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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Neil Thomas

William Wordsworth
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Neil Thomas
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November 2, 2022
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Bioethics
Faith & Science
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Natural Revelation and Natural Selection: Wordsworth versus Darwin

Neil Thomas
November 2, 2022
Bioethics, Faith & Science
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It has long been recognized that the many hymns to Nature in the poetic works of William Wordsworth (1770-1850) convey an implicit belief in natural theology. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
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October 6, 2022
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Evolution
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Darwin and the Loss of the Enlightenment Paradigm

Neil Thomas
October 6, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science
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As a plethora of books, articles, and TV programs have recently intoned, our almost complete ignorance of the nature of ultimate reality has been laid bare. Read More ›
Erasmus Darwin
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Neil Thomas
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October 5, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Erasmus Darwin and Credible Denial

Neil Thomas
October 5, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Consideration of Erasmus Darwin’s writings suggests that his unbelief could well have been father to the thought in the matter of his evolutionary speculations. Read More ›
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Dawkins
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Neil Thomas
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October 4, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Darwin and the “New Atheists” 

Neil Thomas
October 4, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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There is surely some historical irony in the attempt to enlist Charles Darwin posthumously in defense of the atheist cause. Read More ›
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Statue of Alfred Russel Wallace
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Neil Thomas
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August 26, 2022
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Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
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Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: The Role of Propaganda

Neil Thomas
August 26, 2022
Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science
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To isolate and quantify the factors which ultimately led to the acceptance of Darwinian ideas is not a straightforward task. Read More ›
Asa Gray
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Neil Thomas
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August 25, 2022
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Evolution
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Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: Darwin Comes to America

Neil Thomas
August 25, 2022
Evolution, Science
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A less class-bound kind of protectiveness was shown to Darwin in the United States by Professor Asa Gray of Harvard University. Read More ›
George Romanes
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Neil Thomas
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August 24, 2022
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Evolution
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Why Darwin Eclipsed Wallace: Darwin and the English Class System

Neil Thomas
August 24, 2022
Evolution, Science
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The theory of natural selection was the co-discovery of two men, but by the mid 1860s one of its progenitors began to reject his own theory. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
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August 18, 2022
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Cosmology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Language: Darwin’s Eternal Mystery

Neil Thomas
August 18, 2022
Cosmology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind
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A whole host of “certified geniuses” have failed to crack the human language problem, and this must count as a blow to Darwinian ideas of evolution. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
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Neil Thomas
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August 2, 2022
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Darwin, Group Think, and Confirmation Bias

Neil Thomas
August 2, 2022
Evolution, Faith & Science
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How was Darwinian theory, despite its lack of empirical support or even semblance of verisimilitude, able to advance to its present position of orthodoxy? Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
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August 1, 2022
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Culture
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Darwin and the British Secularist Tradition

Neil Thomas
August 1, 2022
Culture, Faith & Science
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The arresting historical vignette of Darwin’s fraught meeting with Bradlaugh and Aveling at his country retreat would doubtless make for a good TV docudrama. Read More ›

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