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Earthrise
Photo: Earthrise, by Bill Anders, Apollo 8, via NASA.

Astronomer: We Can’t Just Assume Countless Earths Out There

The Copernican Principle has been misused to imply that Earth is somehow insignificant. That is a philosophical attitude, unrelated to the science. Read More ›
human brain
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Dualism and Materialism in Modern Neuroscience

Wilder Penfield concluded that free will is not in the brain — it is an immaterial power of the mind.  Read More ›
storm clouds
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Answering the Divine Hiddenness Argument for Atheism

In my recent debate with Matt Dillahunty about the existence of God, Dillahunty invoked his favorite argument against God’s existence. Read More ›
Common cuttlefish
Photo credit: Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis), © Hans Hillewaert.

Stunning Video of Chameleon-Like Abilities of Cephalopods

Sometimes you don’t need a rigorous logical, scientific, or mathematical demonstration to reveal evidence of design in nature. Read More ›
Dembski
Photo: William Dembski, via Discovery Institute.

What Got My Attention about Intelligent Design

Bill Dembski pointed out that design detection, far from being an esoteric inference, lay in fact at the center of many normal human inquiries and activities. Read More ›
Spring on Saturn
Photo: Spring on Saturn, by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Physicist Eric Hedin: Cosmology Points to Cosmic Design

Dr. Hedin argues that the dogmatic rule that natural science should only ever invoke natural causes has at its heart a logical problem. Read More ›
Koontz

God Hypothesis: Praise from Dean Koontz for Meyer’s “Cold Logic,” “Meticulous Analysis”

Until now we’ve focused on all the applause from scientists. But of course the book is not just a scientific treatise. It’s also a great read. Read More ›
J.P. Moreland
Photo: J. P. Moreland, via Crossway Books.

Stephen Meyer and J. P. Moreland Take on Theistic Evolution and Materialism

They also answer logical challenges directed at intelligent design theory and highlight crucial problems with thinking that science thrives best on its own. Read More ›
Hawking zero gravity
Hawking zero gravity
Photo credit: Jim Campbell/Aero-News Network [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

From Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking in Three Catastrophic Steps

Nothing is more poisonous, for the young and the old alike, than the perception that the smart money is all on atheism. Of course, it’s not. Read More ›
rafting dinosaurs
Image credit: Raul Martin, via EurekAlert! (no restrictions).

More Just-So Rafting Stories: This Time, Dinosaurs

In the past we’ve covered proposals from evolutionists that monkeys rafted across oceans. Why would anyone make such an outlandish proposal? Read More ›

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