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Jerry Coyne

C.S. Lewis
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On Intelligent Design, Do Your Own Homework. Make Up Your Own Mind.

C.S. Lewis encountered an objection to his literary criticism analogous to Kevin Williamson’s and explored its underlying logic. Read More ›
University of Bologna
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Atheism’s Myth of a Christian Dark Ages Is Unbelievable

Did Christianity really drag the West into an anti-scientific “Dark Ages,” a period said to stretch from the fall of Rome to 1450 AD? Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
materialists
Photo: Jerry Coyne interviewed by Dave Rubin on The Rubin Report (screen shot).

From Materialists, More Reductio ad Absurdum 

Quite honestly, I think we should be grateful to people like Coyne and Hawking, who carry materialism to its logical conclusions. Read More ›
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Jerry Coyne
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Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will

Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed. Read More ›
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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 ›
Justin Bieber
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To Bolster Belief in Evolution, Study Recommends Celebrity Endorsements

The study’s design revealed much about the motives of the investigators. Read More ›
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Photo: Michael Behe in Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, via Discovery Institute.

Michael Behe and His Critics

If the past is any guide, where the critics are substantive rather than snarky or patronizing, we’re in for a good debate. Read More ›
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evolution
Photo: Michael Behe, author of Darwin Devolves, via Discovery Institute.

Evolutionist Attacks Behe Book’s Title

But here’s the lamest thing of all: as a prominent participant in a debate, decrying an idea you don’t understand and on which you haven’t bothered to educate yourself. Read More ›
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atheists
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On Science, Morality, and Wonder, an Atheist Rebukes Other Atheists

An image offered by Einstein, of the sublimely mysterious library, is sensitive and beautiful. Read More ›
Courageous-Behe
Photo: Michael Behe, in a scene from Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines.

Behe’s Irreducible Complexity Validated by Chemistry Nobel

Darwinist Jerry Coyne misunderstands design science. Intelligent design is two scientific inferences. Read More ›

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