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New Film Is Genesis History? Presents a False Dichotomy: I Dissent from My Role in It

The movie looks at the scientific, philosophical, and theological case for an "historical Genesis" interpretation of Earth history. Read More ›

Fake News: Washington Post‘s Valerie Strauss “Reports” on South Dakota Academic Freedom Bill

Strauss raises fears about a lack of accountability -- "maverick teachers" who can teach whatever they wish. Read More ›
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Is There a Limit to the Number of a Designer’s Creative Acts?

Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always display content from YouTube Open video directly Recently, I was listening to Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1068, followed a couple of days later by watching the Tom Cruise movie Oblivion. What does one have to do with the other? Well, the latter includes in the soundtrack the song “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by the 1960s English rock group Procol Harum, and it occurred to me that “A Whiter Shade” may be based on Bach. A little research revealed that the organ countermelody of “A Whiter Shade” is, indeed, based on BWV 1068. The song itself is Read More ›

Latest Cambrian Explosion “Explanation” Qualifies as Propaganda

Many of us remember Pravda and Izvestia, the official propaganda organs of the former USSR. Read More ›
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Methodological Naturalism: A Rule That No One Needs or Obeys

The only real motivation for holding to MN is to keep the bad guys at bay, as an all-purpose "Press Button in Case of Emergency" defeater for ideas like intelligent design. Read More ›

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