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Photo: The perfect solar eclipse of 1919, by ESO/Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl/F. W. Dyson, A. S. Eddington, & C. Davidson, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Read More ›
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Hannah Arendt and Stockholm Syndrome

Will Spencer talked with John West about his book on the coopting of Christian leaders. Read More ›
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From Science, New Respect for Non-Materialist Understandings of the Mind

Yes, there are still people who insist that science can only consider material causes and concepts. Read More ›
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Dilley: How Evolutionary Atheists Employ Homemade Theology

That is no way to reason about science. Yet many biology textbooks, in explaining evolution, do the same thing, perpetuating an error that goes back to Darwin. Read More ›
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Homelessness, Intelligent Design, and the Unseen Realm

Compared with previous approaches, the new Executive Order reflects a fundamentally different picture of reality. What should we call it? Read More ›
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Faith and Science Before Modern Science

Winston Ewert offers a surprising look at how Christians debated science theories in the ancient and medieval world. Read More ›
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Remembering Walter Bradley (1943–2025)

I’m going to describe some of my personal encounters with Walter that are not in his biography. These I hope will bring to light the man in a fresh way. Read More ›
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Photo: Clarence Darrow in 1925, by National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

National Catholic Register: Father Hilbert “Would Have Won the Argument with Darrow”

For Catholics (and others) interested in the subject, Father de Souza has a book recommendation from Discovery Institute Press. Read More ›
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An Ancient Argument for the Soul

Sixteen hundred years ago, Augustine tells a friend about a dream a skeptical local doctor had, where a sharp youth asked him some pointed questions. Read More ›
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To Skeptics, Four Challenges on Near-Death Experiences

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

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