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NYU Press Book Makes Fake Behe Quote a Linchpin of Its Case Against Intelligent Design

It’s quite a chain of errors, from the ACLU to Judge Jones to C. W. Howell. Each makes it worse than the one before. Read More ›
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Polling the Physicists: What the Big Mysteries Survey Shows, and What It Does Not

The nature of the surveys to which Phil Halper appeals is that they measure what physicists believe. They cannot measure what the evidence actually supports. Read More ›
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Science, Faith, and Education: Not the Unlikely Trio You Once Thought

Note this: “religiously engaged people have become more likely to be well-educated, while atheists are less so.” Read More ›
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Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

While answers may venture beyond the limits of the empirical sciences, that doesn’t mean the sciences don’t offer meaningful information to bear on them. Read More ›
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Disclosure Day Is Fun, But It Didn’t Rock My Faith

Spielberg's message is not only that aliens are real but also that they’re good and they’re our friends. I find that very curious: How is he so sure? Read More ›
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New Physics Is Always Tentative; Here’s Why

The prime example of all difficulties for new theories in physics relates to the ultimate origin of everything. 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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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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On the BGV Theorem and Eternal Cyclic Cosmology

The beginning of the universe doesn’t need to be singular, so doubts about a singularity don’t need to translate into doubts about a beginning. Read More ›
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The Science of Theism as a Healing Salve

One reason I’m grateful for it is that the film makes a scientific case for theism of a kind that unites. It comes at an important moment for that. Read More ›

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