{"id":42711,"date":"2024-12-18T10:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=42711"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:07:37","slug":"1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Meyer: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this episode of <strong>ID The Future<\/strong>, philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer concludes his conversation with Praxis Circle\u2019s Doug Monroe. In this last section of a multi-part interview, Dr. Meyer explains why theistic evolution \u2013 the belief that God used the evolutionary process to create \u2013 is an incoherent position to take on the origin and development of life. There\u2019s no need, Meyer says, to attempt to reconcile theistic belief with a dying theory. Meyer also discusses the topic of miracles. He thinks David Hume\u2019s argument against miracles is weak and goes on to explain how miracles demonstrate the independent action of a conscious agent and why they don\u2019t violate the laws of physics. It\u2019s an intriguing conclusion to a wide-ranging conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the last of three episodes highlighting this interview. We\u2019re thankful to <a href=\"https:\/\/praxiscircle.com\/leader\/stephen-meyer\/\">Praxis Circle<\/a> for permission to share the conversation on ID The Future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dig Deeper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Haven&#8217;t read Dr. Meyer&#8217;s latest book <em>Return of the God Hypothesis<\/em>? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/return-of-the-god-hypothesis\/\">Order a copy<\/a> today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find more arguments against the theistic evolution perspective in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/theistic-evolution\/\">Theistic Evolution<\/a><\/em>, co-edited by Dr. Meyer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen to previous segments of this interview:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-id-the-future wp-block-embed-id-the-future\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-frame\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nJif0cPUaG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1992\/\">Stephen Meyer: Did Belief in God Make Modern Science Possible?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Stephen Meyer: Did Belief in God Make Modern Science Possible?&#8221; &#8212; ID the Future\" src=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1992\/embed\/#?secret=8g6FTzWW45#?secret=nJif0cPUaG\" data-secret=\"nJif0cPUaG\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-id-the-future wp-block-embed-id-the-future\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-frame\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4ejJju1WJJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1994\/\">Stephen Meyer: Can There Be a Theory of Everything?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Stephen Meyer: Can There Be a Theory of Everything?&#8221; &#8212; ID the Future\" src=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1994\/embed\/#?secret=kOG2UYYCIv#?secret=4ejJju1WJJ\" data-secret=\"4ejJju1WJJ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this episode of ID The Future, philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer concludes his conversation with Praxis Circle\u2019s Doug Monroe. In this last section of a multi-part interview, Dr. Meyer explains why theistic evolution \u2013 the belief that God used the evolutionary process to create \u2013 is an incoherent position to take on the origin and development of life. There\u2019s no need, Meyer says, to attempt to reconcile theistic belief with a dying theory. Meyer also discusses the topic of miracles. He thinks David Hume\u2019s argument against miracles is weak and goes on to explain how miracles demonstrate the independent action of a conscious agent and why they don\u2019t violate the laws of physics. It\u2019s an intriguing conclusion to a wide-ranging conversation.","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":42712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"[]","sync_status":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/1923295\/c1e-g30db3zwgrc06dgx-gpkok1kgbomx-fjrukh.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"1761877","podmotor_episode_id":"1923295","castos_file_data":"{\"path\":\"https:\\\/\\\/episodes.castos.com\\\/id\\\/1923295\\\/c1e-g30db3zwgrc06dgx-gpkok1kgbomx-fjrukh.mp3\",\"name\":\"IDTF 1995 Stephen Meyer Praxis Final Episode Why Don't Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics.mp3\"}","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:28:16","filesize":"38.8 mb","filesize_raw":"40695011","date_recorded":"2024-12-18 10:07:34","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1995","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[269,410,3334,562,811,1862,911,964,1943,1068,1083,1191,7153,3307,1527],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-42711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-charles-darwin","tag-darwinism","tag-david-hume","tag-evolution","tag-intelligent-design","tag-laws-of-nature","tag-laws-of-physics","tag-materialism","tag-miracles","tag-natural-selection","tag-neo-darwinism","tag-physics","tag-praxis-circle","tag-stephen-meyer","tag-theistic-evolution","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Stephen C. Meyer"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/12\/mathematical-and-physics-equations-of-albert-einstein-and-si-623641197-stockpack-adobe_stock-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/42711\/1995.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/42711\/1995.mp3","audio_player":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-42711-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/42711\/1995.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/42711\/1995.mp3\">https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/42711\/1995.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vVZdTApUB1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1995\/\">Stephen Meyer: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1995\/embed\/#?secret=vVZdTApUB1\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Stephen Meyer: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?&#8221; &#8212; ID the Future\" data-secret=\"vVZdTApUB1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","syncStatus":{"isSynced":true,"status":"synced","error":"","message":"Sync with Castos complete.","title":"Synced"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42711"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=42711"},{"taxonomy":"speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker?post=42711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}