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Using Religion to Push Evolution in Public School Biology Class — What Could Go Wrong?

A much better approach would be no religion in biology class, and more science. Read More ›
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Humanae Vitae and Intelligent Design

It was, and is, the most controversial Catholic document of the past century, and perhaps of any century. Read More ›
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Chaffee, Sewell: “Evolution — More Certain Than Gravity?”

“Imagine two science teachers. Mr. Smith expects students simply to memorize and correctly regurgitate.” Read More ›
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Previously Unknown “Scutoid” Shape, Critical to Biology, Calls Architecture and Design to Mind

These sources should be more careful with their word choice. Someone could get the wrong idea. Read More ›
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Photo: Third rail, Toronto, Ontario, by Saud [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Review: Heretic Takes Aim at Science’s Third Rail

“Well, we can’t touch the third rail, so the question becomes, How can we safely get past it?” Read More ›
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Photos: J.P. Moreland, John West lecturing at the 2018 Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, by Daniel Reeves.

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Expand Students’ Intellectual Horizons

A primary reason why many biologists never question the standard evolutionary model is their very limited training in mathematics. Read More ›
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Is Free Will an Illusion?

if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will. Read More ›
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Photo: Tree of Life, at Walt Disney World Resort, by KirkMoorePhoto [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

The Dependency Graph Hypothesis — How It Is Inferred

Ewert proposes that life is best explained not by Darwin’s hypothesis of an ancestry tree, but by a modern design-inspired hypothesis. Read More ›
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Photo: Allegorical depictions of Astronomy and Sculpture, incorporated in spandrels, Bela Pratt, Library of Congress Building, c. 1896, by Carptrash [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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