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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 17, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, intelligent design, John West, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, National Center for Science Education, public schools, Seth Cooper, Stephen Meyer, teachers, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 5, “Discovery Institute Supported Dover School Board Policy”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 17, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Both Judge John E. Jones and the media have promoted the myth that Discovery was somehow behind the events that sparked the case. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 16, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, articles, beginning, Big Bang, books, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Murray, earthquake, Elon Musk, floods, intelligent design, John West, Larry Sanger, machinery, physics, pumps, Research, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, Seattle, social media, Stephen Meyer, Steve Buri, universe, Wikipedia, writing}

Charles Murray, Among Others, Shows the Impact of Our Work

_{David Klinghoffer
December 16, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As Stephen Meyer, John West, Steve Buri, and others got up and spoke, there was an odd shaking in the floor and windows. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David dewolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, biological complexity, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Christians, colleagues, conservatives, cosmos, Discovery Institute, faith, Jews, John West, leadership, social media, Stephen Meyer, think tank, Tucker Carlson}

At a Wrenching Time, My Gratitude for Discovery’s Leadership

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It was last month that another think tank — with a lot of great people there — split down the middle over the organization’s partnership with Tucker Carlson. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 14, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Cambridge University Press, Darwin lobby, Discovery Institute, Dover, Dover School Board, education, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Of Pandas and People, parents, Pennsylvania, plaintiffs, Scopes trial, Scott Minnich, Seth Cooper, Ten Myths About Dover}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 9, “The ID Movement Had Its Day in Court”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 14, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Judge Jones lumped Dover’s policy with the intelligent design movement, as if they were inextricably linked. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 13, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canceled Science, determinism, droughts, earthquakes, Eric Hedin, faith and science, free will, human evil, Hurricanes, ID the Future, intelligent design, natural evil, podcast, rational thought, Robert Sapolsky, Second Law of Thermodynamics, sickness, suffering, tragedies}

Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 13, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Says Dr. Hedin, "We live in a world where the second law of thermodynamics applies not just to stars and mountainsides but also to our own bodies.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Alabama, biologic institute, California Science Center, Casey Luskin, Charles Marshall, Cornell University, Darwin’s Dilemma, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, George Church, Granville Sewell, Illustra Media, intelligent design, John E. Jones, junk DNA, Kevin Padian, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Martin Gaskell, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, National Center for Science Education, Nature (journal), New Mexico, Nick Matzke, Pennsylvania, public policy, South Carolina, Ten Myths About Dover, Tennessee, Texas, Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement, University of Kentucky}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 10, “The Intelligent Design Movement Died After Dover”

_{Sarah Chaffee
December 12, 2025

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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In December 2005, Judge John E. Jones ruled that intelligent design is not science, but religion. Critics predicted this would mean the end of the ID movement. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2025

Categories
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, American Civil Liberties Union, Antonin Scalia, Ball State University, Clarence Darrow, Council of Europe, Dayton, Discovery Institute, DNA, Eric Hedin, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, fossil record, freedom from religion foundation, Günter Bechly, ID 3.0, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, John Scopes, Kitzmiller v. Dover, monkey law, public schools, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Jay Gould, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley, University of Idaho, William Jennings Bryan}

Scopes in Reverse: A History of Evolution Education in U.S. Public Schools

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2025

Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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Undoubtedly there will be more court cases and curriculum battles in the future over how to teach evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 10, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheists, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, cosmology, cosmos, creator, Elon Musk, evidence, existence, faith and science, intelligent design, interviews, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, shopping, spirituality, Stephen Meyer, target, theism, universe}

Does Elon Musk Believe in God?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 10, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science

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It’s the season of the unexpected convert, isn't it? Musk has more than enough smarts to evaluate that evidence for himself, once he has got it in front of him. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, China, crime, Daily Mail, Falun Gong, human organs, kidney, murder, Nigeria, organ-harvesting, political prisoners}

Purchasers of Black-Market Human Organs Often Complicit in Murder

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 8, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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The black market in human organs does not receive nearly enough attention. China is probably the worst offender. Read More ›