Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Charles Darwin

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Casey Luskin
Date
December 15, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

Casey Luskin
December 15, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
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November 24, 2025
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Historical Sciences
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Destroyer or Nurturer? Darwin’s Divinized Conception of Nature

Neil Thomas
November 24, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science, Historical Sciences
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The powers of natural selection transcend human intelligence to such a degree that Darwin came close to imputing to it the capacity for intelligent design. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
November 24, 2025
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Historical Sciences
Paleontology
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Despite Exceptionally Well-Preserved Namibian Fossils, Ediacaran Mystery Remains

David Coppedge
November 24, 2025
Historical Sciences, Paleontology
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Simon Conway Morris described the Ediacaran ecology as a “sleepy” world of simple, passive creatures bearing no resemblance to what was to come. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin
Date
November 17, 2025
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Evolution
Zoology
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Pop Science Site Enlists the Peppered Moth to Attack Religion

Casey Luskin
November 17, 2025
Evolution, Zoology
12
If this is an “excellent” example of “Darwinian evolution in action,” it shows that Darwinian evolution doesn’t do very much.  Read More ›
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Natural Selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype, text concept button on keyboard
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Neil Thomas
Date
November 17, 2025
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Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
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What’s in a Name? Darwin’s Confusing Terminology

Neil Thomas
November 17, 2025
Evolution, Scientific Reasoning
10
In the English language prior to Darwin, “natural selection” was a term used by those who reared animals to denote nature’s serendipity. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
Date
November 10, 2025
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Evolution
Historical Sciences
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A Matter of Insinuation: Chance in Darwin’s Theory 

Neil Thomas
November 10, 2025
Evolution, Historical Sciences
11
Think of a rock dislodged by happenstance, tumbling down a mountain, and coming to rest in some particular spot. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin observing wildlife in the Galápagos Islands, surrounded by lush flora and fauna, including giant tortoises, birds, and exotic plants, symbolizing evolution
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 30, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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He Taught Darwinism for Decades (Then Changed His Mind)

Andrew McDiarmid
October 30, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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English Romantic poet William Wordsworth provided a philosophical barrier against reductionist views of life like those of Darwin. Read More ›
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Charles Robert Darwin bust sculpture, English naturalist, geologist, and biologist. Generative AI
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 29, 2025
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Neil Thomas on the Internal Flaws and Historical Roots of Darwinism

Andrew McDiarmid
October 29, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science
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It might surprise you to learn that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection did not triumph on scientific grounds alone. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
October 29, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Information, Intelligence, and Decision: Concepts Underpinning the Theory of Intelligent Design

William A. Dembski
October 29, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Darwin’s great coup was to co-opt the term "selection," previously associated with the conscious choice of purposive agents. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
Date
October 28, 2025
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Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
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Darwin’s Doubts: A Scientist Betrayed by His Own Followers

Neil Thomas
October 28, 2025
Evolution, Scientific Reasoning
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I will argue that employing Darwin in this way is false twice over: First, it is not what Darwin made himself out to be. Read More ›

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