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Photo: Aurora borealis, by NASA/ Bill Dunford.

The Return of Natural Theology

Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Read More ›
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Are Robo-Pastors the Way of the Future?

They are certainly not the answer to declining attendance and involvement that some have hoped they would be. Read More ›
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Photo: A hagfish, by Peter Southwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Has Russell Doolittle Provided an Evolutionary Explanation of the Blood Clotting Cascade?

Doolittle predicts, from an evolutionary framework, that jawless vertebrates would have a simpler blood clotting cascade than the human system. Read More ›
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By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›
J.P. Moreland
Photo: J. P. Moreland, via Crossway Books.

J. P. Moreland on the Contradictions of Scientism

Scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. Read More ›
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Image source: James Tour via YouTube.

Origin of Life: James Tour’s Sensational 60-Day Challenge to Ten Top Researchers

I suppose someone could try to explain why the challenge is unfair or not relevant to the field. That would be very difficult to do. Read More ›
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Photo: Casey Luskin in South Africa.

An Intriguing Conversation with Casey Luskin About Intelligent Design

Ha, well this is a new frontier for intelligent design. Live Life in Motion is a podcast with Sam Kleckley about personal fitness. Read More ›
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Photo: <I>Ashaninkacebus</I> molar, after Fig. S4 Marivaux et al. 2023, fair use.

Fossil Friday: Did Monkeys Raft Four Times Across the Atlantic?

Time is not the hero of the plot when actual improbabilities and probabilistic resources are ignored or glossed over with fancy storytelling. Read More ›
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Why the Blood Clotting Cascade Challenges Evolution

The coagulation cascade cannot evolve unless there is simultaneously a mechanism in hand for controlling it. Both would have to arise at the same time. Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

Meyer and Tour Complete Four-Part Seminar on Origin of Life: Will Professor Dave Watch?

If Professor Dave watched to the end, he would have to confront the fact that he deceptively conscripted biochemist Bruce Lipshutz as an expert witness. Read More ›

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