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Biopolymers: Change One Word to Eliminate the Contradiction

The living state itself depends on the prior existence of biopolymers (such as RNA and DNA) which were themselves not produced by abiotic processes. Read More ›
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Faith and Science Before Modern Science

Winston Ewert offers a surprising look at how Christians debated science theories in the ancient and medieval world. Read More ›
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Inhibit the Mind? Scopes Revisionism Can End

The centennial of the Scopes Trial is a good time to set the record straight. Here’s a way to turn the tables on the stereotype. Read More ›
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Scopes and History: A Personal Reminiscence

In 1956 my father, a devout Darwinian who had failed to persuade me by taking me to the esteemed Field Museum in Chicago, treated me to a theater offering. Read More ›
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Postcard from Warsaw: Are Christians Doomed to Evolution?

At our conference, we discussed the parallels between Communism and Darwinism. Perhaps the two are fated to meet the same end. Read More ›
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The Divide Between Science and Non-Science

The most commonly heard charge against ID is that it “isn’t science” and therefore can’t even be evaluated as a scientific alternative to Darwinian evolution. Read More ›
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Time for Christians to Move Beyond the Evolution Wars?

Actually, a paradigm shift is already underway. Traditional Darwinism faces challenges on a number of fronts within biology studies. Read More ›
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Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth

Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent. Read More ›
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The Myth of “Settled Science”

Einstein was wrong. Quantum mechanics does not follow the principle of “local causality.” God apparently does play dice with the universe. Read More ›
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The Mathematical Case Against Darwinian Evolution

The interview was inspired by Professor Gelernter’s essay “Giving Up Darwin: A Fond Farewell to a Brilliant and Beautiful Theory.” Read More ›

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