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Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Atomic Miracles: On Denton’s Latest

Paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson once declared that “man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.” Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Bechly on Denton’s Latest: “Seminal,” a “Milestone in this Ongoing Scientific Revolution”

"In this seminal new book, distinguished biologist Michael Denton takes the fine-tuning argument for intelligent design to a whole new level." Read More ›
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Introducing Our “Scientists Say” Collection

Many products at our Zazzle store feature direct quotations from renowned scientists calling attention to remarkable features of the natural world. Read More ›
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The Elements — An Independent Line of Evidence for Intelligent Design

Twenty elements — and water, too — appear to have been precisely fine-tuned in advance for highly specific biochemical roles. Read More ›
Top 6 Evidence for Intelligent Design
Image: "Cyclones of Color at Jupiter’s North Pole," by NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Gerald Eichstädt.

Top Six Evidences for Intelligent Design

Here is a modest attempt to summarize the main scientific evidences for design in our world, for those who have been told that such evidence does not exist. Read More ›
periodic table
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Message in Matter: Intelligent Design in the Atoms

What atheists and materialists can’t explain is why this fitness is so special, so unforgivingly precise and intricate, at every stage on the journey to us. Read More ›
violin
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Finely Tuned Chemistry and ATP Synthase

Cellular life would be impossible if strong bonds weren’t just so for some cellular functions, and if weak bonds weren’t just so for others. Read More ›
biology
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Is Fine-Tuning “More Extreme” in Biology or Cosmology?

As authors Thorvaldsen and Hössjer say, “Biology is inherently more complicated than the large-scale universe and so fine-tuning is even more a feature.” Read More ›
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Disagreeing Agreeably — A Timely Lesson from Darwin and Wallace

Adults across the board engage in public fights where the personal destruction of ideological enemies is always a ready weapon. Read More ›
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Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience? Read More ›

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