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For Roe’s Anniversary, Renew Your Awe of Reproduction

How do those cells “know” what to become? Where does the information reside that shapes a human in the womb? Read More ›
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New Video: “How Your Smartphone Points to God”

If evolution is defined as an unguided process, then inserting “God used” it into the sentence doesn’t affect the argument of this little video at all. Read More ›
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Beyond Cosmic Fine-Tuning: Intelligent Design in the Laws of Nature

There is only one way to explain why our universe is governed by such simple and elegant laws that support life. Read More ›
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Beyond Fine-Tuning: Why the Laws of Nature Indicate Design

The dream of finding a unique, logically necessary “theory of everything” has failed, which leaves an intriguing question: Why these specific laws? Read More ›
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A Mathematician’s Simple Yet Profound Arguments for Intelligent Design

We might think that mathematicians are focused on incredibly complex ideas and equations, far above the everyday thoughts of the rest of us. Read More ›
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are the Top 3 Reasons for Optimism on Intelligent Design in 2025

One reason is the way any materialist explanation of cosmic origins keeps looking more and more implausible. See the new book by Charles Murray on that. Read More ›
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Casey Luskin: Theistic Evolution and the Limits of Neo-Darwinism

Casey Luskin addresses the inadequacy of natural selection and random mutation to generate biological complexity. Read More ›
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Francesco Redi and the Founding of Modern Biology

Why was it so important that the flea should have come out of an egg and not simply from filth? Read More ›
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Life’s Informational Discontinuities: Where Unintelligent Processes Fail

In our experience, this type of specified information always comes from a mind, whether it’s hieroglyphics or the origin of a car. Read More ›
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Don’t Let Scientific Elites Settle the Question of Design in Nature for You

When it comes to science, many people don’t take the time to learn the evidence and arguments directly. Read More ›

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