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“We Hold These Truths”: On Design of the Cosmos, Science Uprising Updates Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence could hardly be written today, not if it had to pass muster with our dominant woke corporate-media-political culture. Read More ›
Science Uprising

“We Hold These Truths”: On Design of the Cosmos, Science Uprising Updates Thomas Jefferson

The Declaration of Independence could hardly be written today, not if it had to pass muster with our dominant woke corporate-media-political culture. Read More ›
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Image: Mitochondria, showing inner and outer membranes, by Terrence G. Frey [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Genetic Surprises Support Intelligent Design Claims

Several news items reinforce ideas advanced by ID advocates regarding junk DNA, irreducible complexity, and human uniqueness. Read More ›
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Photo by Dominik Scythe via Unsplash.

How Did Religion “Evolve”?

It’s telling that one kind of evolution always seems to be missing from these “theories” about the evolutionary origins of religion. Read More ›
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Photo: Ivan Ilić, a concert pianist, by Tibor BBB [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Sylas Boesten via Unsplash.

On Being Human — A Reflection

Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal. Read More ›
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Photo: Yuval Harari, by Daniel Naber [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›
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Photo source: An Australian house sparrow, via Phys.org/Wikipedia.

News for the Birds — Smart, Gymnastic, Flute-Playing, Surviving

Is it reasonable that two populations would independently hit on an adaptation by chance? Read More ›
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On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›
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Photo: No, this elephant did not sketch a self-portrait; by Deror Avi [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›

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