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Francis Collins Employs Climate Change as a Cudgel

Collins identifies as a Christian, but he seems to have missed a glaring instance of design in the Earth system. Read More ›
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Darwin, Lyell, and Demythologization

The term demythologization is today most frequently associated with the mid 20th-century German theologian Rudolf Bultmann. Read More ›
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Darwin’s John the Baptist

Catastrophism viewed the planet as having been molded by forces far more powerful than any observable at the present day. Read More ›
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The Galileo Affair — A Durable Myth

The problem with science, as Del Ratzsch has pointed out, is that it is done by people. Read More ›

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