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Photo: "Mother and Child" (1912), by Henry Essenhigh Corke (1883-1919), via Wikimedia Commons.

What Is a Person, and How Do We Know?

The characteristics invoked in the abortion debate — consciousness, rationality, and intrinsic human dignity — function as recalcitrant facts for naturalism. Read More ›
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The Science of Darwin and Marx Provides No Support for “Unalienable Rights”

Voltaire said that madness is to have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor: Three Atheist Scientists Walk into a Book

In the absence of free will, “morality” can make no claims about anything. It's only an illusion projected by the meatware of our brains. Read More ›
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When Nancy Pearcey Walked Away from Christianity

On a new episode of ID the Future, we’re sharing a conversation with author, speaker, and professor Nancy Pearcey that originally aired on the eX-skeptic Podcast. Read More ›
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“Harm Reduction” Harms the Homeless

San Francisco was allowing harm reducers to give away “starter kits” to people so they could begin injecting drugs! Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evil

The presence of evil and suffering calls for justification. But which scientific view of life is better placed to help us address these issues? Read More ›
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John West on Darwin’s Culturally Corrosive Idea

Darwin’s purely materialistic theory of evolution has drained meaning from nature. Read More ›
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Burials Reveal Prehistoric Cultures Valued Children with Down Syndrome

We’ve all probably heard from one pundit or another that prehistoric humans discarded children with disabilities, just as animals might. Read More ›
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Halloween Edition: A Look at Frightening Science with Wesley J. Smith

Biotechnology is advancing faster than our ethical considerations, including synthetic human embryos, genetic engineering, and fetal farming. Read More ›
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Richard Weikart on Racism, Darwinism, and Christianity

If living things are only the result of chance processes, does human life have any intrinsic value? Read More ›

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