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Nature Reflects an Intelligent Design — But Also a Moral One

Human beings must have freedom of choice if our actions are to have any meaning beyond the impersonal and predictable outcomes governed by the laws of physics. Read More ›
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Photo: Bogota, Colombia, by Felipeortegag, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Image of God — Going Global

Just like in the days of the early church, Christianity teaches men to treat their wives with dignity. Read More ›
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 “What Is a Man?” — New Book Out Today from Nancy Pearcey

Set aside one question of the moment — “What is a woman?” — and turn to another no less important problem that troubles our culture. Read More ›
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The Difference Between Humans and Machines

Why do news headlines continually suggest that AI is practically human already, and soon will become fully human? Read More ›
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Photo: Charlottesville demonstration, 2017, by Anthony Crider; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:37, 9 April 2018 (UTC), CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Eric Metaxas and Richard Weikart Spotlight Darwinian Racism

The outlook of Hitler, the Nazis, and contemporary white nationalists have been significantly shaped by Darwinism. Read More ›
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The Legacy of Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus even touched on the theory of natural selection when he concluded that the strongest and most active animals would propagate the species. Read More ›
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Image: An artist imagines Homo erectus pekinensis, by Cicero Moraes [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

The thread of racism in Darwinian thinking isn’t a chance thing, a mere byproduct of Charles Darwin’s personal views as a “man of his time.” Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue
Photo: Darwin statute at the Natural History Museum, by Alan Perestrello, via Flickr (cropped).

A Darwinist Recognizes (Some of) the Stakes in the Intelligent Design Debate

I would be curious to hear how Darwinists like Dr. Freestone reconcile their evolutionism not just with religion but with their commitment to human equality. Read More ›
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Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

You think if Darwinian theory had emerged not in the dark age of the 19th century but in our own woke era, it would be different? No, it wouldn’t. Read More ›

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