Does a commitment to methodological naturalism mean you have to ignore evidence of special creation

[pevaquark (Matthew Pevarnik)]

@Marty

I think life arising is now not just unknown, but clearly miraculous.

Sure, but miraculous in the sense of awesome. Despite Christians happy to sit back in our armchairs, some people are working on new ideas like this one:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-thermodynamics-theory-of-the-origin-of-life-20140122/

Young guy but promising ideas: http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/england_jeremy.html

Another fellow who also writers popular science books: Publications Archive — Nick Lane

Or another overview: Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems

But we say, eh, needs a miracle. Not impressed. Why don’t these ID folks start researching big questions like these instead of poking sticks at research that’s already been done?

@Marty

I’m also convinced Evolution needed and got help. The systemic gaps in the fossil record get more severe as you go up the taxonomic tree. And Darwin’s finches are still finches after 2.3MM years - shows the limits of mutation and NS.

Good thing we have genetic evidence to complete the story of our more recent past. What do you expect to happen with evolution? Things just don’t keep on changing randomly unless there are selection pressures from outside sources like the environment or a genetic mutation gives certain finches an advantage. Cool story learned by the genetic sequence of finches:

https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7539/full/nature14181.html

We present evidence that the ALX1 locus contributes to beak diversity, within and among species. The derived ALX1-B haplotype associated with blunt beaks has a long evolutionary history (hundreds of thousands of years), because its origin predates the radiation of vegetarian, tree and ground finches.

That’s some pretty strong evidence for evolution and a profound result that’s been seen many times before, especially in regards to specific mutations predating new species. Where mutations are neutral and then get selected upon hundreds of thousands of years later.

Another neat thing was posted on these forums recently, an excellent powerful case for common descent: ERV evidence for pastor with a lawyer's mind - #3 by T_aquaticus

@Marty

Which journals would you like them to publish in?

Any. And actual ID hypothesis. Or wait, can they not be tested or falsified? I can never recall why they don’t test their own theories but pick on other ones and it seems that they don’t even read most of them.