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Hyper-evolutionism, Scientism, and the Mythical Wallace of Michael Shermer

Shermer's term "Intelligent Design creationism" signals his own misjudgment in the matter, namely, that ID is creationism. Read More ›

Wallace Would Be an Intelligent Design Advocate — and a Prescient Figure in the History of Science

Wallace emerges from Darwin's shadow, leaving Darwinian "explanations" looking less like progress and more like -- to borrow Wendell Berry's phrase -- "leapfrogging into the dark." Read More ›

Darwin Plagiarism Charge Resurfaces in Time for Alfred Russel Wallace Documentary and Debate

Wallace would break from Darwin in 1869 and develop a theory of intelligent evolution that in many ways presaged modern intelligent design theory. Read More ›

Alfred Russel Wallace, in Anticipating Intelligent Design, Did Not Reprise Paley

Speaking at the Lloyd Library in Cincinnati, Michael Flannery fielded a challenge that deserves some extended comment. Read More ›

A New Edition of Alfred Russel Wallace Book Features Rare Essay

Although Wallace was not a Christian, Rev. John Magens Mello's essay places Wallace's ideas within a specifically Christian context. Read More ›
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A majestic wooden carving of Charles Darwin, shown with a notebook and a magnifying glass, surrounded by carved animals, plants, and evolutionary symbols.
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What Exactly Was Darwin’s Religion?

At first glance, that question may appear to pose an enigma. For the position that Charles Darwin believed in God is completely untenable. Yet it is certainly also true that Darwin was no arch-atheist. Read More ›
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Darwin’s First Theist: Charles Kingsley and the Problem of Coherence

Darwin had already won his man over — reading the book was almost superfluous. Of course Darwin was delighted by Kingsley's fawning support. Read More ›

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