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Catholicism and Evolution: A Response to Stephen Barr

These publications are far from telling, in Barr’s words, “the full story of how the Church did react to the theory of evolution.” Read More ›
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Why Thomas Aquinas Would Have Loved Intelligent Design

As for criticism that ID is a “God of the Gaps” argument, Michael Chaberek urges Thomists to consider where that complaint leads. Read More ›
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A Superb New Website: Introducing Aquinas.Design

There is an ongoing debate about intelligent design in the Thomist system. Read More ›
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Straw Man: Nathan Lents Versus the Theory of Perfect Design

True, things go wrong with our bodies, with results that range from the tragic to the merely expensive or inconvenient. Read More ›
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“Thomists Versus Thomas”

Remarkably parallel struggles go on, as well, in Protestant and Jewish circles, whether the debate focuses on C.S. Lewis or Maimonides, Augustine of Hippo or Samson Raphael Hirsch. Read More ›
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New Book Replies to Modern Thomists Who Would Make Peace with Evolution

There are several reasons that some theists remain reluctant to dispute the Darwinian account of life’s origins — and man’s origins. Read More ›
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UPDATED: Discovery Institute Welcomes Pope’s Embrace of “Intelligent Project” in Comments Related to Evolution

UPDATE: It turns out to be an “intelligent plan” The Pope’s statement (see below) at his weekly address was even stronger than first reported. ZENIT reports: “When the Pontiff finished his address, he put his papers to one side and commented on the thought of St. Basil the Great, a Doctor of the Church, who said that some, “deceived by the atheism they bear within them, imagined the universe deprived of a guide and order, at the mercy of chance.” “I believe the words of this fourth-century Father are of amazing timeliness,” said Benedict XVI. “How many are these ‘some’ today?” “Deceived by atheism, they believe and try to demonstrate that it is scientific to think that everything lacks a Read More ›

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