Specified Complexity

Those two words will be in the public eye in the coming months as the debate continues between Darwinist evolution and the new emerging science of Intelligent Design.  ID, far from being a religion, is the new kid on the block in biology.  While Darwinists tinker and play with their new found toy DNA molecule, thinking it's just another accident of a blind meaningless world, the Intelligent Design scientists are hard at work formulating a rock solid argument for the design hypothesis through a testable model called Specified Complexity.  In The Design Revolution , author William A. Dembski, a mathematician and philosopher and just one of the leading advocates for Intelligent Design, meticulously covers the thesis of this cutting-edge science.  Mr Dembski has been churning out multiple books on the subject before and since the Design Revolution.  As science begins to formulate that innate ability for intelligent minds to recognize the work of other intelligent minds, we find ourselves on yet another crossroads in society.  While materialism has dominated the mindset of the western world for the last 150 years much to the credit of Darwinism, Intelligent Design, instead of the materialistic Darwinism, has finally grasped the significance of the recently discovered and unexplainable "code of life" found in the DNA molecule.  I became breathless by the revelation that we are looking at something most holy and precious scribed on every cell within our bodies.  Like the loving handiwork of a much loved grandpa in his workshop, that handmade object from the past connecting us to the unknown inner lives of our ancestors, the "work" inscribed on a molecule is from the very Person who waits for us at the door of eternity.  Science is finally returning to it's "first love", " thinking God's thoughts after Him."

I will praise You; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well.  My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written, the days they were formed, and not one was among them.  How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:14-17

TED

We all have our favorite hangouts on the web like Facebook or Hulu.  I found another place I like to visit frequently for video content - TED.  TED.com has new "talks" every week limited to an easy 18 minutes in length.  Although largely left leaning politically and ideologically, there are lots of fascinating subjects covered that are more up-to-date than anything else on the net.  You'll hear from the scientists and other pioneers as they open their worlds to us.  There is even a special section for those like myself who want to discuss religion.  If your a life long student and want to keep up with the latest in a wide variety of research, I highly recommend visiting TED.