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Abraham Lincoln

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Watch: For July 4th, an Intelligent Design-Themed Tour of Washington, DC

The whole city is a memorial to the ideas that inspired the American Founding. One of those is intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Bernard Spragg. NZ, via Flickr (cropped).

Intuitive Specified Complexity: A User-Friendly Account

At this early stage in the discussion, however, it seems wise to lay out specified complexity in a convenient non-technical way. Read More ›
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Photo: William Erasmus Darwin as a child with his father, Charles, by Cambridge University Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design in the Grand Human Story

Two famous individuals who share the birthdate of February 12, 1809, are Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Read More ›
Abraham Lincoln
Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and Intelligent Design

Given Lincoln’s acknowledgment of the evidence of design in nature, he would be banned from expressing his views on evolution in most public schools today. Read More ›
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Joana Xavier, Skepticism About Design, and a Fable About a Gray Parrot with an iPad

Xavier, of University College London, is a young origin-of-life researcher who has steadily pursued questions of central importance.  Read More ›
John Brown
Image: Portrait of John Brown, by Ole Peter Hansen Balling (1872), via Wikimedia Commons.

Aeschliman: The Charles Darwin/John Brown Connection

The year 1859, when Darwin changed the course of science and when John Brown rebelled and died, was a profound historical turning point. Read More ›
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Origin of Species
Photo: Mural portrait of Charles Darwin, Sidney Street, Sheffield cc-by-sa/2.0 © Neil Theasby via Geograph.

The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin

It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Restoration of Story

Celebrating the growing evidence of intelligent design can help rescue the arts from the nihilism and ugliness they have descended into in many quarters. Read More ›
Abraham Lincoln
Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

For Darwin and Lincoln’s Birthday, Pre-Order Return of the God Hypothesis

Today’s date in history, 211 years ago — February 12, 1809 — was a remarkable day. Read More ›
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Lincoln, Darwin, and ID in a Nutshell

The comparison between Lincoln and Darwin is noteworthy. The words of the former are immortal, of the latter...increasingly evident in their mortality. Read More ›

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