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The Great Non-Debate and Scientific Atheism as “20-Year-Old Sushi”

If Richard Dawkins had answers to intelligent design's evidence, he would have presented them, not least on his own home turf. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer versus Richard Dawkins: A Contest Made in Heaven?

Much of the response by Dawkins is defensive in tone, and shifts the discussion to one of ethics and philosophy with only a vague gesture towards science. Read More ›
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Gordon and Miller Answer Objections to Cosmic Fine-Tuning

Fine-tuning strongly favors theism because it predicts a life-permitting order in advance, while naturalism only retrofits explanations after the fact. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: A Chasm Between Paradigms

To speak of a “paradigm shift” on Junk DNA is another way of saying that the debate is over and ID won. Read More ›
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Cronin’s Assembly Theory Continues to Perform Its Magic

Cronin and Walker know what is wrong with origin-of-life research. They’re just afraid of what may be right. Read More ›
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“ID Takes Center Stage”: Brian Miller on the Meyer/Halper Debate

"Halper is one of the most formidable proponents of atheism, but he also admits that the discussion with Meyer was 'the toughest debate I’ve ever had.'" Read More ›
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Halper and Meyer on Inscrutable Dice and Cosmological Fine-Tuning

Phil Halper has argued against a position that no one holds, and his argument as a whole lays claim to the very capacity his objection denies. Read More ›
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Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. Read More ›
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If You Think Intelligent Design Is “Combative,” You Need to See The Story of Everything

Consider Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with Phil Halper over whether God is the best explanation for the origin and fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›
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Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›

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