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Could Finely Tuned Initial Conditions Create Biological Organisms?

Theologian Rope Kojonen, in an attempt to wed design and evolution, allows for this interpretation in his recent book. Read More ›
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It’s Intelligent Design, Not Darwinism, that Drives Scientific Progress

Here is a list showing various fields where intelligent design is helping science to generate knowledge. Read More ›
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Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›
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Bayesian Probability and Intelligent Design: A Beginner’s Guide

If the phrase “Bayesian calculus” makes you want to run for the hills, you’re not alone! Bayesian logic can sound intimidating at first. Read More ›
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Secrets of the Cell — Behind the Scenes with Michael Behe

Imagine if Charles Darwin could have peered into one of today’s high-powered microscopes and seen the complexity and function in even the simplest living cells. Read More ›
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New Long Story Short Video Examines Information and the Origin of Life

Does the required information for life come from purely natural processes, or from an intelligent mind?  Read More ›
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Couldn’t Life’s Information Have Accumulated Gradually? No, and New Long Story Explains Why Not

It turns out there are five separate qualities to life and its information that make this comforting rationalization impossible to uphold. Read More ›
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How Information Runs the Show in Biology

Specified information — when improbability meets a recognizable pattern — demands explanation. Read More ›
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My Question for P. Z. Myers: How Did Human Consciousness “Evolve”?

Human consciousness entails a unique ability to think abstractly — to reason, to think logically, to use language, to do mathematics, to exercise free will. Read More ›
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Nature Reflects an Intelligent Design — But Also a Moral One

Human beings must have freedom of choice if our actions are to have any meaning beyond the impersonal and predictable outcomes governed by the laws of physics. Read More ›

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