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The War on Humans
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Film Festival 2023 — “The War on Humans”

Today we are highlighting one of our groundbreaking documentaries that highlights the current global trend of disparaging human value. Read More ›
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God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›
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Nature Worship Advances as Human Dignity Retreats

The dead body has value because the human person does. How we treat our dead reflects our views on what we think about the living. Read More ›
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Attempts to Reconcile Evolutionary Theory with Christianity Lead to Intractable Tensions 

The fundamental premise of evolutionary theory is that humans are the product of an undirected process that did not have us in mind. Read More ›
COVID-19
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Listen: Demonizers and Dehumanizers

John West urges supporters of vaccinations to meet the other side not with insults but with reasoned discourse and scientific evidence. Read More ›
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“Thank You for Waiting. The Doctor Will Kill You Now…”

Canada has some of the most permissive euthanasia laws in the world and allows people with disabilities to be killed on request. Read More ›
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John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

Darwin’s materialistic theory of evolution drained meaning from nature, undercut the idea of inherent human dignity, and fueled the rise of scientific racism. Read More ›
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Sound the Alarm on Germline Genetic Editing

As Wesley Smith explains, it’s not just that germline editing could lead to unintended health consequences. Read More ›
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#10 Story of 2021: On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›
March for Science
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Richard Weikart: The Dark Side of Science

March for science, you say? Follow the science? Listen to the scientists? Perhaps first ask "What science?" and "What scientists?" Read More ›

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