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Dominic Halsmer: Aesthetic Arguments for Intelligent Design

How do modularity, specificity, adaptability, durability, and other aspects of engineering systems argue for design in nature? Read More ›
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When Darwinism Reigns, “The Pyramid Is the Point”

The Darwinian view encourages a way of interacting with others where the aim is to “humiliate [one’s] lesser brethren, just to remind them who’s boss.” Read More ›
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Photo: Caldwell 78, by NASA, ESA, and G. Piotto (Università degli Studi di Padova); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

The Heavens Declare: Looking Forward to 2021

As to evidence for intelligent design, my impression has long been that the ancients gave more weight to the stars than to their own bodies. Read More ›
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Photo: Detail of Darwin statue, Natural History Museum, London, by Rept0n1x (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin and the Devolution of Story

Darwinian materialism suggests that the impulse toward artistic creation is merely the human songbird attracting a mate. Read More ›
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On Fall Foliage, Nathan Lents Comes Up Short

There is nothing in the word “gift” that entails its having been given identically to all persons at all times. That’s not hard, actually. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Tom Gilson.

The Glorious, Intentional Gift of Autumn Beauty

Is there something adaptive to the enjoyment of colors in such a wild mix; and in our enjoying it at one particular time of the year? Read More ›
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John Lennox
Photo: John Lennox in Against the Tide.

Why Something Instead of Nothing? November 19, Oxford’s John Lennox Goes “Against the Tide”

Trumpeters for atheism are not being truthful when they say things like “Religion teaches us to be satisfied with not really understanding.” Read More ›
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Image: Screen shot from That Hideous Strength: C.S. Lewis's Prophetic Warning against the Abuse of Science.

The Education of Mark Studdock in That Hideous Strength

Mark is lured away from his teaching position at Bracton College to become part of the massive research effort known as the N.I.C.E. Read More ›
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Design in Virology? Webinars to Examine COVID-19

The United Kingdom's Centre for Intelligent Design will host a series of YouTube livestreams, beginning this Friday, July 17. Read More ›
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Selective focus on a tall, dark lamp post during a snow storm in the pacific northwest woodland
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C. S. Lewis Helps Us See Design in Three Dimensions

Just for a little while turn off the PBS science narrator in your head. Why should there be beauty? What is it for? Read More ›

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