Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

materialism

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Author
Giuseppe Sermonti
Date
November 9, 2025
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Book Excerpt: Why Is a Fly Not a Horse?

Giuseppe Sermonti
November 9, 2025
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Evolutionism is really more of a paradigm or methodology than a theory. For its supporters, the important thing is that it was due to natural causes. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 5, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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As Evidence of a Soul, Charles Murray and Steven Pinker Debate Terminal Lucidity

Denyse O’Leary
November 5, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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Pinker himself is fresh from getting a book tour Canceled by a humanist group. He’s apparently not one of the atheist heroes any more. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 2, 2025
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Chemistry
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Freedom
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When Science Degenerates into a Spoils System

Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2025
Chemistry, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Freedom
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Chemistry professor Anna Krylov forces us to look at that in discouraging detail. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 28, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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What Can Science Tell Us About the Existence of God?

Andrew McDiarmid
October 28, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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The worldview of materialism is increasingly at odds with the latest scientific discoveries of the last hundred years. Read More ›
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Conceptual art journey to dream. Step into another world, Inside of brain, fantasy, escape from life concept. Made with Generative AI
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 20, 2025
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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From Charles Murray to Dan Brown, the Culture Is Maturing Toward the Immortal Mind

David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2025
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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The existence of an immaterial reality, a soul, or a genome, is a concept that has been bubbling up, independently, across a range of minds. Read More ›
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Author
Brian Miller
Date
October 13, 2025
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
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Innovative New Book by French Authors Complements Meyer’s God Hypothesis

Brian Miller
October 13, 2025
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics
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Kurt Gödel is not as widely known in popular culture as Einstein, but mathematicians consider his work just as revolutionary and foundational. Read More ›
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One Monarch Butterfly
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 12, 2025
Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
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Why Can’t We Just Go Back to Unprovable Faith?

Denyse O’Leary
October 12, 2025
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics
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Kathleen Stock’s witty effort to blunt the force of the evidence presented in that new French book raises a stark question. Read More ›
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Declaration of Independence with glasses, quill pen and candle
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 11, 2025
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Ethics
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
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Materialism, Morality, and the Erosion of Objective Rights

Andrew McDiarmid
October 11, 2025
Ethics, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)
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How is the job of a scientist similar to the job of an attorney? And how do you define evidence? Read More ›
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Cash Register Drawer Close Up
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 18, 2025
Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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In Science, the Cost of Defending Materialism Is Rising

Denyse O’Leary
September 18, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
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Neuroscientist Àlex Gómez-Marín raises — in the very venue that hosts, say, Roger Penrose and Sabine Hossenfelder — the validity of telepathy research. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 8, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
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Science Without Materialism: Yes, It Would Still Work

Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2025
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science
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What if we assume that our minds really are immaterial? Math still adds up, physics and chemistry are still true, logic still works. Read More ›

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