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“Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.”

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William A. Dembski

William A. Dembski, born on July 18, 1960, is a renowned mathematician known for his research in information theory, complexity, and intelligent design theory. more

“I'm not saying that atheists can't act morally or have moral knowledge. But when I ascribe virtue to an atheist, it's as a theist who sees the atheist as conforming to objective moral values. The atheist, by contrast, has no such basis for morality. And yet all moral judgments require a basis for morality, some standard of right and wrong.”

Values Moral Virtue Morality Judgment Standards Bases Atheist Objectives Contrast Conform Moral Values Theist Moral Judgment

Author:William A. Dembski

“Intelligent design is a modest position theologically and philosophically. It attributes the complexity and diversity of life to intelligence, but does not identify that intelligence with the God of any religious faith or philosophical system.”

Doe Religious Design Position Diversity Intelligent Philosophical Complexity Attributes Modest Religious Faith Intelligent Design Diversity Of Life

Author:William A. Dembski

“Natural selection certainly operates. It explains how bacteria will gain antibiotic resistance; it will explain how insects get insecticide resistance, but it doesn't explain how you get bacteria or insects in the first place.”

Firsts Natural Gains Resistance Selection Insects Natural Selection Bacteria Antibiotics Insecticides

Author:William A. Dembski

“Precisely because intelligent design does not turn the study of biological origins into a Bible-science controversy, intelligent design is a position around which Christians of all stripes can unite.”

Doe Christian Turns Study Design Position Intelligent Controversy Stripes Intelligent Design

Author:William A. Dembski