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Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

Phillip E. Johnson
intelligent design
Photo: Phillip E. Johnson, by Paul Nelson.

PBS, Darwin, and Dover: An Interview with Phillip Johnson

Johnson was one of the only intelligent design proponents interviewed for and included in PBS’s science series NOVA in an episode about the Dover case. Read More ›
flagellum
irreducible complexity
Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty? Read More ›
Adam and Eve
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Does the Scientific Evidence Support Evolutionary Models of Human Origins?

The fossil record shows a break between the australopithecines, supposedly directly ancestral to our genus, and the first humanlike members of the genus. Read More ›
book burning
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Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

"Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police." Read More ›
Marx and Engels
Image: Marx and Engels, by E. Capiro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Linking Darwin Skepticism with Anti-Communism, Historian Offers a Misguided Attack

Weinberg's evidence that Discovery Institute uses intelligent design to bash communism is completely lacking. Read More ›
stop light
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Science Stopper? Intelligent Design as a Fruitful Scientific Paradigm

When critics claim that research is not permitted to detect design because that would stop science, it is they who hold science back. Read More ›
Mind The Gaps
Photo credit: WillMcC, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›
Adam and Eve
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Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Read More ›
bacterial flagellum
Image credit: Illustra Media.

Study Challenges Evolutionary Relationship Between Flagellum and Type III Secretory System

There are various types of flagella, but all function like a rotary engine made by humans. Even non-ID scientists marvel at the complexity of these machines. Read More ›
Brierley Behe Swamidass
Photo: Clockwise from top left, Justin Brierley, Joshua Swamidass, and Michael Behe (screenshot).

The Myth of Behe “Refuted”

Once again, Darwinists seek to avoid an argument by using clever talk, giving the false impression of a scientist, Behe, who brushes away challenges. Read More ›

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