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Deriving Intelligent Design from the Existence of Beauty

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The Story of Everything includes a fascinating argument for intelligent design from the existence of beauty. Philosopher Timothy McGrew is someone I was not fully acquainted with but he’s one of the stars of the film. His comment on the subject: “Sometimes the path toward the truth leads through beauty and that is an important window. We need to be willing to open that.” Watch:

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The documentary opens in theaters on Thursday, April 30. Find tickets here.

David Klinghoffer

Senior Fellow and Editor, Science and Culture Today
David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of seven books including Plato’s Revenge: The New Science of the Immaterial Genome and The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy. A former senior editor at National Review, he has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1987. Born in Santa Monica, CA, he lives on Mercer Island, WA.
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