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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, Alzheimer’s, Belgium, despair, euthanasia, fear, killing, loneliness, organ donation, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, suffering, suicide}

Euthanasia’s Moral Abyss — Belgian Edition

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2018

Bioethics

3}

The carnage so bloodlessly described in the Belgian report demonstrates vividly the consequences to a society when it generally accepts killing as a proper answer to human suffering. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, character, Charles Darwin, evolution, friendship, godfather, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, podcast}

From Charles Darwin, a Wonderful Lesson in Character

_{David Klinghoffer
August 29, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If such a break between old colleagues happened now, the results would likely be very different. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, Arctic terns, bats, bees, behavior, birds, Carsten Egevang, cooperation, dolphins, elephants, Flight: The Genius of Birds, Germany, Illustra Media, mammals, migration, Monarch butterflies, Neo-Darwinism, zebras}

Migrating Birds Can Find Their Flocks After Many Miles and Days Apart

_{Science and Culture
August 29, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

Another study of bird migration using geolocators finds fascinating new facts about social interactions during long-distance flights. Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 28, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, climate change, debate, free speech, global warming, intellectuals, Internet, media, Politics, skepticism, social media, The Guardian}

The “We Are Too Right to Debate” Folly

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 28, 2018

Scientific Freedom

2}

Global-warming public intellectuals have warned the media that if they allow skeptics to have a voice in stories, they will boycott giving comment. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, clergy, culture, Father Michael Chaberek, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Jews, John Zmirak, macroevolution, microevolution, Neo-Darwinism, podcast, Protestants, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas, Chaberek, Richards: A Cleansing Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

2}

Our culture is both degraded and degrading. No doubt the caustic effects of some trends in scientific thought — about biological origins, for example — have played a part in that. What can we do about it? Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Anaxagoras, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, evolution, history, Insiders Briefing, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Michael Flannery, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Pajaro Dunes meeting, Robert Crowther, Tacoma, Wistar Symposium}

Flannery: Who Is the “Godfather” of Intelligent Design?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

3}

One of the untruths told about the modern ID movement is that it has no history to speak of. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Genetics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, C. John Collins, chimpanzees, common descent, Covenant Theological Seminary, David Snoke, Dennis Venema, genome, Günter Bechly, humans, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, mice, mutations, Nature (journal), providence, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Scot McKnight, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Themelios, theology, University of Pittsburgh, Washington University, Wayne Grudem, Y chromosome}

Answering Swamidass on Theistic Evolution: Sketchy Science, and a Swerve into Metaphysics

_{Ann Gauger
August 28, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Genetics, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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His choice of targets for criticism and for praise have a lot more to do with his particular agenda than the defects or merits of those whom he critiques. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, chance, Charles Darwin, Christianity, editors, Father Michael Chaberek, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Michael Egnor, morality, natural law, natural selection, The Stream, theistic evolution, theology, Thomas Aquinas}

Chaberek’s Editor Admits: This Book Changed My Mind on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
August 27, 2018

Faith & Science

3}

This is awesome. It’s hard to imagine a more compelling endorsement for a book. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, cosmos, Darwin lobby, discourse, evolution, fact, friends, hypothesis, Kirk Fitzhugh, Michael Ruse, rhetoric, science, scientists, terminology, theory}

Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”

_{Casey Luskin
August 27, 2018

Evolution

6}

The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution. Read More ›

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Date
August 27, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, C.S. Lewis, cancer, Douglas Axe, evolution, gain of function, intelligent design, John Cairns, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, mutations, Nature Genetics, pathogens, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, The Edge of Evolution, theistic evolution, TP53 gene, tumor}

Swamidass: Cancer “Can Innovate”

_{Science and Culture
August 27, 2018

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Cancer proves evolution only insofar as one forgets, or pretends not to know, what evolution is supposed to explain. Read More ›