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Kepler
Photo credit: John Torcasio via Unsplash. 

Kepler Versus Religion as a Football

Evolutionists play a game, and it’s a shallow one. So what’s the truth about science, and religion, and how they do or do not fit together? Read More ›
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Galileo Myth Goes Marching On

He lived out his life at his comfortable rural estate, Villa Il Gioiello, on the hillside outskirts of Florence. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Jasper van der Meij via Unsplash and Aquinas.Design. 

What Is Intelligent Design? A Thomistic Perspective

What is it, metaphysically one might say, that distinguishes design in the ID sense from ubiquitous teleological design, in a Thomistic sense? Read More ›
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“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›
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Dark Ages
Photo credit: Lunar eclipse as seen from Seattle, WA, by Diane Medved.

Of Lunar Eclipses and the Dark Ages Myth

Last night Americans across the continent were treated to a most beautiful and informative natural phenomenon. Read More ›
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Photo: Stephen Meyer and Eric Metaxas at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, via YouTube.

Dallas Conference on Science and Faith Is a Hit, as Meyer, Metaxas, Tour Welcome Surprise Guest

More than a thousand people filled Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas this past weekend. Read More ›
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Hubble’s Law
Photos: Edwin Hubble (above) in 1931, by Johan Hagemeyer (1884-1962) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Proper Credit — Who Discovered Hubble’s Law?

Many leading scientists of the day realized the implication of the cosmic expansion — there was a beginning!  Read More ›
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Image: Kepler spacecraft, by NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Uncommon Earth: Kepler Supports Denton

It sound like an anachronistic political endorsement, but it’s true: the Kepler spacecraft is supporting Michael Denton’s fine-tuning campaign with large contributions of data. Read More ›
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Photo: Blombos Cave, South Africa, by Magnus Haaland, via University of Witwatersrand/EurekAlert!

“Oldest Known Drawing,” and More Cases of Intelligent Design at Work in Science

Some scientists may denounce ID as a movement, but they find its practice very useful. Read More ›
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Image source: “ATP Synthase: The power plant of the cell,” via Discovery Institute.

Enzymes Are Essential for Life; Did They Evolve?

Darwinian evolution, even in its 21st-century form, fails the formidable task of explaining how the first enzyme arose. Read More ›

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