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“God of the gaps”

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Photo: Viewing an eclipse, January 24, 1925, by Harris & Ewing photo studio [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Impact of Solar Eclipses for History

When the sky goes dark at mid-day, people notice. Read More ›
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Photo: Marcus du Sautoy, by Jaqen (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Dawkins Successor Gives a Second Thought to God

But your next question should be what he means by “God.” Read More ›
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In Refusing to Identify a “Designer,” ID Proponents Aren’t Being Coy

Each year, my students at Biola University ask the same wholly legitimate question about intelligent design. Read More ›
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Microscopic view of cell membrane structure, illustrating semi-permeable lipid bilayer with embedded proteins, regulating molecular transport and maintaining cellular integrity.
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Interview: Biochemist Explains Why Lipids Are “Designed Objects”

The scientist, a researcher at one of Israel's institutes of higher education, asked that his identity be kept in confidence. Read More ›
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sign at the railroad station at the edge of the platform looking toward the tracks warning you to watch the gap
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This Weekend in California, Paul Nelson Will Speak on the "God of the Gaps" Challenge and the Explanatory Superiority of Design

You've heard the objection: The theory of intelligent design is nothing but a "God of the Gaps" argument. Read More ›

Does Darwin’s Doubt Commit the God-of-the-Gaps Fallacy?

According to Charles Marshall, I argue "that paleontologists are unable to explain the Cambrian explosion, thus opening the door to the possibility of a designer's intervention." Read More ›

A Positive, Testable Case for Intelligent Design

The theory of intelligent design begins with observations of how intelligent agents act when designing things. By observing human intelligent agents, there is actually quite a bit we can learn know and understand about the actions of intelligent designers. Read More ›

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