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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anxiety, Book of Nature, cosmic origins, cosmos, culture, Darwinian theory, depression, Greek, Hebrew, How to Save the West, intelligent design, materialism, meaning, mental health, mind, psychologists, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, universe, young adults}

Stephen Meyer and Spencer Klavan on the Book of Nature: Is There an Author?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design was the default scientific understanding of nature and the cosmos — until the hostile takeover by Darwinian materialism. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Alvin Plantinga, Barbara Forrest, brain, C.S. Lewis, censorship, Charles Darwin, Christian colleges, Christianity, cosmologists, goodness, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, monkey, National Association of Scholars, Northwestern University, Paul Gross, physical laws, post-truth, Richard Dawkins, scientific materialism, Steven Pinker, William Graham, woke ideology, worldview}

How Scientific Materialism Begot Woke Ideology

_{William A. Dembski
December 11, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Reproductive Science

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I’m seeing people like Krauss assume the role as champions of traditional academic values (reason, merit, free discourse) against the barbarian hordes. Read More ›

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Date
December 9, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, academia, Against the Tide, atheism, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, ID the Future, john lennox, materialism, mathematician, naturalism, New Atheism, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, Peter Atkins, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheism, Stephen Meyer}

Against the Tide: John Lennox and Stephen Meyer

_{Science & Culture
December 9, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Can one person push back against the strong currents of atheism, materialism, and naturalism so evident in academia and the public square today? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, dualism, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, illusion, intentionality, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, physicalism}

Neuroscience Must Be Dualist, Whether or Not “Science” Allows It

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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No matter what terminology is chosen, the materialist project always and necessarily amounts to eliminating the mind. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, chemical evolution, Clockwork, complexity, consciousness, Elon Musk, fallacy, Harvard University, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, Lee Cronin, materialism, methodological naturalism, molecular biology, naturalism, Nature (journal), ontology, Oxford University, phase transition, quantum entanglement, Reductionism, Rice University, saltation, scientific method, theoretical physics, Unbelievable, worldview}

A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate

_{Günter Bechly
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Origin of Life

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Under the theory of an unguided process of chemical and biological evolution, should a threshold of complexity, clearly identifying life, be expected? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, brain, censorship, education, fact-checking, John Horgan, lying, materialism, misinformation, Nature (journal), propaganda, Richard Dawkins, scientific reliability, scientists, The Conversation, trust, trust in scientists, universe}

Should Scientists Lie to Us for Our Own Good?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 3, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

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People suspect that we are being conned about a lot of things. How would an accepted, admitted policy of conning us not make it worse? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, arachnids, arthropods, Charles Darwin, common descent, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, England, evolution, Evolution News, flagellum, Fossil Friday (series), Germany, horseshoe crabs, intelligent design, materialism, molecular clock studies, parsimony, phylogeny, predictions, Richard Dawkins, scorpions, spider silk, spiders, tiktaalik, Tree of Life, Winston Ewert, Wisconsin}

Fossil Friday: The Mess of Arachnid Phylogeny, and Why I’ve Become More Skeptical of Common Descent

_{Günter Bechly
December 1, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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True skeptics should question everything, and not just everything apart from Darwinism and materialism. Read More ›

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Date
November 30, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, agnostics, Alfred Russel Wallace, angels, beauty, cells, Charles Darwin, Darwinians, evolution, gods, human race, intelligence, intelligent beings, intelligent design, materialism, materialists, Michael Flannery, mind, nature, Nature's Prophet, power, purpose, universe, veins, Victorians}

New Thoughts on Evolution: Views of Professor Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., F.R.S.

_{Science & Culture
November 30, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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"The scales on the wings of a moth," he said quietly, "have no explanation in Evolution. They belong to Beauty, and Beauty is a spiritual mystery." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, C.S. Lewis, corruption, culture, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, material processes, materialism, mind, relativism, scientific progress, scientism, The Magician's Twin}

Thus Saith the Science: Recalling the Wisdom of C. S. Lewis on His 125th Birthday

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 29, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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Here, I conclude a conversation with Dr. John West about Lewis’s prophetic warnings to us about science and scientism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 23, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, academia, brain, Darwinism, evolution, Fornace, gratitude, Harvard University, intelligent design, Italy, James Tour, Lee Cronin, materialism, matter, Michael Denton, mind, Minding the Brain, Scuola di Filosofia di Fornace, Thanksgiving, The Miracle of Man}

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

_{David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Read More ›