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Isaac Newton

Luis de Molina
Image: Luis de Molina (1535-1600).

Claim: Evolution Proves Molinism, and Molinism Proves Evolution

Unfortunately, religion has infected science and the result is bad religion and bad science. Read More ›
Michael Shermer
Scientific Humanism
Photo: Michael Shermer, by Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0].

Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Caleb Martin via Unsplash.

Stocking Stuffers: Smart Squirrels, DNA Origami, and More

Here’s a collection of short news items of interest from the animal and human worlds. Read More ›
David Hume
Photo: Statue of David Hume, Edinburgh, Scotland, by Bandan [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›
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Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave
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Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›
Mars
Photo: Mars, by European Space Agency & Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research for OSIRIS Team [CC BY-SA 3.0-igo ], via Wikimedia Commons.

New Paper by Winston Ewert Demonstrates Superiority of Design Model

Winston Ewert’s results are a Copernican Revolution moment. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Isaac Newton (bust), in the British Museum, by Aaron Bradley, via Flickr.

Commonweal Misrepresents Isaac Newton, Intelligent Design

Newton was arguing from science, not religion. But that doesn’t fit the Epicurean mythos that religion opposes naturalism while science confirms it. Read More ›
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Photo: March for Science, 2017, Brisbane, by interestedbystandr, via Flickr.

Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

Jonathan Witt: “In the M4S subculture, dissent is a thought crime.” Read More ›
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Farewell, Stephen Hawking

Recently, there was the increasing sense that he was being exploited by the media for his brilliant reputation. Read More ›
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Image: Isaac Newton, by William Blake [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Newton Understood that Nature Manifests Design of the Highest Order

Some atheists have implicitly claimed Newton as their own. They woefully misunderstand Newton and the Scientific Enlightenment. Read More ›

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