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Douglas Axe

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Losing the Forest by Fixating on the Trees — A Response to Venema’s Critique of Undeniable

I was asked recently to take part in an online symposium. The journal Sapientia, published by the Carl F.H. Henry Center, invited four theistic evolutionists to review my book. Read More ›
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The Calculation-Free Design Intuition and the Calculations That Validate It

From childhood, we all naturally ascribe things like spiders and hummingbirds to a “God-like designer.” But are we right to do this? Read More ›
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Photo credit: Frank Winkler, via Pixabay.

Challenge to a Critic of the Design Intuition: How Do You Explain Your Own Use of It?

Previously, I questioned a theistic evolutionist's claim that we can’t rule out chance as an explanation for something unless the probability of chance working can be calculated accurately. Read More ›
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You Don’t Need a Calculator to Know Some Things Just Can’t Happen

This is the seventh part of my ongoing conversation about Undeniable with theistic evolutionist Hans Vodder. Read More ›
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Photo: A dragonfly, by winterseitler via Pixabay.

The Unmistakable Imprint of Purpose — Response to a Theistic Evolutionist

We instantly spot the fruits of fertile imaginations by spotting their characteristic functional coherence. Dragonflies. Smartphones. Nuclear power plants. Read More ›
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A “Natural” Adjustable Wrench? More Conversations with a Theistic Evolutionist

Somehow, without any calculation at all, we’re all certain that geological processes can’t make a wrench. Read More ›
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On Functional Coherence — Another Serving of Oracle Soup

This is the fourth installment of my ongoing conversation with theistic evolutionist Hans Vodder about my book Undeniable. Read More ›
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Oracle Soup – Dialogue with a Theistic Evolutionist, Continued

We have no trouble rattling off any number of “conditions” that are relevant to the process of boiling alphabet soup. Read More ›
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Photo: Morning view of Earth as seen from the International Space Station, via NASA.

Is the Universe “Rigged” for Life? Conversation with a Theistic Evolutionist, Continued

Random and undirected processes are clearly and obviously incapable of inventing new living things. Read More ›
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Photo: Saraha desert, by Luca Galuzzi, via Wikimedia Commons.

Undeniable? A Conversation with Theistic Evolutionist Hans Vodder

Suppose I were to place a small diamond just below the surface of the sand in the Sahara Desert, and you were to set out to find it. Read More ›

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