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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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, Aristotelianism, biology, cancer, Evolution News, faith and science, humans, ID the Future, intentionality, materialism, mechanism, mechanistic view, medical school, oncologists, organisms, physical world, podcast, purpose, random processes, Stephen Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, Thomistic philosophy}

Stephen Iacoboni: Finding Purpose in Medicine and Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 18, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Ultimately, Dr. Iacoboni aims to help his fellow physicians escape the “suffocating boundaries of mechanism and materialism.” Read More ›

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Date
July 14, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After (book), aneurysm, brain, Bruce Greyson, hypoxia, medical literature, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Pam Reynolds, Phoenix, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Steve Taylor, suicide, surgery, The Immortal Mind, Tulane University, University of Virginia, veridical}

To Skeptics, Four Challenges on Near-Death Experiences

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July 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary devote Chapter 6 to addressing various efforts to debunk near-death experiences. Read More ›

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Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 11, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, abstract thought, brain, dementia, dying, immaterial powers, justice, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, moral choice, music, paradoxical lucidity, perception, reason, Stony Brook University, Supreme Court, The Immortal Mind, veterans}

Dementia Hints That the Brain Is Not All There Is to the Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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People with dementia have severe memory issues, along with motor, perception, and emotional disabilities, and that curtails their powers of reason. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethics, children, Christof Koch, conception, Denyse O'Leary, human beings, in vitro fertilization, IVF, Michael Shermer, organ donors, persons, Piers Morgan, Roman Catholicism, soldiers, The Immortal Mind}

A Disagreement with Shermer on the Ethics of IVF

_{Michael Egnor
July 8, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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It is quite possible to seek good ends (children) by bad means (their industrial manufacture). These are very real concerns. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 4th of July, americans, atheists, blueberries, Christof Koch, CNN, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, faith and science, fireworks, Gaza, Independence Day, Israel, journalists, July 4, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Roman Catholics, Scripture, Seattle, skeptics, Sunday Times, The Immortal Mind, YouTube videos}

World’s “Best-Known Journalist” Meets Michael Egnor

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Piers Morgan, who is Catholic, says he already believed in life after death from faith and Scripture. What he wanted, he said, was scientific evidence for it. Read More ›

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Date
June 26, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheists, birth canal, Carl Sagan, clinical death, Denyse O'Leary, endorphins, Gandalf, hypoxia, jesus, ketamine, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, near-death experiences, neurosurgery, Pam Reynolds, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, skull, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind, The Lord of the Rings, veridical}

Near-Death Experiences Give Scientific Evidence of the Soul

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June 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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As Dr. Egnor contends, near-death experiences offer modern, experiential evidence that the human mind is not confined to the skull. Read More ›

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Date
June 26, 2025

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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Allen Institute for Brain Science, appetite, Aristotle, brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, Dogs, guilt, Heaven, humans, intellect, Israel, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, neuroscience, pets, reason, Roman Catholic, Seattle, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Egnor and Koch Debate the Soul…and Talk Dogs

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June 26, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Here are two highlights that give some sense of the scope and tenor of the debate. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, brain, clinical death, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, ID the Future, journalists, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, prefrontal cortex, promissory materialism, The Immortal Mind}

Why Materialism Can’t Explain the Mind

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 17, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Is the soul a myth? Does your mind really just boil down to brain function? I spoke with Denyse O’Leary about surprising findings out of neuroscience. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, animal, behavior, brain, death, disintegration, dying, ethics, evil, good, Human, human body, human soul, immortality, justice, mind, near-death experiences, Peter Kreeft, physical world, rational soul, terminal lucidity}

Immortality of the Soul Is a Reasonable Belief

_{Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The annihilationists are being careless. They assume that the physical flame just disappears. Actually, it doesn’t. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 14, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, brain damage, human beings, human soul, ID the Future, intelligent design, medicine, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, patients, podcast, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Dr. Michael Egnor on His Own Spiritual Journey

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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His personal story, including a profound experience in a hospital chapel during a family crisis, became a turning point that challenged his atheism. Read More ›