The Miracle of Man: Reflections on The Westminster Conference

Intelligent Design the Future

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Is mankind an error-prone accident of nature or a masterpiece of engineering and intention? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid invites physicist Brian Miller to discuss highlights of the 2023 Westminster Conference on Science & Faith. If you didn't get to attend this year's event in person or via live-stream, Dr. Miller's got you covered! The theme was The Miracle of Man, and speakers explored the uniqueness of human beings in the fields of physiology, biology, paleontology, and genetics, as well as theology and philosophy. Dr. Miller reviews his own talk on the intelligent design of human vision. He also recaps other highlights of the event, including talks from Michael Denton on the fitness of the planet for human life, Michael Egnor on the experimental evidence showing our minds are different than our brains, and more. He concludes by reminding us of the benefits of in-person events. "The presentations spark ideas and present new evidence," says Miller. "Then people will take that and talk about it over dinner, over lunch, or over coffee. And it's just a beautiful time to make new connections."

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0:00.0	I d the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design welcome listeners I'm your host for this episode of I. D the Future.
0:17.0	Today I'm sitting down with Dr Brian Miller to get his reflections on this year's
0:21.0	Westminster Conference on Science and Faith,
0:24.0	held in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.
0:26.6	Dr Miller serves as research coordinator
0:28.6	for the Center for Science and Culture
0:30.4	at Discovery Institute.
0:32.1	He holds a BS in physics with a minor in engineering
0:35.0	from MIT and a PhD in physics from Duke University. He speaks internationally on the
0:41.2	topics of intelligent design and the impacts of world views on society,
0:46.0	and he helps to manage the ID3.0 research program.
0:50.0	Brian, welcome back to ID the Future.
0:52.0	It's a pleasure to be here.
0:54.0	Well, the theme at this year's Westminster Conference was The Miracle of Man, and the guiding question was this,
1:00.5	Is mankind an error-prone accident of nature or a masterpiece of engineering, ingenuity, and intention?
1:09.2	The conference explored the uniqueness
1:13.8	of human beings in the fields of physiology, biology, paleontology, and genetics, as well as theology and philosophy.
1:19.5	Special topics included human sexuality, the future of humanity, the threat of
1:24.2	totalitarian science, a Christian approach to teaching STEM, and the relation of
1:29.2	the brain to the mind. So, what's going on at this event, and Brian, you attended the conference and gave a breakout
1:36.0	lecture on the wonders of human vision. We're going to have you back for a whole episode
1:40.9	on that subject. It's just fascinating and you present some
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