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Here’s How to Fight Censorship — In a “Nutshell”

The five authors, led by Thomas Y. Lo, cover the range of evidence for intelligent design in under 150 pages. Read More ›
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Thomas Aquinas Weighs in on the Coronavirus and Public Policy

Scientists should have “stayed in their lane,” giving policymakers the information that science can provide about a potential pandemic, and left the political calculations alone. Read More ›
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What Triggered a Biology Journal to Demand Government Censorship of Intelligent Design

The article is like a thermometer measuring a fever among evolutionists. Read More ›
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COVID-19, Random Mutations, and Aristotle’s Matrix of Design

Dr. Egnor draws upon Aristotle to argue that mutations and other random events only occur, and have their meaning, against a backdrop of purpose and design. Read More ›
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Prominent Biology Journal Demands Government Censorship of Intelligent Design

A scientist calls for censorship while having the chutzpah to quote from Thomas Paine, a foremost spokesman for free speech in Western democracy. Read More ›
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Free Webinar, May 16: Compliant or Critical? Scientific Authority in the Age of COVID-19

“Follow the science!” we’re told. “Listen to the scientists!” Should we submit to such calls, or insist on thinking for ourselves? Read More ›
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Paper Shows that “Mutational Load” Arguments Don’t Refute ENCODE

Perhaps one of ENCODE’s staunchest critics has been Dan Graur, a molecular evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston. Read More ›
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Photo: Center for Science & Culture Fellow Geoffrey Simmons in Jerusalem, courtesy of Dr. Simmons.

Coronavirus Response: Dr. Geoffrey Simmons on Design in Nature and Medical Science

One might object that if our immune system were intelligently designed, it would be utterly immune to all pathogens. Read More ›
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Image: Host Neil deGrasse Tyson in a screenshot from the trailer for Cosmos 3.0, “Possible Worlds.”

Echoing the Bible, Cosmos Concludes with a Materialist Origins Myth and Future Heavenly Bliss

Tyson ends his summary of cosmic history with a soaring narrative focused on earth. It sounds like the exalted prose of the book of Genesis. Read More ›
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Image: Baruch Spinoza, shown about 1665, by an unknown artist / Public domain via Wikimedia.

Clever Move — Cosmos Pushes Pantheism

Easier for slipping it into the public schools! It won't alarm the parents nearly as much as an all-out siege on theism. Very clever, Dr. Tyson. Read More ›

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