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Mistakes Our Critics Make: Limits of Evolutionary Processes

The evolution of many complex traits, such as echo location in whales, requires the modification or creation of numerous proteins, physical structures, and neural connections. Read More ›
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Biology Journal: Evolutionary Psychology Is “Impossible”

Did evolutionary scientists not understand these things already? Read More ›
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In Just Eight Minutes, New Video Punctures Evolution’s Circular “Homology” Argument

The video was developed in an ingenious way by its creator, writer, and animator. And who is that? I can’t share that information with you. Read More ›
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Photo: Phillip E. Johnson gives a lecture on Darwin on Trial, via YouTube (screenshot).

Phil Johnson Helped Set the Course of My Life

During my early years of graduate school, I was wrestling with the question of whether I was an unintended accident of nature or the product of a Creator. Read More ›
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To Solve a (Cambrian) Problem: Declare It Solved!

Frustrated by abrupt appearance, some evolutionists are simply declaring that there is no problem with the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›
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First Review of Darwin Devolves Relies Heavily on Circular Reasoning

This line of argumentation only appears compelling to those who assume from that start that the core assumptions of the standard evolutionary model are true. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Point: No Evidence for Common Ancestry of Humans with Monkeys

The bump was originally discovered by the celebrated British sculptor Thomas Woolner, who informed Charles Darwin about it. Read More ›
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Evolution Confirmed? The Philosophy of Naturalism

If one insists on and is committed to naturalism, then naturalistic, evolutionary, explanations are what you will find. Read More ›
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Philosophical Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Critics

Some reviewers of Darwin's Black Box raised philosophical objections. I will discuss several of these. Read More ›

Lawyer, Scientist, or Animal? Choosing Between Evolution and Human Reason

Darwinism undercuts human reason. That's bad news for science. Read More ›

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