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Stephen Meyer
Photo: Stephen Meyer, via En Arche Foundation.

Stephen Meyer Explains “Exotic Naturalism”

Atheists are multiplying exotic and unobserved entities to hold at bay a much simpler and more reasonable explanation for the evidence. Read More ›
Thomas Henry Huxley
Image: Thomas Henry Huxley, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sunday with the Devil’s Acolyte — Thomas Henry Huxley

Although the designation of Huxley as Darwin’s “bulldog” is well known, acolyte is a more appropriate term and here’s why. Read More ›
Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin’s statue, Natural History Museum, by http://www.cgpgrey.com [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Miracle Worker: How Darwinism Dishonors the Enlightenment

If the reigning materialist paradigm had even a tolerably convincing weight of evidence behind it, I would be the first to accept it. Read More ›
Cardboard_Boxes_and_their_History
Photo credit: Creativity103, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The First “Simple” Self-Replicator?

Let's imagine trying to design something as "simple" as a self-replicating cardboard box. Read More ›
squirrel
Photo credit: Andrey Svistunov via Unsplash.

Squirrel Acrobatics Amaze Scientists

The other day, walking down a tree-lined street, we were startled by a sudden crash and scramble at our feet.  Read More ›
Névada.-_Aera_51
Photo credit: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Physicist Brian Miller: Nanotech, Origin of Life, and Area 51

Dr. Miller offers an illustrative story: Imagine that what looks for all the world like an alien spaceship is discovered in the desert. Read More ›
book club
Image source: Atheist & Christian Book Club, via YouTube.

Meyer, Atheists, and Christians Discuss the God Hypothesis

If you’re in the area of Genesee, Idaho, Steve Meyer will be leading an event tonight on “How Science Points to God.” The main program runs from 6:30 to 8 pm. Read More ›
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irreducible complexity
Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

New BIO-Complexity Paper Details Complexity of Function and Assembly of Bacterial Flagellum

The author, Dean Schulz, an engineer with a PhD in computer science, takes a “bottom up” approach. Read More ›
LambdaPlaques
Photo: "Lysis plaques of lambda phage on E. coli bacteria," via Wikimedia Commons.

Why This Virus Is No Threat to Intelligent Design

A journal article suggests that an impressive instance of unguided evolution has been directly witnessed. Read More ›
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Photo: Visitors admire the iconic Darwin statue at London's Natural History Museum, by Thomas Fabian, via Flickr.

Devil’s Chaplain: Evolution as a “Theological Research Program”

This stands the standard historiography and received wisdom concerning the development of modern evolutionary theory on its head. Read More ›

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