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From Fantastic Four to First Causes: Why Science Has Eclipsed Darwin

Scientific materialism continues to have a strong hold on our culture today, as does the atheism that it fuels. Read More ›
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Photo: Darwin seated, Shrewsbury Library, by Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Enlightened No More: Darwin as Prefiguration of Postmodern Man

Whether we like it or not, Erasmus Darwin’s simple and predictable world is no more, and we now find ourselves subject to a profoundly mysterious cosmos. Read More ›
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Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high.  Read More ›
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The Unsolved Mystery of Life’s Origin: Stephen Meyer and James Tour

How did life originate? For decades, many scientists clung to “primordial soup” models. Read More ›
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Dilley: How Evolutionary Atheists Employ Homemade Theology

That is no way to reason about science. Yet many biology textbooks, in explaining evolution, do the same thing, perpetuating an error that goes back to Darwin. Read More ›
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Photo: Beetles collected by Charles Darwin, Cambridge University, by Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Evolution Is Undeniable 

The challenges continue to pile up, but the pile never gets any bigger because each piece of contrary evidence is reinterpreted for “general reasons.” Read More ›
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“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Question for Stephen Meyer

That’s a good question that could start a very productive conversation about the origin and development of life on Earth. Read More ›
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Photo (L to R): Stephen Meyer, Roger Olsen, Walter Bradley, and Charles Thaxton in 2020, by Chris Morgan.

Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›
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Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›
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Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›

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