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University of Chicago
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In Science, How “Assumed Atheism” Harms Religious Students

For all practical purposes, there seems to be little daylight today between methodological and metaphysical naturalism, at least in graduate science classes. Read More ›
Darwin's shoes
Photo: Detail of Darwin statue, Natural History Museum, London, by Rept0n1x (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwinism as Fact? The Waning of an Historical Myth 

Historically the unfathomable subtleties of our terrestrial environment have been viewed as in and of themselves empirical markers for design. Read More ›
Cicero Denounces Catiline
Image: "Cicero Denounces Catiline," by Cesare Maccari, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Cicero on Intelligent Design — Sound Familiar?

Yesterday was Cicero's birthday. To celebrate, here's my favorite quote from the Roman philosopher. Read More ›
Fireworks over Seattle
fireworks
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Happy New Year! No. 1 Story of 2023: Joe Rogan and Stephen Meyer Talk Science and Faith

For more than three hours, Rogan asked questions about the scientific argument for the reality of God, as well as Meyer’s reasons for believing the Bible. Read More ›
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Credit: All photos by John West.

No. 7 Story of 2023: Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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No. 10 Story of 2023: Solzhenitsyn’s Prophetic Warning — and Meyer’s Counterpoint of Hope

You would have to be willfully blind, or just stay far away from our major city centers, to miss some of the more obvious signs of the spiritual crisis. Read More ›
comet
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The Christmas Star — A Sign of Design

Part of the difficulty with arriving at a satisfactory theory for the Star stems from a compartmentalized approach. Read More ›
Summer Seminar
Photo: Natural backdrop for this year's Summer Seminar, by Emily Sandico.

The Rocks Cry Out — Looking Back on My Year

We enjoyed our staff Christmas lunch yesterday at Ivar’s in downtown Seattle and a number of colleagues spoke movingly. Read More ›
jellyfish galaxy
Photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik and the GASP team.

For Advent, Reading St. Athanasius on the Beauty of the Universe 

Besides the prose itself being so pleasing to read, these thoughts reaffirm some of my main reasons for believing this universe is the product of a Mind. Read More ›
cosmos
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Stephen Meyer and Spencer Klavan on the Book of Nature: Is There an Author?

Intelligent design was the default scientific understanding of nature and the cosmos — until the hostile takeover by Darwinian materialism. Read More ›

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