Author: Bethel McGrew

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
May 13, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured3, atheists, beauty, Chartres Cathedral, Christians, Christopher Hitchens, creator, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, DNA, fine-tuning, fish, Francis Crick, God Is Not Great, gratuitous beauty, humans, intelligent design, James Joyce, ocean, philosophers, photography, quietness, religious believers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Rod Dreher, Stephen Meyer, survival, The Story of Everything, theaters, universe, Whittaker Chambers, womb}

Under Aesthetic Arrest: Even an Atheist Might Stop and Think

_{Bethel McGrew
May 13, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Humans are the only creatures with a capacity for appreciating beauty beyond a rudimentary attraction to something eye-catching, shiny, or colorful. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
April 13, 2026

Categories
Biology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, aliens, amnesia, Andy Weir, astrophage, ATP, computer programmers, Daniel Pemberton, Drew Goddard, Eridians, Eva Stratt, eyes, Goldilocks Zone, hearing, Hollywood, intelligence, James Ortiz, life-forms, microphone, mitochondria, mutations, organelles, origin of life, panspermia, parasites, Powers of Ten, Project Hail Mary, puppeteering, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Rocky, Ryan Gosling, Ryland Grace, science fiction, sonar, space pods, stars, survival of the fittest, The Martian, The Story of Everything, transcription, water}

Project Hail Mary Can’t Outrun the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
April 13, 2026

Biology, Origin of Life

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How could something with a structure this complicated have evolved twice? Ryland Grace thinks it couldn’t have. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
December 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canadians, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, Dan Tawfik, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Douglas Murray, epicycles, God Hypothesis, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, neo-Darwinists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, protein folding, Ptolemy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Weizmann Institute}

#7 Story of 2021: Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
December 26, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
September 21, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Canadians, cancer, comedy, God Hypothesis, intuition, jokes, Leo Tolstoy, murder, North America, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, scientists}

Norm Macdonald’s God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
September 21, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Norm casually took on the entire scientific community for “refusing to explore” what he considered the “fundamental question” of God’s existence. Read More ›

DNA strands on Scientific background. 3d illusation .

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
September 8, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abortion, eugenics, heartbeat}

“Unworthy lives”: Sophie Scholl vs. Richard Hanania

_{Bethel McGrew
September 8, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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"Eugenics" was trending last week, and it was all thanks to one tweet. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 16, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Bayesian reasoning, Brian Miller, evolution, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, James Tour, knowledge, Mars, Moon, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens

_{Bethel McGrew
August 16, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 15, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canadians, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, Dan Tawfik, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Douglas Murray, epicycles, God Hypothesis, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, naturalism, neo-Darwinists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, protein folding, Ptolemy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Weizmann Institute}

Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
August 15, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, aliens, debate, inference to the best explanation, James Croft, motives, philosophers, reductio ad absurdum, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, Substack, William A. Dembski}

Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic

_{Bethel McGrew
August 13, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

6}

I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, earthquakes, evolution, First Cause, floods, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, James Croft, mind, naturalism, Prime Mover, programming, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, uniformitarianism}

Meyer vs. Croft: Vying for the Lyellian Mantle

_{Bethel McGrew
August 9, 2021

Biology, Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Stephen Meyer has aligned himself in spirit with the geologist Charles Lyell, who explained geological features “by reference to causes now in operation." Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 6, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, Charles Lyell, Charles Sanders Peirce, Croatia, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, Lydia McGrew, masks, philosophers, puppy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Substack}

God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

_{Bethel McGrew
August 6, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Read More ›