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Some Unintended Consequences of Atheist (and Theist) Discourse

This “law of unintended consequences” is an intriguing aspect of the whole Darwin/Dawkins affair that deserves further investigation. Read More ›
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Exposing the Heart of Neo-Darwinism 

At complete rest, for your organs and tissues to work properly, your heart must pump out about five liters of blood per minute. Read More ›
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On Developmental Gene Regulatory Networks, the Scientific Literature Supports Stephen Meyer

Mutations in genes that affect body plan characteristics don’t lead to new body plans — they lead to dead embryos. Read More ›
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On Natural Theology and Natural Revelation

The nihilist sense of our having been involuntarily flung into the midst of some unchoreographed theatre of the absurd is swiftly offset, Read More ›
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When Darwinism Becomes a Fashionable Doomsday Cult

Like all cults, it can make otherwise intelligent people begin to sound rather strange, even precarious. Read More ›
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Five Years Ago, Yale’s David Gelernter Gave Up on Darwin

David Gelernter is one of a growing number of scientists and thinkers bold enough to look beyond a Darwinian paradigm. Read More ›
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Irreducible Complexity in Bacterial Cell Division

Ready to dip a toe in the ocean of biological ingenuity? Dr. Jonathan McLatchie is back. Read More ›
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With “Fluctuating” Convictions, Darwin Faced a Threefold Challenge

In what follows I pose the question of how Darwin fell subject to such wide “fluctuations” in his beliefs and how he came to resolve those tensions. Read More ›
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Introduction to the Scientific Theory of Intelligent Design

Darwin’s implausible explanation for evolution has become more and more implausible with every new biological and biochemical discovery. Read More ›
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Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is the Cutting Edge

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Read More ›

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