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Stephen Meyer’s Next Frontier: The Return of the God Hypothesis

Meyer is well known as a leading proponent of ID, the scientific alternative to theories of unguided evolution. He talks here about his exciting and important next book. Read More ›
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On Rosh Hashanah, a Note on Origins and Evidence

The origin and nature of man should be important to any thoughtful human being, of any religion or none. Read More ›
NGC 3603
Photo: NGC 3603, a star cluster, by NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

Listen: Intelligent Design, Atheism, and Nonsense of a High Order

Rabbi Moshe Averick answers the who-designed-the-designer objection, shows how questions about God and ID can’t be shoved aside as unimportant. Read More ›
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“Thomists Versus Thomas”

Remarkably parallel struggles go on, as well, in Protestant and Jewish circles, whether the debate focuses on C.S. Lewis or Maimonides, Augustine of Hippo or Samson Raphael Hirsch. Read More ›
J.P.-Moreland
Photo: J.P. Moreland, at a launch event today for book Theistic Evolution, in Providence, R.I., by Doug Axe.

Philosopher J.P. Moreland on Theistic Evolution

What does the new book have to offer the perplexed today that previous works don't? Read More ›
Toaster
Photo: A toaster, by Donovan Govan [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

No Machine, However Sophisticated, Will Ever Possess “Rights” or “Eternal” Significance

“Strong AI” machines would have no more moral importance in and of themselves than a toaster.  Read More ›
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Viewing the Eclipse from Salem, Oregon

The rabbi's wife took the best photo of the morning that I saw, with an iPhone, using two pairs of eclipse glasses as her filter. Read More ›
Darwin's dice
Ivory dice, by Liam Quin [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

“Darwin’s Dice” — Michael Flannery on the Role of Chance in Darwinian Evolution

Theistic evolutionary thinking is designed to reconcile religious believers to the denial of their own common sense. Read More ›

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