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“No Designer Worth His Salt”? At the University of Chicago, Gregory Radick Critiques the Theology of Darwinism

It is more than a passing irony that the very book -- the Origin of Species -- widely supposed to have eliminated "the supernatural" from biology, in fact keeps theology and the supernatural alive by employing theological assumptions in its key arguments. Read More ›

The Finely Tuned Genetic Code

Francis Crick regarded the genetic code found in nature as a "frozen accident." Yet more and more it is looking to be the case that this code is exquisitely finely tuned. Read More ›

No Positive Selection, No Darwin: A New Non-Darwinian Mechanism for the Origin of Adaptive Phenotypes

Even oft-cited examples such as Darwin's finches and antibiotic resistance appear to typically involve no more than phenotypic plasticity and the selection of irreducibly complex traits already in existence. Read More ›
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New Film Exposes Bigotry and Junk Science of Early Twentieth-Century Darwinists

The scientific community can be dominated by a dogmatism that subverts rational thought and an honest evaluation of the evidence. Intriguingly, this truth seems to have been recognized by none other than John Scopes later in life. Read More ›

The Rabbi at the Scopes Trial

Clergy people and other religious folks straining to put their faith’s seal of approval on Darwin, BioLogos-style, may seem like a very contemporary sign of our own times. Actually there’s nothing new about it at all.

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Butterfly Surveys Find Design, Not Darwin

As an alternative to playing "force the data into a Darwinian mold," readers may wish to take part in a butterfly survey -- just for the pleasure and value of getting outdoors and witnessing these delicate champions of biological design up close. Read More ›

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