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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
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 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

Topic

Charles Darwin

Tomb of Darwin
National Review
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Neil Thomas
Date
January 28, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
Philosophy
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For Darwin, Timing Was Everything

Neil Thomas
January 28, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy
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Charles Darwin, as we saw yesterday, pulled off an intellectual coup against the major thinkers of the Western tradition. How did he do it? Read More ›
Artemis
Image: Artemis, goddess of the hunt, with nymphs; a fresco from Pompeii, by ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Neil Thomas
Date
January 27, 2022
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Chemistry
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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The Ghost of Epicurus and the Doctrine of Natural Selection

Neil Thomas
January 27, 2022
Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy
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The classical pantheon, lacking moral credibility, had become a source of embarrassment to thoughtful Greeks. Read More ›
Phoenix-Fabelwesen
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Neil Thomas
Date
January 26, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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The Enlightenment (Re)turn to Atomism

Neil Thomas
January 26, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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What distinguished thinkers had long called out for its manifest absurdity was now, Phoenix-like, rising from the ashes. Read More ›
Epicurus
Photo: Epicurus, in The Louvre, by Sting, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Neil Thomas
Date
January 25, 2022
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Evolution
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Charles Darwin and the Ghost of Epicurus

Neil Thomas
January 25, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Darwinism, when viewed from a philosophical perspective, might more accurately be understood as a late sub-branch of ancient speculative thought. Read More ›
Taking Leave of Darwin
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Date
January 24, 2022
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Bioethics
Evolution
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Neil Thomas: An Autopsy of Darwinism

Science and Culture
January 24, 2022
Bioethics, Evolution
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How was it that a theory so poorly supported by the evidence nevertheless came to dominate the academy? Read More ›
eye
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Cornelius Hunter
Date
January 19, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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The Eye: A Classic Example of Natural Design

Cornelius Hunter
January 19, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Even Charles Darwin, after publishing his theory of evolution, privately admitted “The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder.” Read More ›
Dawkins-atheist-bus
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Neil Thomas
Date
January 12, 2022
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Evolution
Life Sciences
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Darwinian Theory: Science or Speculative Philosophy?

Neil Thomas
January 12, 2022
Evolution, Life Sciences
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Bottom line: Darwin did not have a single scrap of empirical fieldwork to document his conjectures. Read More ›
chimps
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John G. West
Date
January 11, 2022
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Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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How Has Darwinism Negatively Impacted Society?

John G. West
January 11, 2022
Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism
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The late Morris Goodman of Wayne State University argued that humans are “only slightly remodeled chimpanzee-like apes.” Read More ›
AFEWFLOWERS.1a
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
Date
January 10, 2022
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Abstract: Lönnig on Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery”

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
January 10, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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All orders and families of the angiosperms appear abruptly in the fossil record (the same for most lower systematic categories). Read More ›
Erasmus Darwin
Image: Erasmus Darwin, by Joseph Wright of Derby, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Neil Thomas
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January 9, 2022
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Biology
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Life Sciences
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The Legacy of Erasmus Darwin

Neil Thomas
January 9, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences
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Erasmus even touched on the theory of natural selection when he concluded that the strongest and most active animals would propagate the species. Read More ›

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