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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Allison Hopper, alt-right, Arizona, atheism, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Dan Falk, Darwinism, earth, evolution, fiction, Human Zoos, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Croft, John West, Kirk Durston, meaning, multiverse, purpose, Racism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Scientific American, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg, Thomas Nagel, universe}

From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, designer, fiction, hospital, human origins, jesus, myths, religion, Roman Catholic, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, selfish genes, unguided evolution, Yuval Noah Harari}

Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

_{Casey Luskin
July 26, 2021

Faith & Science

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Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 11, 2020

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, Darwinian theory, devolution, E.O. Wilson, evolution, fiction, goodness, human nature, materialism, movies, mutations, natural selection, nobility, novels, sexual selection}

Darwin and the Devolution of Story

_{Jonathan Witt
December 11, 2020

Arts, Bioethics

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Darwinian materialism suggests that the impulse toward artistic creation is merely the human songbird attracting a mate. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 31, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Darwinism, Democritus, Epicurus, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fiction, Halloween, horror, Kenneth Miller, mollusk, octopuses, Simon Conway Morris, Ten Commandments, theistic evolution}

Halloween Offering: H.P. Lovecraft Versus Theistic Evolutionists

_{David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2018

Faith & Science

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Play the videotape of evolutionary history back again and Ken Miller imagines you get a charming brainy creature for God to play with — something lovable and admirable. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2018

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, berkeley, California, civilization, climate change, debate, economics, fiction, global warming, Mordor, prosperity, Scientific American, scientists}

The “I Won’t Debate” Tactic

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2018

Science Reporting

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Good grief, if we face total calamity by the end of the century, why in the world wouldn’t you debate the science? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 31, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Darwinism, Democritus, Epicurus, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fiction, horror, Kenneth Miller, mollusk, octopuses, Simon Conway Morris, Ten Commandments, theistic evolution}

H.P. Lovecraft Versus Theistic Evolutionists

_{David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2017

Faith & Science

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My argument here is not with Kenneth Miller's science but with his imagination. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 10, 2017

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, abiogenesis, atheism, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Dan Brown, Discovery Institute, Edmond Kirsch, fiction, intelligent design, Jeremy England, MIT, New York Times, Origin, Sarah Chaffee, Spain}

Dan Brown Thriller Has MIT’s Jeremy England in It; Brian Miller Puts the Science in Perspective

_{David Klinghoffer
October 10, 2017

Human Origins and Anthropology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I’m reading Brown’s new Robert Langdon novel, Origin. There’s a decent chance you are too. Read More ›