Design Science Association

Education and adventure in the field of Creation Science.

What is the Design Science Association?


Design Science Association is a Portland, Oregon based outreach offering opportunities for education and adventure in the field of Creation Science. Highlights include:

  • Monthly Meetings featuring prominent Creation Science Speakers.
  • Book Store offering the latest and best Creation Science resources at discount prices.
  • Field Trips exploring the handiwork of our Creator, Jesus Christ, as well as the evidence for the global flood of Noah’s day.
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MONTHLY MEETING: March 16, 2024


The Source of Adaptive Variation: Accumulating Evidence for the Engineered Optimization of Life

Phil Gaskill


The source of adaptive variation in living organisms was not known when Darwin published the Origin of Species in 1859. In the 1930’s, random mutation was identified and adopted as the source of variation upon which natural selection acts to adapt life to its environment. Until recently, the combination of random mutation and natural selection has been seen as the key mechanism in the theory of evolution. Creationists have long maintained that random mutation cannot drive evolution and have countered that natural selection simply acts on existing variation to generate adaptive traits. However, over the last four decades, surprising discoveries in molecular biology, epigenetics, embryonic development, and related fields have resulted in a growing realization that the source of adaptive variation has been misidentified. This has led to a crisis in evolutionary theory and to ongoing development of a new creation model. In this talk, Phil Gaskill* will re-visit the failure to identify a mechanism for evolution and the insufficiency of previous creation models to explain observed adaptation. He will then apply the T[T]A/M framework (which he introduced in his 2021 presentation to DSA) to help understand recent experimental results and make a case that evidence for the engineered optimization of living things continues to rapidly accumulate. This evidence supports a strong argument for the Master Designer.


Phil's 2016 presentation to DSA on Does Natural Selection Drive the Origin of Species? is worth reviewing too.


We meet the third Saturday of each month from 9:00 am to 11:30 am at:
Greater Portland Bible Church
2374 SW Vermont Street
Portland, OR 97219


*Phil Gaskill is an independent researcher. He earned a B.A. in history from Lawrence University, worked as a systems engineer for several IT firms, has been a science writer for Cramer Fish Sciences, a Scientific & Technical Information Specialist for Idaho National Laboratory, and is currently a technical writer for a global transportation and defense company. Phil began pursuing his interest in the history of science in college and has been a student of the history, philosophy, and methodology of science for nearly thirty-five years. He gave his first creation science presentation at the Second International Conference on Creationism in 1990, has published articles in both creation and secular peer-reviewed science journals, and speaks periodically on the subject of origins and earth history. 

Creation Encounter Field Trips

Design Science Association hosts field trips through Creation Encounter. Our purpose is to provide quality creation field study, tours, road guides, and other information glorifying God as Creator. We also conduct special field trips for local pastor groups, and offer "tailor-made" creation programs for various organizations. Our mission is to help believers defend the reliability of the Bible and to support the church in fulfilling its Great Commission.

UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS

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The meeting will stream live every third Saturday of the month at 9am Pacific. Click below to watch it LIVE. Did you miss the Livestream? Don’t worry. It’s in our video archive on our YouTube channel.

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