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Photo: Homo erectus, by Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Study of Biological Origins Is Entering a Surreal State

No biological history and no biological beginning: are you seeing the trend? Both seem to be responses to being battered by the evidence. Read More ›
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Photo credit: © Hans Hillewaert / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Common Descent on the Road to Incomprehension

In 2025, Haber proposed that there JUST IS NO “true history of life.” Don’t look for it, as if one could actually find it, because it doesn’t exist. Read More ›
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Photo: A possum, by Cody Pope, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

What’s an Explainaway? Here Is an Example from the Debate on Near-Death Experiences

Explainaways, whether possum tales or optical illusions, exist to protect a system from unwanted evidence by ignoring or dismissing it. Read More ›
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Photo source: Pierce Morgan Uncensored, via YouTube (screenshot).

Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan: The Design of the Cosmos

Is there clear and present scientific evidence that life and the universe were purposefully designed? Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Sarajedini (Florida Atlantic University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

Who Pushed the Button? A Question at the Frontier of Human Inquiry

While answers may venture beyond the limits of the empirical sciences, that doesn’t mean the sciences don’t offer meaningful information to bear on them. Read More ›
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Applying Scientific Method to the Origin of Life Yields Shaky Results

Scientists are not, or should not be, tabloid headline writers. They should only make claims that are strongly supported by evidence. Read More ›
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Science Liberated from Dogma: Story of Everything Offers a Journey for Creating Freethinkers

A 2013 book is a training manual for talking people who profess a religious faith, mostly Christian students on college campuses, out of their faith. Read More ›
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Abandoned cabin in dark forest.
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Using the Logic of Surprise to Infer Cosmic Design

On a hike, you stumble upon a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. When you walk in, you notice a steaming cup of tea sitting on the table. Read More ›
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Photo source: Theos Theory, via YouTube (screenshot).

Montañez: Story of Everything Is “Delicious,” Not Like Eating Your Vegetables

Personally, I would have zero interest in a faith-based movie that preached at you. Read More ›
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Photo source: Dinesh D'Souza, via YouTube (screenshot).

Meyer, D’Souza: Is Knowledge of a Creator Innate?

A couple of friends made me laugh last week in telling about a Jewish class they took. Read More ›

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