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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
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Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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2017

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Deborah Haarsma
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David Klinghoffer
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December 5, 2017
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Faith & Science
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In a Radio Debate on Theistic Evolution, Stephen Meyer Meets Deborah Haarsma of BioLogos

David Klinghoffer
December 5, 2017
Faith & Science
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Their official topic was “Are Evolution and Christianity Compatible?” but the real question addressed by Meyer is whether evolution and science are compatible. Read More ›
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December 5, 2017
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Telescope-Like Eyes in a “Simple” Mollusk

Science & Culture
December 5, 2017
Intelligent Design
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Scientists were dumbfounded to find shellfish looking at them with hundreds of elegantly designed eyes. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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David Klinghoffer
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December 5, 2017
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Evolution
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Stephen Meyer Explains the DNA Challenge to Theistic Evolution

David Klinghoffer
December 5, 2017
Evolution, Faith & Science
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Dr. Meyer offers here a very crisp and helpful introduction to the codebreaking work of Francis Crick, and more. Read More ›
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ethics
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David Klinghoffer
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December 5, 2017
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Bioethics
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Philosophy
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A New Low for Evolutionary Ethics

David Klinghoffer
December 5, 2017
Bioethics, Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Philosophy
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Understand that Big Think is not an obscure web journal by and for a lunatic fringe. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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December 4, 2017
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Faith & Science
Philosophy
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Introducing Theistic Evolution

David Klinghoffer
December 4, 2017
Faith & Science, Philosophy
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In a Facebook Live broadcast from Discovery Institute's offices, biologist Ann Gauger and I introduced a copy of the giant thousand-page tome. Read More ›
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naturalism
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Denyse O’Leary
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December 4, 2017
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Evolution
Physical Sciences
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Mock at Your Peril! Naturalism Is a Jealous Fraud

Denyse O’Leary
December 4, 2017
Evolution, Physical Sciences
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It’s not just that media-darling disciplines ruled by naturalism fail the facts. They fail at precisely the points where they should succeed if naturalism were true. Read More ›
human eye
design
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December 3, 2017
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
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Design (But Not Design) Is the New Unifying Principle of Biology

Science & Culture
December 3, 2017
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology
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The human eye is for seeing, whether or not it has any effect on genetics. However, this common-sense view has a problem. Read More ›
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Günter Bechly
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David Klinghoffer
Date
December 2, 2017
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Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
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Meet Günter Bechly

David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2017
Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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So far, our readers have only had the opportunity to meet paleontologist Günter Bechly in his writing here and in a fairly short segment from a recent documentary. Read More ›
March for Science
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
December 1, 2017
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Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
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Science Is Not Simply “What Scientists Do”

Wesley J. Smith
December 1, 2017
Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics
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I was alarmed to see physicist Sabine Hossenfelder accept as a definition of ”science,” not a method, but merely “what scientists do.” Read More ›
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Teleonomy
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Ann Gauger
Date
December 1, 2017
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Biology
Intelligent Design
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Teleonomy and Evolution

Ann Gauger
December 1, 2017
Biology, Intelligent Design
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Does a turtle swim ashore and lay eggs, or to lay eggs? Read More ›

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