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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, E.O. Wilson, eugenics, Francis Collins, human experimentation, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, morality, Racism, Scientific American, scientific revolution, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson, warfare}

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

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2019

Ethics, Faith & Science

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Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, algorithms, DNA, evolution, gratitude, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, Live Science, memory, nuts, origami, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, Robert Boyle, squirrels, Stephen Hawking, Templeton Foundation, trees, UC Davis, United Kingdom}

Stocking Stuffers: Smart Squirrels, DNA Origami, and More

_{Science and Culture
December 21, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Here’s a collection of short news items of interest from the animal and human worlds. Read More ›

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Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
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, __k-review, Charles Darwin, clockmaker, cosmic fine-tuning, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Edinburgh, Flying Spaghetti Monster, instinct, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life, natural theology, physicists, rationality, Richard Dawkins, software, universe, vitalism, watchmaker}

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

_{Science and Culture
November 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
July 20, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, accuracy, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Bayes factor, Big Data, BIO-Complexity, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, common descent, dependency graph, earth, epicycles, evolution, geocentrism, gravity, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Mars, Nicolaus Copernicus, Occam's Razor, parsimony, Ptolemy, Wikipedia, Winston Ewert}

New Paper by Winston Ewert Demonstrates Superiority of Design Model

_{Cornelius Hunter
July 20, 2018

Intelligent Design, Physics

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Winston Ewert’s results are a Copernican Revolution moment. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
July 2, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, cosmos, Darwinian evolution, Epicureanism, faith, history, intelligent design, intervention, Isaac Newton, John Farrell, Michael Ruse, naturalism, planets, religion, science, solar system, Warfare Thesis}

Commonweal Misrepresents Isaac Newton, Intelligent Design

_{Cornelius Hunter
July 2, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Expelled (movie), Facebook, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Witt, Louis Pasteur, March for Science, Matti Leisola, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, social media, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Twitter, Washington DC}

Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 13, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 14, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, A Brief History of Time, black hole, Bruce Chapman, Bruce Gordon, Cambridge University, Carl Sagan, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Israel, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Egnor, New Atheists, Oxford University, Roger Penrose, Royal Society, science, Seattle, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, Steve Buri, The Grand Design}

Farewell, Stephen Hawking

_{David Klinghoffer
March 14, 2018

Cosmology, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Recently, there was the increasing sense that he was being exploited by the media for his brilliant reputation. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 1, 2018

Categories
Engineering
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, calculus, Christianity, design, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Newtonian mechanics, prophecy, science, scientism}

Newton Understood that Nature Manifests Design of the Highest Order

_{Michael Egnor
January 1, 2018

Engineering, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
December 30, 2017

Categories
Astronomy
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, __nedited, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, coincidence, conspiracy, earth, eclipse, General Theory of Relativity, Goldilocks Zone, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Mars, Moon, sun, The Privileged Planet}

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Perfect Eclipse, Coincidence or Conspiracy?

_{Jay W. Richards
December 30, 2017

Astronomy, Planetology, Rare Earth

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On August 21, we Americans got to see a total solar eclipse. Read More ›