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Designer Science Repeats Common Misunderstandings of Thomas Aquinas

Aquinas argues that intelligence is recognized precisely because unintelligent entities achieve purposeful ends only when directed by an intelligence. Read More ›
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If You Think Intelligent Design Is “Combative,” You Need to See The Story of Everything

Consider Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with Phil Halper over whether God is the best explanation for the origin and fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›
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Luskin: Alien Life Would Challenge Evolution, Not Religion

A theme in social media chatter has been that the disclosure will challenge religious beliefs, and that it may be a “psyop” directed against Christian faith. Read More ›
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The Science of Theism as a Healing Salve

One reason I’m grateful for it is that the film makes a scientific case for theism of a kind that unites. It comes at an important moment for that. Read More ›
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When Churches Fail: Taking on Big Questions with The Story of Everything

The churches that Devin Squeri consulted utterly failed to provide the smallest modicum of help in addressing his questions. Read More ›
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Lennox, Meyer, Tour, Robinson: The Science of Monotheism

The indefinite article is emphatically in the singular. In all those statements, there was only one beginning. Read More ›
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A Big Deal: In Wall Street Journal, Peter Robinson Welcomes Story of Everything

My colleague asked, “Has that happened before?” Not that I recall. Is something changing? Perhaps. Read More ›
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Before Darwin, How Maxwell’s Intelligent Design Argument Forecast Modern ID

He was well versed in the evolutionary literature as well as in design arguments from antiquity to his day. Read More ›
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In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›
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John West: The Science Underlying the American Founding

Notice that Jefferson held this “without appeal to revelation.” That is, the study of nature alone was sufficient to produce “a conviction of design.” Read More ›

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