Tag: materialists

A group of monkeys on a raft in a river, carrying bunches of bananas.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Atlantic Ocean, biogeography, biological information, biology, Brandon McGuire, cosmic fine-tuning, Daily Dose of Wisdom, Denyse O’Leary, designing mind, evolution, fossils, information, materialist paradigm, materialists, mind, monkeys, multiverse, near-death experiences, New World, Old World, origin of life, origin of the universe, punctuated equilibrium, quantum fluctuation, South America, species, universe}

In Evolution, Explaining vs. Explaining Away: Rafting Monkeys and More

_{David Klinghoffer
November 13, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Casey Luskin, "If you're an evolutionist, you have a serious problem. Where do South American monkeys come from?" Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 6, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Ardales, brain, Bruniquel cave, Cantabria, cave art, Durham University, Extremadura, France, handprints, history, installation art, La Pasiega, La Roche Cotard, Loire Valley, Malaga, Maltravieso, materialists, mind, modern humans, Neanderthal art, Neanderthals, Palaeolithic cave art, Paul Pettit, pencil drawings, pigments, Spain, stalactites}

Could Neanderthals Create Art, or Were They Not Evolved Enough?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 6, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Materialists have long sought to show that Neanderthals were less mentally evolved than modern humans. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, bias, Christianity, cognitive diversity, creativity, Darwinian mechanism, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, geneticists, Graeme Johnstone, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Jack Timpany, Johannes Kepler, materialists, plants, podcast, religion, Richard Buggs, rigor, Robert Boyle, science, science stopper, scientific process, scientific revolution, scientists, Stephen Meyer, Table Talk (podcast), warfare myth}

In Science, Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 16, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Scientific Reasoning

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Contrary to the prevailing view, plant geneticist Richard Buggs says his Christian faith motivates his research. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 7, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Atheists Finding God, Ben Spencer, Big Bang, Christof Koch, cosmic microwave background radiation, Daniel Dennett, Edward Feser, English, Ex-Skeptic (podcast), France, Galen Strawson, genome, God the Science the Evidence, James Shapiro, Jana Harmon, materialists, Michel-Yves Bolloré, Nobel Prize, Olivier Bonnassies, origin of the universe, panpsychism, physics, quantum mechanics, relativity, Robert Wilson, Roman Catholics, United States, universe}

French Authors Say Science Points to God; Scientists Listen

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 7, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Computer engineer Michel-Yves Bolloré, a lifelong Catholic, and Olivier Bonnassies, who came late to faith, argue that the universe must have had a creator. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, assumptions, awake brain surgery, bank account, brain, chimpanzee genome, Chronicles Magazine, consciousness, human mind, John Zmirak, material reality, materialism, materialists, meaning, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscientists, neurosurgery, Reductionism, Roman Catholics, science, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

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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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 7, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, chemicals, disorder, entropy, evolutionary theory, God’s Grandeur, ID the Future, intelligent design, interviews, materialist thinkers, materialists, mind, mindless processes, multiverse, natural selection, natural theology, origin of life, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, podcast, scientific discoveries, teleology, YouTube channels}

Brian Miller: The Basic Challenge to Materialist Origin-of-Life Theories

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 7, 2025

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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“All natural processes tend to create greater disorder (entropy)…The origin of life requires chemicals to go into a state of both high order and high energy.” Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, americans, aneurysm, assisted suicide, atheism, brain, castration, child sacrifice, Christianity, culture, Denyse O’Leary, euthanasia, Heaven, immateriality, immortality, infinity, logic, materialism, materialists, mathematics, media, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgery, paganism, Pam Reynolds, Pam Reynolds Challenge, philosophy, physics, pornography, precision, sexual grooming, sexual mutilation, simplicity, St. Augustine, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas, surgeons, The Immortal Mind, tunnel, Western civilization}

Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Near-Death Experiences and Saving the Culture

_{John Zmirak
September 4, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a huge and complex topic. Tens of millions of people have had NDEs and similar spiritual experiences." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 26, 2025

Categories
Culture
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cautionary tale, Charles Darwin, Darwinian materialism, evolution, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: First Steps, heroism, intelligent design, Marvel Cinematic Universe, materialism, materialists, naturalists, Origin of Species, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific atheism, scientific hubris, Stephen Meyer, universe}

From Fantastic Four to First Causes: Why Science Has Eclipsed Darwin

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 26, 2025

Culture, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scientific materialism continues to have a strong hold on our culture today, as does the atheism that it fuels. Read More ›

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Date
August 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain waves, Christof Koch, Denyse O’Leary, doctors, human mind, Jacob Vazquez, materialists, medicine, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Middle Ages, near-death experiences, Skeptic Magazine, The Immortal Mind, theology, Truthful Hope}

Why Near-Death Experiences Are Being Treated More Seriously Now

_{Science and Culture
August 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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"The reason they came to get so much attention today was actually modern medical practice." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 6, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Allan CP, Aristotle, atheists, bifurcation, children, Christian civilization, Christians, civilization, Emma Camp, Evangelicals, gender ideology, Guillermo Gonzalez, materialists, New Atheism, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Reason Magazine, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholicism, Socrates, surgical sexual mutilation, The Privileged Planet, The Science Dilemma, theism, theists, tradcath, wokeness}

Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

_{David Klinghoffer
August 6, 2025

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Read More ›