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Photo: Melissa Wehmann Sewell (1953-1991) with Chris, by Granville Sewell.

Intelligent Design and the Problem of Pain

It is often claimed that the design inference is a religious conclusion. It is not. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: Myths, Metaphysics, and Artificial Intelligence

It isn’t a superior grasp of the technology involved that drives some to warn that AI will achieve superiority over human beings. Read More ›
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Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences

Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection. Read More ›
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What Is It Like to Be a Spider? 

A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›
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Marks, Dembski: AI Hype and the “Illusion of Possibility”

The materialist agenda is served by AI hype, while the human mission is damaged. And that is what is at stake. Read More ›
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Watch: Science Reveals the “Miracle of Man”

Biologist Michael Denton shows how science has reversed the depressive trend of the past five centuries. Read More ›
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When Does Human Life Begin?

This argument used by abortion proponents — that an embryo or fetus is a part of the mother’s body until a certain point of gestation — is scientific nonsense. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith on Nature Article about Alarming Gene Editing

Using the breakthrough technology known as CRISPR, scientists are not only altering the genes of a given creature. Read More ›
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Top Scientific Problems with Evolution: Homology

The spines of Australian echidnas and North American porcupines are remarkably similar. Read More ›
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The Ghost of Epicurus and the Doctrine of Natural Selection

The classical pantheon, lacking moral credibility, had become a source of embarrassment to thoughtful Greeks. Read More ›

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