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Photo credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Sejong Univ./Hur et al; JWST: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, V. Almendros-Abad, M. Guarcello, K. Monsch, and the EWOCS team. Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand.

When the Experts Disagree on the Origin of the Universe…

As with life, the beginning of our universe entailed special conditions, not only of the laws of physics, but also of the arrangement of its component atoms. Read More ›
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In Fifty Years, How the Discussion About Science and Faith Has Changed

Decades ago, as I can recall from personal experience, there seemed to be only two choices. Read More ›
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Image Credit: Michael C/peopleimages.com - Adobe Stock.

Past-Eternal Loop Quantum Cosmology Gets the Bounce

Oscillating universes have been discussed in philosophy from time immemorial and in mathematical cosmology for over one hundred years. Read More ›
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Photo: John Lennox, via Uncommon Knowledge (screenshot).

Lennox, Meyer, Tour, Robinson: The Science of Monotheism

The indefinite article is emphatically in the singular. In all those statements, there was only one beginning. Read More ›
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Photo: Michael Denton, via Discovery Institute/YouTube (screenshot).

Denton: Properties of Oxygen, Water, Light Were “Envisaged” for Us at the Very Beginning

Biologist Michael Denton takes a long view — the longest view imaginable in our universe. Read More ›
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All photos by Nathan Jacobson.

Charles Murray, Among Others, Shows the Impact of Our Work

As Stephen Meyer, John West, Steve Buri, and others got up and spoke, there was an odd shaking in the floor and windows. Read More ›
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What Can Science Tell Us About the Existence of God?

The worldview of materialism is increasingly at odds with the latest scientific discoveries of the last hundred years. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, A. Nota, P. Massey, E. Sabbi, C. Murray, M. Zamani (ESA/Hubble).

Why the “Universe from Nothing” Model Points to Intelligent Design

Did our universe come from nothing, as some physicists have proposed? This episode is built around a suggestion I recently received from a listener. Read More ›
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Photo: Cartwheel Galaxy, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

#4 Story of 2022: Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning

If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Read More ›
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Photo: Cartwheel Galaxy, by James Webb Space Telescope, via NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning, a Key Argument in Meyer’s God Hypothesis

If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Read More ›

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