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Evolution Presupposes Intelligent Design: Case of the Coronavirus

Undirected natural selection can’t lift itself by its own bootstraps — accidents can’t happen in nature except in a sea of design. Read More ›
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Photo: Richard Owen (left); beside him is the skeleton of a giant moa, by John van Voorst [Public domain].

Charles Darwin vs. Richard Owen on Race

Unlike Darwin, Owen believed that evolution was guided by teleology or purpose, and he saw humans as different from animals not only in degree but in kind. Read More ›
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Rats Are People, Too!

A philosopher and a bioethicist want a “Jane Goodall” to come forward as “an ambassador for rats.” Read More ›
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In Episode 3 of Secrets of the Cell, Michael Behe Tests “The Power of Evolution”

The planthopper bug has gears in its legs that permit it to jump what in human terms would be like vaulting the length of two football fields at one go. Read More ›
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Galápagos Pilgrim: Paul Nelson on Biological Design and History

Can modern intelligent design theory accommodate the fact that species evolve in historical time? Read More ›
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If Human Eugenics Wouldn’t Work, Human Evolution Has a Big Problem

Richard Dawkins got his wings clipped over the weekend, following a claim on Twitter. Read More ›
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Reader Seeks Intelligent Design in a Nutshell

Cutting to the heart of even a very big subject is possible and desirable and important. Here’s an attempt an answer. Read More ›
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Bringing Past Articles Current to 2020: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, More

Here are items reported in 2019 that have made news in 2020: more on butterflies, hummingbirds, and the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

Dr. King accepted the animal ancestry of humans as taught by Darwinian evolution, but he spoke forcefully against the idea that we are the products of a blind material process. Read More ›
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BioLogos and the Search for Truth

Exactly how have the viewpoints at BioLogos been amended? Like a summer’s day in Seattle, it’s a bit cloudy — at least on the most interesting points. Read More ›

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