Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler:
In boxing, when one fighter becomes unable to protect himself, the referee stops the fight and declares a technical knockout (TKO). The same system might profitably be applied to public debates: When one side has been so thoroughly pummeled that the issue is no longer in doubt, someone should step in, declare a TKO, and preserve what remains of the loser’s dignity.
That thought crossed my mind as I read God’s Grandeur: The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, a collection of essays by scientists and philosophers dismantling the claims that the universe came into being, and mankind evolved, through a process of random chance. Those claims, the authors demonstrate, are both scientifically and philosophically untenable—not to mention incompatible with Christian faith. Continue reading here.
