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In France, Barbarians Set Fire to Civilization; Design and the Designer Are the Targets

Says John West, “Students need to know. They don’t understand bad ideas have bad consequences. It’s like playing with fire.” That's no mere figure of speech. Read More ›
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How Best to Appreciate Paleolithic Cave Art

Of course, the experience wouldn’t be really complete without simulating the threat of a cave bear trapping the artists. Read More ›
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Genesis Rescripted: Erasmus and Charles Darwin’s Biblical Indebtedness

One may argue that myth still informs the metaphors underlying the formulation of some present-day scientific theories. Read More ›
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“Competition and Politics” Complicate Debate Over Sahelanthropus tchadensis

It seemed like lots of people wanted to forget about the femur, because years went by and nothing was published about the bone. Read More ›
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Could Neanderthals Create Art, or Were They Not Evolved Enough?

Materialists have long sought to show that Neanderthals were less mentally evolved than modern humans. Read More ›
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What Can Science Tell Us About the Existence of God?

The worldview of materialism is increasingly at odds with the latest scientific discoveries of the last hundred years. Read More ›
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The Scientific Discoveries That Make Materialism an Irrational Belief

For the last 150 years, many have assumed science has ejected God from the picture, a quaint relic of a less enlightened past. Read More ›
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Innovative New Book by French Authors Complements Meyer’s God Hypothesis

Kurt Gödel is not as widely known in popular culture as Einstein, but mathematicians consider his work just as revolutionary and foundational. Read More ›
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Why Can’t We Just Go Back to Unprovable Faith?

Kathleen Stock’s witty effort to blunt the force of the evidence presented in that new French book raises a stark question. Read More ›
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French Authors Say Science Points to God; Scientists Listen

Computer engineer Michel-Yves Bolloré, a lifelong Catholic, and Olivier Bonnassies, who came late to faith, argue that the universe must have had a creator. Read More ›

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