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Metaxas, Berlinski: A Match Made in Heaven

The dramatic tension between the two is notable and interesting and unusual for the SITC forum, punctuated by laugh-out-loud moments of humor. Read More ›
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Science as “Evidence for a Creator”? Meyer, Lennox, and Behe Discuss

Did scientists like Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton speak easily of God as the intelligence behind nature just because that’s how everyone spoke at the time? Read More ›
Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King on Intelligent Design

The era of great men and great women, with majestic and original visions, seems to be in the past. I struggle to think of a giant alive today. Can you? Read More ›
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Pope Benedict on Intelligent Design and the Dangers of Darwinian Materialism

“We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution,” he said. “Each of us is the result of a thought of God.” Read More ›
Pillars of Creation
Photo: Pillars of Creation, by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).

Let’s Thank the Scientists Who Uplift Us

Many scientists, receiving vast support from taxpayers, are content with busying themselves in sifting dry technical details. Read More ›
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Coast to Coast — Stephen Meyer Takes the God Hypothesis to a Huge and Unusual Audience

As a rule, the show covers a fascinating a mix of topics, with an emphasis on the strange and supernatural, and is never dull. Read More ›
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Apart from Non-Material Consciousness, Science Is Impossible

Whether and how we choose to measure something has a big impact, which makers consciousness very difficult to just explain away. Read More ›
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Notre Dame Hosts a Conference on Creation, Including Intelligent Design

The organizers accepted my abstract for a talk about “The Return of Teleology to the Natural Sciences.” Read More ›
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Neuroscientist: Near-Death Experiences Are “Utterly Incompatible” with Materialism

"NDE studies suggest that after physical death, mind and consciousness may continue in a transcendent level of reality." Read More ›
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Does a New Scientific Study Offer Evidence of Life after Death?

Maybe there is no evolutionary explanation. There is certainly no discernible natural-selection benefit. Read More ›

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