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Hidden or Revealed? Two New Guides for the Perplexed

As many already know, the beloved podcaster Scott Adams, beset by cancer, is wavering on death’s portal. Read More ›
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What Is the Originating Source of Design in Organisms? 

The genesis of structure-function relationships in human artifacts is as well understood as are their mechanics. Read More ›
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False Messiah: An Addendum on Darwin and Theism

The standpoint of poet John Keats is certainly gaining resonance in our doubt-ridden 21st century. I for one welcome its openness to questioning and wonder. Read More ›
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David Berlinski on Human-Chimp Differences, Human Origins, Origin of Life, and More

He challenges Stephen Jay Gould’s idea that the difference between humans and chimps is merely one of degree but not kind, calling this “utterly ridiculous.” Read More ›
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Postcard from Warsaw: Are Christians Doomed to Evolution?

At our conference, we discussed the parallels between Communism and Darwinism. Perhaps the two are fated to meet the same end. Read More ›
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Earth-Religion Mysticism Permeates Academia

The just cause of reasonably protecting nature has been co-opted into a radical international movement to subvert Western civilization. Read More ›
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The Birth of Science and of the Cosmos

Do we have to choose between science and God? Absolutely not, says philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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The Wonders of Intelligent Design in Chemistry

When we begin the study of protein synthesis, I show students a photograph of my necktie drawer before my wife spent an hour organizing it. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Did Belief in God Make Modern Science Possible?

Dr. Meyer explains the difference between mathematical information, or Shannon information, and specified information, a more meaningful type of information. Read More ›
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Darwinian Death: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics

One powerful influence on the early euthanasia movement was eugenics ideology, which emerged first in the 1860s under the leadership of Francis Galton. Read More ›

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