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Scientist Roundtable: Examples of Intelligent Design in the Human Body

There are also rigorous scientific methods to help us identify the hallmarks of design. Read More ›
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Netherlands Already Allows Infanticide, So Why Not Canada?

In a more righteous world, allowing infanticide would make the Netherlands a pariah nation, but we have become morally stunted in the West. Read More ›
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Stockholm Syndrome: Francis Collins and the Unborn

Collins is a role model for aspiring young Christians, right? John West says, not so fast. Read More ›
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Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them Read More ›
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The Contradiction in Peter Singer’s Worldview

He never provides any reason why rationality, self-consciousness, and the ability to plan the future have any value. 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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Cancelling the Human Mind: Experts Weigh In

Dualism — human consciousness is real, immaterial, and special — is the only approach that accords with the evidence. Read More ›
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Image of God: Are Children Persons? 

Today we take it for granted that children are special beings who require special care and attention. But it was not always so.  Read More ›
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Peter Singer Compares Abortion to Turning Off a Computer

Singer first claims that should an AI ever become “sentient,” turning it off would be akin to killing a being with the highest moral value. Read More ›
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Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers

Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›

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