Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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Robert Shedinger
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Topic

God Hypothesis

alien life
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Author
Bethel McGrew
Date
August 16, 2021
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Faith & Science
Philosophy
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Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens

Bethel McGrew
August 16, 2021
Faith & Science, Philosophy
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Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis. Read More ›
Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson
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Bethel McGrew
Date
August 15, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

Bethel McGrew
August 15, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›
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Image: Charles Lyell in 1840, by Alexander Craig, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Bethel McGrew
Date
August 9, 2021
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Biology
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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Meyer vs. Croft: Vying for the Lyellian Mantle

Bethel McGrew
August 9, 2021
Biology, Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Stephen Meyer has aligned himself in spirit with the geologist Charles Lyell, who explained geological features “by reference to causes now in operation." Read More ›
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Bethel McGrew
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August 6, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

Bethel McGrew
August 6, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Read More ›
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August 4, 2021
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Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Diatoms, an Evolutionary Mystery, Come into Nano-Focus

Science & Culture
August 4, 2021
Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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The jewels of the microbial world, when seen with new nano-scale imaging techniques, look like little modernist cathedrals. Read More ›
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molo
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Author
Bethel McGrew
Date
August 2, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
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Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

Bethel McGrew
August 2, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy
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Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›
Lawrence Krauss
materialists
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Bethel McGrew
Date
July 29, 2021
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Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
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Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

Bethel McGrew
July 29, 2021
Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology
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Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Read More ›
DNA
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David Klinghoffer
Date
July 20, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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Stephen Meyer: Is the God Hypothesis Scientific?

David Klinghoffer
July 20, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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If scientific considerations compel an inference to design, and more so, to a theistic conception of a transcendent creator, that’s surely important. Read More ›
black hole
physicalists
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
April 25, 2019
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Cosmology
Physical Sciences
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How Black Holes Figure in the Argument for Cosmic Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
April 25, 2019
Cosmology, Physical Sciences
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This month the world thrilled at the first ever image of a black hole, this one in the galaxy M87. Read More ›

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