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Casey Luskin: The Irony of Theistic Evolution

The Christian or Jewish theistic evolutionist actually goes a step further than arch-atheist Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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Trying to Disprove Free Will Shows that Materialism Doesn’t Work

The fact that nature is not predetermined in detail has been shown quite convincingly by the experimental confirmation of Bell’s theorem in quantum mechanics. Read More ›
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Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”

German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience. Read More ›
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Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›
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Intention, Agency, Even in “Simple” Life Is No Illusion

As biologist Scott Turner explains, the appearance is not false but very real, a fact from whose profound implications most scientists veil their eyes. Read More ›
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Evolutionary Theorizing Depends on Magic Words

If evolutionists had to describe major turning points in evolution rigorously, they would quickly give up. Read More ›
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Moreland, Witt: Not “All Body,” but Not “All Spirit” Either

The materialist idea that you are “all body” — nothing but matter — is hardly more dangerous than the opposite idea, that you are “all spirit.” Read More ›
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What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›
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Health-Tracking Apps Unmask a Materialist Myth

“To a materialist our subjective thoughts are not real. But our thoughts and beliefs have real consequences.” Read More ›
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First Episode of Science Uprising Is Out: Fake Science and Toxic Materialism

What if the way the culture directs us to think about our own biological origins is based on a vast, highly influential myth? Read More ›

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