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Photo: Stephen Meyer (left) debates Karl Giberson (right), by Andrew McDiarmid.

The Sad Decline of Karl Giberson

Dr. Giberson used to be a serious participant in discussions of issues related to science and faith. Read More ›
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The Case of the Mysterious Hoatzin: Biogeography Fails Neo-Darwinism Again

What's the evidence that primates, rodents, and lizards crossed oceans on rafts? Read More ›

Historian of Science Michael Keas Refutes the Argumentum ad Francis Collins

Don't accept something simply because Francis Collins, BioLogos, or for that matter Michael Behe or Discovery Institute -- or anybody else -- tells you to. Read More ›

Contradictions, Irony, and Appeals to Authority Permeate The Language of Science and Faith

Giberson and Collins appeal to authority but admit the evidence is all that matters, claim that anti-Darwin literature uses "outdated" arguments when their own book uses outdated arguments for evolution, and Giberson lacks the same qualifications of those Darwin-doubting scientists whose qualifications he attacks. Why are they making these weak, non-scientific, and self-contradictory arguments? Read More ›

Karl Giberson and Francis Collins Commit Berra’s Blunder While Arguing for Macroevolution

Presto chango--evolution sounds so easy! But according to Darwin, evolution requires more than just "enough generations." Darwin acknowledged that evolution also requires a continuous evolutionary pathway. Read More ›

Does Giberson and Collins’ Neanderthal Argument Demonstrate “Common Ancestry”?

When most people hear "Neanderthal," they think of a primitive caveman-like prehuman brute. What many don't realize is that this popular view is very much a Darwinian interpretation, and it is betrayed by much evidence. Read More ›

Francis Collins’ Junk DNA Arguments Pushed Into Increasingly Small Gaps in Scientific Knowledge

Francis Collins and Karl Giberson rely heavily on pseudogenes -- what they call "broken DNA" -- to argue for evolution, but increased discovery of function for pseudogenes means their argument is being pushed into increasingly smaller gaps. Read More ›

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