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Casey Luskin
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The Return of Casey Luskin

As I began writing this, I read one of the comments recently posted on our main YouTube channel: “I love Discovery Institute. You guys are changing the world!” Read More ›
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On the Road with Our Supporters

These two young ladies are representative of many others who are desperately seeking our message of purpose and hope. Read More ›
Origin of Species
Douglas Axe
Photo: The Origin of Species, first edition, via Wikimedia Commons.

Can Natural Reward Theory Save Natural Selection?

An evolutionist dismantles natural selection, then tries to rescue it with his own theory. It won’t work. Read More ›
mind
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Consciousness Shows that Materialism Is False

My friend and colleague Bill Dembski, a leading advocate of intelligent design of the universe and life forms, has done a superb short interview. Read More ›
Darwin's shoes
Photo: Detail of Darwin statue, Natural History Museum, London, by Rept0n1x (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin and the Devolution of Story

Darwinian materialism suggests that the impulse toward artistic creation is merely the human songbird attracting a mate. Read More ›
lab mouse
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Has Neuroscience “Proved” that the Mind Is Just the Brain?

Yale's Steven Novella has been trying to sell his materialist ideology in the guise of neuroscience for more than a decade. Read More ›
Miracle of the Cell
Miracle of the Cell
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Bechly on Denton’s Latest: “Seminal,” a “Milestone in this Ongoing Scientific Revolution”

"In this seminal new book, distinguished biologist Michael Denton takes the fine-tuning argument for intelligent design to a whole new level." Read More ›
consciousness
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An Intelligent Design Behind Consciousness — Or an Instinctive One?

Something immaterial can’t have an effect on the material realm, presumably, so how would it be selected as advantageous by Darwinian natural selection? Read More ›
seizure
Image credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

If Materialists Are Right About the Brain, Why No “Morality Seizures”?

"There are no intellectual seizures, which is odd, given that large regions of the brain are presumed by neuroscientists to serve intellectual thought." Read More ›
sunflower
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In Biological Origins, Bottom-Up or Top-Down Causation?

Michael Denton says that the evidence has been growing for top-down causation, which poses a challenge to reductionist and materialistic origins science. Read More ›

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