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Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›
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Is Evolution’s “Third Way” Natural? (And Are We Allowed to Reference It?) 

As the body of evidence against the Darwinian model has grown ever larger, many scientists have started peeling off to look for other options. Read More ›
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What Is the Essence of Life? 

The strength of the intelligent design explanation for life lies in its full-orbed ability to address all aspects of life. Read More ›
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Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.” Read More ›
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James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Assessing Denis Noble’s (Non-ID) Critique of Darwinism

No matter what we do to the DNA of a fruit fly embryo, there are only three possible outcomes: a normal fruit fly, a defective fruit fly, or a dead fruit fly. Read More ›
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What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›
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Evolution With and Without Multiple Simultaneous Changes

Darwinism is committed to evolution happening gradually, one step at a time, by single mutational changes. Read More ›
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University of Chicago Biochemist: All Living Cells Are Cognitive

James Shapiro’s recent paper points out, with examples, that bacteria meet the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “cognitive.” Read More ›

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