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Is ID Bad Theology? No, but the Objection Is

Mark Vernon has mistaken a narrow deism for theism and then charged theists with blasphemy for considering God free to act within the created order. Read More ›
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Photo: Gertrude Himmelfarb on Booknotes, with Brian Lamb, in 1995 via YouTube (screenshot).

#10 Story of 2020: Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb

It is comforting to know that Himmelfarb never lost her intellectual acuity or her moral passion on the subject. Read More ›
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Ethicist Protests Politicized Science — Alas, That Horse Left the Barn Long Ago

It is all about the costs of getting on the wrong side of the power structure. To say that this “chills” debate about scientific issues is an understatement. Read More ›
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Photo: Yellow star, Belgium, 1942, by DRG-fan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Intelligent Design’s Yellow Star: Journal’s Disclaimer Refutes a Common Criticism of ID

Critics of intelligent design (ID) often lecture ID proponents that they are free to submit their work to any scientific journal. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, Eric Metaxas: Gain and Loss and the Origin of Life

On his radio show today, Eric Metaxas talked with philospher of science Stephen Meyer about the reissue of an expanded version of the Ur-text of intelligent design. Read More ›
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Photo at the top: Adolf Grünbaum, a screenshot from “GrunbaumEngage,” a tribute by the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh.

Opposition Is True Friendship: A Remembrance of Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018)

How an atheist philosopher of science mentored an intelligent design theorist. Read More ›
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Cosmos 3.0 Revisits Themes of the Past, with Familiar Historical Mythmaking

At a couple of points in episode 1, Neil deGrasse Tyson employs the “Book of Nature” metaphor, but he never gives its proper historical context. It’s actually a Christian concept. Read More ›
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Darwinism, Jews, and White Nationalists

A right-wing Polish member of parliament, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, recently made waves with an astonishing claim. Read More ›
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New Head of Brazilian Education Agency Supports Free Speech in Origins Debate

Dr. Benedito Neto hosted a delegation of scientists from Discovery Institute in 2017 for the founding of Discovery-Mackenzie, in partnership with Dr. Marcos Eberlin. Read More ›

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