetown 3.Eoin Bourke, Ballina 4.Molly Keogh, O'Briensbridge 5. Jack Scullane, Ballina 6. Grace Seymour, Killaloe 7. Caoimhe Naughton, O'Briensbridge 8. Thomas Gunson McInerney, Boher. The students are involved in a church cleaning project for Lent and we chat about this, the context of it and what it and religion means to young people in the modern world. Stephen Fletcher talks to the Church of Ireland Dean of Killaloe the Very Revd Niall Sloane. Fr Gerry Kenny joins him for coffee and they talk about Holy Week.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief for today, Sunday 3rd March 2024. He hears from Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn after his week long assignment in Ukraine to report on the 2nd anniversary of the war there. Stephen also revisits an interview with the first lay prison chaplain in the Irish Prison service which was first broadcast on 28th November 2021

Fr Gerry Kenny presents this week's Beyond Belief and talks to Jane Mellett, the Trócaire Church Manager about their Lenten Campaign and the work they are doing in Malawi. He also talks to James Fennelly the Support Co-Ordinator at "The Lighthouse" a West Clare Mental Health Association project. Fr Gerry also has his usual catchup with Stephen Fletcher and Sr Ann Crowley brings the programme to a close with her Reflection for the 2nd Sunday in Lent.

Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief and talks to Noirin Lynch from the FCJ Spirituality House in Spanish Point. The is also a further report on Pioneer Ministry in the Church of Ireland with a report from a church that is actually doing that to see what is actually involved. Here, the Revd Johnny McFarland from the Church of Ireland talks to Joanne Miller about what her parish in Londonderry is doing.

Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design, How Mutations Fail To Invent and The  Remarkable Coincidences in Photosynthesis. ACU Sunday Series.  Stephen Meyer Investigates Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design (Lecture 1) Michael Behe Exposes How Mutations Fail To Invent Michael Denton Remarkable Coincidences in Photosynthesis   Stephen Meyer Investigates Scientific Evidence for Intelligent Design (Lecture 1) https://youtu.be/C5Z6h_RVhIw Discovery Science Visit https://www.discoveryu.org/courses/meyer for the full course. For the first time, you can have living room access to over seven hours of teaching by intelligent design pioneer Stephen Meyer in a brand-new online course. A favorite of students young and old(er), Meyer will delight both as he explores the scientific evidence for intelligent design (ID) found in physics, cosmology, biology and the chemical origin of life. Join Stephen as he investigates the scientific evidence for intelligent design in the origin of life, the development of biological complexity, and physics and cosmology. In 42 short video lectures, Meyer explores the scientific basis for the theory of intelligent design—the idea that key features of life and the universe are best explained as the product of an intelligent cause rather than an unguided process. In this course, Meyer will guide you through the major concepts and information presented in his path breaking books Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, as well as previewing some of the material about physics and cosmology in his book The Return of the God Hypothesis. Each video lecture is accompanied by a short quiz, and a special digital certificate of completion is offered for those who finish the course. For more about the course visit https://www.discoveryu.org/courses/meyer. Check out these videos as well: Information Enigma: Where does information come from? https://youtu.be/aA-FcnLsF1g Michael Behe Investigates Evolution & Intelligent Design (Lecture 1) https://youtu.be/XCTTy0ylf7A Stephen Meyer Shatters The Myth Of The Multiverse (Science Uprising EP4) https://youtu.be/WR51OrawqIg ============================ The Discovery Science News Channel is the official Youtube channel of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture. The CSC is the institutional hub for scientists, educators, and inquiring minds who think that nature supplies compelling evidence of intelligent design. The CSC supports research, sponsors educational programs, defends free speech, and produce articles, books, and multimedia content. For more information visit https://www.discovery.org/id/ http://www.evolutionnews.org/ http://www.intelligentdesign.org/ Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: Twitter: @discoverycsc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverycsc/ Visit other Youtube channels connected to the Center for Science & Culture Discovery Institute: https://www.youtube.com/user/Discover... Dr. Stephen C. Meyer: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrStephe... The Magician's Twin - CS Lewis & Evolution: https://www.youtube.com/user/cslewisweb Darwin's Heretic - Alfred Russel Wallce: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlfredRW...   Course Overview Join philosopher of science Stephen Meyer as he investigates the scientific evidence for intelligent design in the origin of life, the development of biological complexity, and physics and cosmology. In 42 short video lectures, Meyer explores the scientific basis for the theory of intelligent design—the idea that key features of life and the universe are best explained as the product of an intelligent cause rather than an unguided process. In this course, Meyer will guide you through the major concepts and information presented in his pathbreaking books Signature in the Cell and Darwin's Doubt, as well as previewing some of the material about physics and cosmology in his book The Return of the God Hypothesis. Each video lecture is accompanied by a short quiz, and a special digital certificate of completion is offered for those who finish the course. About the Professor Stephen C. Meyer received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in the history and philosophy of science. A former geophysicist with ARCO and professor of philosophy at Whitworth University, he currently directs the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle. He is author of the New York Times-bestseller Darwin's Doubt (2013) as well as Signature in the Cell (2009) and The Return of the God Hypothesis (forthcoming in 2021). Recommended Texts and Resources You are encouraged to dig deeper into the topics explored in this course by consulting the following books and resources: Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design (book) Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design (book) Debating Darwin's Doubt (book) Signature of Controversy: Responses to Critics of Signature in the Cell (book) Explore Evolution: The Arguments for and against Neo-Darwinism (book) The Return of the God Hypothesis (book) DarwinsDoubt.com (website) The Information Enigma (video) The Intelligent Design Collection—Darwin's Dilemma, The Privileged Planet, Unlocking the Mystery of Life (videos) Course Outline Unit 1: Evidence of Intelligent Design in the Origin of Life Introduction to Course. What is intelligent design, and why is it controversial? In this first lecture, Meyer introduces the topic of intelligent design. Darwin's Challenge to Intelligent Design. What does evolution mean? Meyer explains adaptation and explains how Darwin's theory challenges the idea of intelligent design. Theories of the Origin of Life in the Nineteenth Century. Darwin conceived of the origin of life happening possibly in a “warm little pond.” Meyer explains the state of origin of life research at Darwin's time and later. Oparin's Theory of the Origin of Life. Meyer delves into Alexsandr Oparin's theory on the origin of life, put forward in 1936. Learn about evolutionary abiogenesis and the experiment that sought to prove it. The Amazing Complexity of Proteins. What do proteins look like? How has science progressed in its understanding of these basic building blocks of life? Meyer traces the work of protein scientists in the 1930s up through the 50s. What is the importance of a protein's shape? And how is this shape determined? The Role of DNA. How did our understanding of the cell change in the 1950s and 60s? Meyer discusses the discovery of the stable double helix structure of DNA and the key scientists involved. The DNA Enigma. Meyer examines Francis Crick's sequence hypothesis and then goes on to delve into the question of code and biological information, explaining what he calls “the DNA enigma.” What Kind of Information Does DNA Contain? Meyer explores types of information, explains mathematical Shannon information, and discusses what kind of information Francis Crick, Richard Dawkins, and Bill Gates see in life's code. Explanations for the Origin of Life: Chance. Could the information in the cell come about by chance? Today, learn the history of origin of life research from the 1950s to the present. What is prebiotic soup, anyway? Explanations for the Origin of Life: Self-Organization. Can self-organization explain the origin of biological information? In this lesson, learn about Dean Kenyon and his idea of ‘biochemical predestination' of amino acids. How does DNA fit into this whole picture? 2 Explanations for the Origin of Life: Pre-Biotic Natural Selection. What is prebiotic natural selection? Listen in as Dr. Meyer examines Oparin's hypothesis and modern attempts to reconcile evolution with the origin of life. Introduction to Intelligent Design. Meyer recounts his introduction to the design hypothesis and his quest to shape it into a rigorous scientific argument as he explores historical science methods. Objections to Intelligent Design: Is Intelligent Design Science? Meyer responds to a key philosophical objection to intelligent design. Objections to Intelligent Design: Argument from Ignorance? Some critics claim design proponents make an argument from ignorance. Is this true? Meyer discusses the intelligent designer of the gaps objection and illustrates why it is not applicable. Objections to Intelligent Design: RNA World, pt 1. Is it possible to avoid the cell's chicken and egg problem? Listen in as Meyer discusses the RNA world scenario. Can genetic information and biochemically relevant functions be present without either DNA or protein? Objections to Intelligent Design: RNA World, pt. 2. Can the RNA world scenario overcome the information problem? Listen in as Dr. Meyer analyzes this popular proposal. Objections to Intelligent Design: RNA World, pt. 3. Have scientific developments “overtaken Meyer's book” as Stephen Fletcher claims? Listen in as Meyer examines Fletcher's supposed evidence. Objections to Intelligent Design: Junk DNA. Critics claim that junk DNA disproves intelligent design. Meyer takes on this objection. Unit 2: Evidence of Intelligent Design in the Development of Life Another Information Problem in the History of Life. Is the origin of life the main problem with the materialistic evolutionary account of origins? Meyer delves into the modern evolutionary synthesis. Is information a problem here too? The Cambrian Explosion. What does the fossil record reveal about life's history? Meyer discusses how Darwin found the Cambrian explosion particularly striking and puzzling. The Mystery of the Missing Fossils: The Burgess Shale. Darwin tried to propose an explanation for the mystery of the missing fossils. But have later discoveries confirmed his predictions? Meyer introduces a 1909 discovery – the Burgess Shale. The Mystery of the Missing Fossils: The Chenjiang Fauna. Meyer details a fossil find with great diversity: the Cambrian era Chenjiang fauna. 3 What Does It Take to Build an Animal? Meyer discusses the process of how to get a Cambrian animal. Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism: Combinatorial Searches, pt. 1. What does combinatorial search mean? And how would the neo-Darwinian mechanism produce the new genetic information needed to build new animals? Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism: Combinatorial Searches, pt. 2. How hard is it to get a new protein? Meyer does the math, further examining the efficacy of the neo-Darwinian synthesis. Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism: Developmental Mutations and Gene Regulatory Networks. It's a catch-22: random mutation and organism development. Meyer gets beyond the numbers and uncovers the challenges posed for NeoDarwinism by developmental mutations and developmental gene regulatory networks. Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism: Information beyond DNA. Do protein folds and developmental gene regulatory networks pose the biggest problems to Neo-Darwinism? Meyer discusses a third devastating challenge to evolution. He also discusses new evolutionary theories proposed to overcome it. The Positive Case for Intelligent Design, pt. 1. Can one make a positive case for intelligent design using accepted methods of reasoning? Meyer examines inductive, deductive and abductive reasoning, and lays out what intelligent design proponents need to demonstrate to make a strong case for design. The Positive Case for Intelligent Design, pt. 2. Meyer applies historical scientific methods to evaluate potential causes of the Cambrian explosion. The Positive Case for Intelligent Design, pt. 3. Meyer discusses genetic algorithm computer programs, the reason why the random mutation/natural selection mechanism is doomed, and why intelligence uniquely can account for functional information. Responding to Critics: Charles Marshall. Paleontologist Charles Marshall challenged Meyer's arguments in Darwin's Doubt, and here Meyer responds. Response to Critics: Dennis Venema and Deborah Haarsma. Meyer evaluates an objection to his book from theistic evolutionists Dennis Venema and Deborah Haarsma. Can evolution's mechanism of natural selection acting on random mutations account for new protein folds? And what does the evolution of nylonase demonstrate? Responding to Critics: Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins. Meyer responds to atheists Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins. 4 Who Is the Designer? Who is the designing intelligence? Was it an alien? Or a transcendent being? Meyer addresses this question, distinguishing between evidence from biology that merely points to mind, and separate evidence that may shed light on the identity of the designer. Unit 3: Evidence of Intelligent Design in Physics and Cosmology One Man's Journey. Meyer recounts the story of an astronomer's journey from atheism to intelligent design. What do the stars reveal? What Is Fine-Tuning? Meyer discusses the laws and constants of physics, highlighting striking examples of fine-tuning. How Do We Recognize Design? Meyer discusses William Dembski's theory of design inferences, and applies that to fine-tuning. Weak Anthropic Principle and Natural Law. Meyer gives an overview of the weak anthropic principle and natural law as explanations for fine-tuning. The Multiverse, pt. 1. Meyer describes a popular explanation for fine-tuning and the two cosmological models physicists employ. The Multiverse, pt. 2. Meyer analyzes the multiverse theory. How does it stack up against intelligent design? The Multiverse, pt. 3. Meyer delves deeper into universe generating mechanisms and what they require. Who Is the Designer? In this final video lecture, Stephen Meyer shares his thoughts on this important question.     Michael Behe Exposes How Mutations Fail To Invent (Science Uprising EP6) https://youtu.be/_ivgQFIST1g Discovery Science Are chance mutations really “the key to our evolution” like they claim in the X-Men films? Or are there strict limits to what mutations can accomplish, limits that point to the need for an overarching designer and the failure of Darwinian evolution to create fundamentally new things? Be sure to visit https://scienceuprising.com/ to find more videos and explore related articles and books. In this episode of Science Uprising, we'll take a look at the real evidence for the supposed powerhouse of evolution. The featured expert is biochemist Michael Behe of Lehigh University, author of the books Darwin's Black Box, The Edge of Evolution, and Darwin Devolves. Well-known scientists have been preaching a materialistic worldview rather than presenting the public with all the evidence. We are here to change that. The objective scientific evidence does not prove our universe is blind and purposeless. It does not show we are simply meat machines. It does not prove that evolutionary mechanisms can completely account for the diversity of life on earth. This is what THEY want you to think. Think for yourself and make an informed decision. Are you ready? The uprising has begun. In a lecture, Phillip Johnson cited physicist Richard Feynman on a scientist's obligation to be honest — not only with himself or in other scientific contexts but, not one bit less, when speaking to the lay public. “You should not fool the laymen when you're talking as a scientist.” That such a thing would need to be said is itself revealing. What's more, Feynman insisted, you should “bend over backwards to show how you may be wrong.” The comments are taken from a Commencement address by Feynman in 1974 at Caltech. Johnson, a founding father of modern intelligent design, was so moved by this that he said “I wish it could be set to music.” As far as I know it hasn't been set to music. But the idea is a major theme in the new Science Uprising series. Scientists fool themselves and they fool non-scientists, not about dry technical details with no special significance, but about matters that bear on huge, life-altering world picture issues. One example is the role of mutations in evolution. That is the topic of Episode 6 of Science Uprising, “Mutations: Failure to Invent.” It's out now; see it here: The Alternative Perspective The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion worldwide over the past couple of decades. That's a lot of “fooling the laymen”! The alternative perspective would be open to the possibility of creative evolution requiring intelligence guidance. The producers of the X-Men movies aren't scientists. However, the science media have done their best to mislead about the work of real scientists, including National Academy of Sciences member Richard Lenski. We're all victims of that hype, including Hollywood moviemakers. Dismantling the hype about Lenski occupies biochemist Michael Behe for a significant part of his recent book, Darwin Devolves. Super-Challenges Not Super-Powers As Professor Behe explains in Science Uprising, the Long-Term Evolution Experiment conducted by Lenski has demonstrated not the creative power of unguided evolution but the occasional benefits of devolution, of breaking or disabling genes. That's the opposite lesson from the one drawn by media such as the New York Times in reporting on Lenski's efforts. “Think about it,” says the masked narrator of Science Uprising, against the backdrop of poignant images of people suffering from genetic illnesses, “significant mutations don't create superpowers. They create super-challenges. Sometimes those mutations are even life-threatening.” Check out some of our other videos: Information Enigma: Where does information come from? Information drives the development of life. But what is the source of that information? https://youtu.be/aA-FcnLsF1g Science Uprising Episode 1 - Reality: Real vs. Material Has science proven we are all just matter? Or does reality extend beyond what we can see and touch? https://youtu.be/Fv3c7DWuqpM Bijan Nemati: Rare Earth https://youtu.be/vn3YpOWCrc4 Check out other videos from this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Discover...     Michael Denton Remarkable Coincidences in Photosynthesis -- ID The Future Podcast https://youtu.be/12i2RKct5RM Discovery Science On this episode of ID the Future, we listen in on a few minutes from a lecture given by CSC Senior Fellow Michael Denton. We've all heard of the importance of photosynthesis as an oxygen creating process. In this segment, Denton explains the “remarkable set of coincidences” which makes the creation of oxygen through photosynthesis possible. From the specific energy of visible light to the unique properties of water, this degree of improbability screams DESIGN. For more and to download this episode go to: https://www.discovery.org/multimedia/... For more on how the cosmos is designed for life, watch Discovery Institute's documentary Priviledged Species, featuring Michael Denton, at http://privilegedspecies.com/. The ID The Future (IDTF) podcast carries on Discovery Institute's mission of exploring the issues central to evolution and intelligent design. IDTF is a short podcast providing you with the most current news and views on evolution and ID. IDTF delivers brief interviews with key scientists and scholars developing the theory of ID, as well as insightful commentary from Discovery Institute senior fellows and staff on the scientific, educational and legal aspects of the debate. You've heard the hype, now learn the truth. Subscribe to the podcast Intelligent Design: The Future. 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