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Brian Miller: The Basic Challenge to Materialist Origin-of-Life Theories

“All natural processes tend to create greater disorder (entropy)…The origin of life requires chemicals to go into a state of both high order and high energy.” Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evil

The presence of evil and suffering calls for justification. But which scientific view of life is better placed to help us address these issues? Read More ›
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How Light Sustains Human Life: Michael Denton Explains

“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need." Read More ›
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Doctor’s Diary: I Couldn’t Put Plato’s Revenge Down

I rarely read a book as quickly as I read this text, and I virtually never read a book twice. Read More ›
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New Article Calls for a Philosophical Revolution in Biology, Placing Mind Over Matter

Biology is directed by cognition. But the authors do not attempt to explain the source of cognition or how it originated. Read More ›
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Water Is a Problem, and Your Body Has an Ingenious Solution

The sodium-potassium pump is an innovation that allows your cells to combat the forces of nature and in doing so, prevents disaster. Read More ›
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The Return of Natural Theology

Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Read More ›
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Listen: The Innovative Cellular Engineering That Keeps Us Alive

When left to their own devices, the laws of nature tend toward death, not life. So what does it take for life to exist? Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, James Tour: The Origin-of-Life Hustle

Researchers perform experiments using specially purchased chemical ingredients and assure the credulous science media that this has something relevant to say. Read More ›
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Do Present Proposals on Chemical Evolutionary Mechanisms Point Toward the First Life?

Abiogenesis is the prebiotic process wherein life, such as a cell, arises from non-living materials such as simple organic compounds. Read More ›

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