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Dealing with Further Objections to “Proof of God in 3 Minutes”

A transcendent, supernatural first cause is necessary to explain why our universe and all of its matter and energy exist. Read More ›
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Photo source: Eric Hedin.

Reflections on Astronomy in Iconic National Parks                

The most poignant evidence of design intervention on planet Earth is certainly life itself. Read More ›
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Phot credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Michael Ressler (NASA-JPL), Dave Jones (IAC).

Is the Multiverse Real?

Despite its various iterations, few philosophers or scientists had taken the multiverse seriously — until 1998. Read More ›
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Image credit: Rick Bolin, via Flickr (cropped).

The Singularity that Atheists Try To Evade

The singularity isn’t the supposed future singularity imagined by transhumanists, but the well-supported singularity at the foundation of the Big Bang. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Dawkins, by Anders Hesselbom, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Hey, Please Ask Dawkins About His “Junk DNA” Goof

Our friend Brian Keating, a cosmologist at UC San Diego, does wonderful interviews. A particularly fun recent one was with Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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Image: The Bayswater Omnibus.jpg, by George William Joy, via Wikimedia Commons.

Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

Yes, ideas of a multiverse are taken “extremely seriously.” And those are obviously intended to counter the theistic implications of the familiar cosmology. Read More ›
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Richards: The Most Earth-Like Planet Is Still … Mars

With the discovery of large numbers of exoplanets in the last twenty years, does Earth look as privileged as it once did? Read More ›
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Image credit: Rick Bolin, via Flickr (cropped).

The Humble Origins of the Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang theory changed how we understand our universe. But who do we have to thank for it? Read More ›
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Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

In Darwin’s Bluff, Robert Shedinger Rightly Forgoes the Hagiographic Tradition 

The present reader, in company with a host of agnostic biologists and cosmologists, simply finds in Darwin a complete dearth of convincing scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Photo: Jellyfish galaxy JO206, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik and the GASP team.

Vilenkin: A Physicist in Flight from Intelligent Design

If you are not an ideological materialist, it would make more sense just to assume that our universe is designed because of the clear evidence for fine-tuning. Read More ›

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