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Scott Adams
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Scott Adams: Intelligent Design (Of a Sort!) Is “Close to 100 Percent” Certain

Notice once again that you don’t have to be a religious believer to see through the charade that evolutionary theory has got everything all figured out. Read More ›
J.P. Moreland
J.P. Moreland
Photo: J.P. Moreland, at a launch event today for book Theistic Evolution, in Providence, R.I., by Doug Axe.

J.P. Moreland Schools an Obnoxious Atheist

Dr. Moreland explains what “scientism” means and the conversation proceeds to a recounting of a conversation at a well known medical school with a John Hopkins PhD. Read More ›
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Photo: Berlin Wall, Potsdamer Platz, in 1989 via U.S. Department of Defense.

Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, January 18-19: “Tear Down This Wall!”

One view, favored in the media and academia, says that faith stands separate from science, or that science has displaced faith. Read More ›
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Hypocrisy Watch: What to Expect When Behe Book Comes Out

“Oh, Michael Behe happens to be a Catholic, therefore we don’t have listen to him on the science.” Well that’s poppycock. Read More ›
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Dump the Metaphysics — How About Methodological Regularism?

Science doesn’t need methodological naturalism. It doesn’t need methodological theism, either. Read More ›
Heisenberg
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Photo: A bust of Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck Society, Germany, via Wikimedia Commons.

Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?

One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole. Read More ›
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Photo: J.P. Moreland, at a launch event today for book Theistic Evolution, in Providence, R.I., by Doug Axe.

Scientism: Irrational, Self-Refuting, and Contradictory

Yet it hangs over and around all of us like the air we breathe, says philosopher J.P. Moreland in a new book reviewed by Tom Gilson. Read More ›
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Scientism Is Wrong; Is It Evil, Too?

Granted, scientism can aid and abet evil. Its tendency to do so is predictable. In its blindness it harms and humiliates. Read More ›
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Photo: J.P. Moreland, screen shot from a video promoting Theistic Evolution, via Crossway Books.

In a New Book, Philosopher J.P. Moreland Exposes Bankrupt Scientism

A chemist-turned-philosopher, J.P. Moreland approaches the intersection of science and worldviews with a love and respect for both. Read More ›
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Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave
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Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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