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Tintern Abbey
Photo: Tintern Abbey, by Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin, Wordsworth, and Natural Theology

I give here a short sample of just one of the passages in “Tintern Abbey” where Wordsworth reports undergoing what might be described as a moment of epiphany. Read More ›
Bechly
Israel
Photo credit: Daniel Reeves.

Günter Bechly: A Scientist’s Path from Atheism to Christian Theism

There are many stories of the evidence for intelligent design bringing individuals to a general belief in a cosmic designer. Read More ›
William Wordsworth
Image: William Wordsworth, by Benjamin Haydon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Natural Revelation and Natural Selection: Wordsworth versus Darwin

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 ›
Neanderthal Musuem
Photo: Neanderthal Musuem, Germany, by Clemens Vasters, via Flickr (cropped).

Human Origins: All in the Family

If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Read More ›
Dante
Image: Dante, by Domenico di Michelino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

John Lennox: Dante, Glaucus, and Transhumanism

Meanwhile, the will to become gods — transhumanism in a nutshell — still beckons with its ancient glamour. Read More ›
Leviathan
Image credit: Gustave Doré, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Slaying Leviathan Conference: John West on C. S. Lewis, Scientocracy, and More

On Saturday in Tacoma, he will also discuss what we can learn about the relationship between faith and politics from American history in the 1800s. Read More ›
Surprised-Rousseau
Image credit: Henri Rousseau, via Wikimedia Commons.

Berlinski, Metaxas in NYC: What Is a Human Being?

The issues involved in the evolution debate derive their interest and importance largely from one question. Read More ›
Cyanobacteria
Photo: Prochlorococcus, which lives in the ocean, may be the most abundant species of life on earth, via Wikimedia Commons.

Woke Science: Prestigious Biology Journal Claims “Ocean” Is a “Living Entity” with Rights

The “Ocean rights” approach would make the creatures of the sea co-equal with humans. Read More ›
fox
Photo credit: Ray Hennessy via Unsplash.

The Law Society in UK Endorses “Nature Rights”

In other words, we should redefine our self-understanding as being just another species in the forest. Read More ›

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