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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Myth of the Dark Ages

Bruno
storytelling
Photo: Monument to Giordano Bruno, Rome, by Francesca Soria [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons.
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February 2, 2019
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Faith & Science
History of Science
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Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, but Not for Science

Science & Culture
February 2, 2019
Faith & Science, History of Science
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Bruno was not executed for his view that we live in a vast universe with vast numbers of planets. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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January 29, 2019
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Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
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“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2019
Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning
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Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›
lunar eclipse
Dark Ages
Photo: In a lunar eclipse, the shape of the Earth, round not flat, is obvious; by Rocky Raybellvia Flickr(cropped).
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David Klinghoffer
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January 26, 2019
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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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Listen: “Not Dark Ages After All”

David Klinghoffer
January 26, 2019
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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Educated people in the medieval period were well aware that the Earth is round, a fact immediately evident when you see a lunar eclipse. Read More ›
University of Bologna
atheist
Photo: University of Bologna, the world’s oldest university, by Biopresto [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.
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Mike Keas
Date
January 22, 2019
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Faith & Science
Mathematics
Scientific Reasoning
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Atheism’s Myth of a Christian Dark Ages Is Unbelievable

Mike Keas
January 22, 2019
Faith & Science, Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning
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Did Christianity really drag the West into an anti-scientific “Dark Ages,” a period said to stretch from the fall of Rome to 1450 AD? Read More ›
lunar ecliipse
Dark Ages
Photo credit: Lunar eclipse as seen from Seattle, WA, by Diane Medved.
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Guillermo Gonzalez
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January 21, 2019
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Astronomy
Physical Sciences
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Of Lunar Eclipses and the Dark Ages Myth

Guillermo Gonzalez
January 21, 2019
Astronomy, Physical Sciences
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Last night Americans across the continent were treated to a most beautiful and informative natural phenomenon. Read More ›
Mike Keas
Photo: Mike Keas, by Robert Crowther. 
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Sarah Chaffee
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January 7, 2019
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Scientific Freedom
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In Unbelievable, Mike Keas Highlights Myths and Realities of Anti-Science Persecution

Sarah Chaffee
January 7, 2019
Scientific Freedom
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The point of Dr. Keas’s book is historical but also very timely: Scientists who challenge materialism today face discrimination as heretics that squelches their research and teaching. Read More ›
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Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Casey Luskin
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March 25, 2014
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Faith & Science
History of Science
Science Education
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Cosmos Scrubs Religion’s Positive Influence from the History of the Scientific Revolution

Casey Luskin
March 25, 2014
Faith & Science, History of Science, Science Education
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Materialists project a religion-friendly image because popular culture expects it, while at the same time they make arguments to erode religious belief. Read More ›
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Writing set with a pen in the Middle Ages
Image Credit: Thomas Mucha - Adobe Stock
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Michael Flannery
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May 31, 2011
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Faith & Science
History of Science
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New Book Sheds Light on the “Dark Age”: The Religion vs. Science Myth Exposed

Michael Flannery
May 31, 2011
Faith & Science, History of Science
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The alleged "ignorance" of the medieval Church whose cherished dogmas included the belief in a flat earth, geocentric theory of the universe, and a hidebound biblical literalism is all challenged with insight and skill by this Oxford/Cambridge graduate and PhD in the history of science. Read More ›

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