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2023

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Photo: Slaves in the American South, by denisbin, via Flickr (cropped).

Slavery and the Image of God

America is the only country on Earth to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of its own citizens in a war to end slavery. Read More ›
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Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC
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Human Rights and the Image of God

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” Read More ›
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Photo credit: Irina Murza via Unsplash.

The Meaning of the Image of God

In the ancient world, it was rulers and emperors who were sometimes said to be “the image of God.” Read More ›
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Image: Venetoraptor gassenae, modified from Müller et al. 2023 fig. 1, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Venetoraptor Is Not the Archaeopteryx of Pterosaurs

Forget all the pop science ballyhoo, and if you should not trust my word, just check the provided primary sources. Read More ›
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First Life Must Have Had a Minimally Reliable Replication System ­— A Conundrum for Materialists

On a design-based view, it is not particularly surprising that the first life would be finely optimized to reduce copying errors. Read More ›
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Inferring the Best Explanation via Artificial Intelligence

The analogy with chess is apt — computers play chess but in ways different from us by being able to brute force their way through millions more positions. Read More ›
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Photo: Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex, by NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Uncovering the Hidden Mathematical Structure of the Universe

Genuine human rationality would not exist if a naturalistic account of the human mind were correct. Read More ›
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ChatGPT Is Becoming Increasingly Impressive

Yet I continue to maintain that human intelligence is qualitatively different from artificial intelligence. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Franco Gancis via Unsplash.

Intelligent Design in Unlovable Creatures

Between cells and humans, there are millions of "ugly duckling" species that are beautiful in their own way. Read More ›
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Woke Science: Affirmative Action as a Health Measure

“Expert” class imperialism over purely political issues continues apace. Affirmative action is now a form of societally administered health care. Read More ›

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