Unbelievable ? - Intelligent Design - William Dembski debates Lewis Wolpert

2010-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

One of the world’s leading Intelligent Design proponents joins Justin to explain why he believes biological life exhibits “specified complexity” that runs against Darwinian evolution.

William (Bill) Dembski is an American mathematician, theologian and professor of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, TX. He debates the issue of ID with atheist Lewis Wolpert, Emeritus Professor of Biology at University College London.

For Bill Dembski see http://www.designinference.com / or his blog http://www.uncommondescent.com/

For Lewis Wolpert’s Wikipedia profile see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Wolpert

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