Author: Emily Sandico

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
February 11, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creativity, creator, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian narrative, Darwinian theory, designer, evolution, human beings, intelligent design, Islam, Jonathan Witt, Judaism, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialism, mind, monkeys, moral order, random mutations, rationality, Religions (journal), theists, universal acid}

Jonathan Witt: Darwinism and Its “Pernicious Cultural Implications”

_{Emily Sandico
February 11, 2026

Ethics, Social Sciences

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What are we to make of rationality and creativity, of our awareness of the moral order? In the Judeo-Christian tradition, these markers are elevated. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
April 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, agency, archaeology, Big Bang, biology, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, cells, complex and specified information, DNA, embryo, evolutionary, evolutionism, genes, heresy, historical sciences, history, immaterial genome, intelligent cause, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, National Museum of Natural History, peer-reviewed literature, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonism, purpose, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Wall Street Journal}

Plato’s Revenge: Intelligent Design in Real Time

_{Emily Sandico
April 28, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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David Klinghoffer engages Richard Sternberg’s big questions, and a number of his own, on philosophical, scientific, and even highly personal planes. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
March 18, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, application, birds, bobcats, butterflies, capsids, deer, evolution, fermions, fossils, garter snakes, intelligent design, mice, molecules, nature, philosophers, qualia, Quanta, science, scientists, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, teachers}

Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity

_{Emily Sandico
March 18, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The setting, once again in Colorado, is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines against the bluest of skies. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
January 2, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atoms, book reviews, disenchantment, How to Save the West, intelligent design, meaning, purpose, quantum physics, Reductionism, science, Spencer Klavan, spirit, subatomic particles, telos, universe}

Spencer Klavan Asks: What Is the Universe Made Of?

_{Emily Sandico
January 2, 2025

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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In ancient and medieval times, the world “seemed alive with spirit and divine fire.” That humans should be invested with spirit and soul was only natural. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
March 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, application, birds, bobcats, butterflies, capsids, deadline, deer, evolution, fermions, fossils, garter snakes, intelligent design, mice, molecules, nature, philosophers, qualia, Quanta, science, scientists, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, teachers}

Summer Seminar on ID Is a Glorious (and Cost-Free) Opportunity

_{Emily Sandico
March 5, 2024

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The setting is idyllic — towers of red rock and ponderous pines, and numberless critters, from deer to bobcats to garter snakes (I caught a cute one). Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
February 5, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, consciousness, culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, front-loaded design, intelligent design, Jay Richards, John West, registration, scientific discovery, scientific theory, Stephen Meyer, technological advancement, theism}

Dallas Conference: Stephen Meyer on Why the “Front-Loaded” Design Explanation Fails, and More

_{Emily Sandico
February 5, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Do note that some presentations will be livestreamed but others — including Dr. Meyer on “Intelligent Design as a Scientific Theory” — will be in-person only! Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
December 19, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Christmas, colleagues, creativity, Discovery Institute, innovation, intelligent design, leadership, meaning, purpose, rocks, scholarship, scientists, Seattle, students, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design}

The Rocks Cry Out — Looking Back on My Year

_{Emily Sandico
December 19, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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We enjoyed our staff Christmas lunch yesterday at Ivar’s in downtown Seattle and a number of colleagues spoke movingly. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Claremont Review of Books, Darwin's Doubt, David Gelernter, evolution, intelligent design, On the Origin of Species, species, Stephen Meyer, Yale University}

Wisdom Wednesday: Yale Polymath David Gelernter’s Farewell to Darwinism

_{Emily Sandico
November 15, 2023

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Writes Professor Gelernter, "The origin of species is exactly what Darwin cannot explain." Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 12, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, assumptions, Bill Nye, Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin, cosmos, Daniel Dennett, earth, Jay Richards, materialism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, purposelessness, science, Science Uprising, scientific materialism}

Science Sunday: Is Scientific Materialism the Best Framework for Understanding Reality?

_{Emily Sandico
November 12, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The voices of pop science teach us and our children that "everything, if Darwin is right, is mechanical and blind and purposeless at the bottom." Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Brandon McGuire, consciousness, cosmic origins, Daily Dose of Wisdom, evolution, evolutionary ethics, intelligent design, life, logic, materialism, morality, podcast, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Wisdom Wednesday: NOT a “God of the Gaps” Argument

_{Emily Sandico
November 8, 2023

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Brandon McGuire (of the Daily Dose of Wisdom podcast) and Stephen Meyer offer a wide-ranging discussion about Dr. Meyer's work. Read More ›