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The Brain Prosperity Gospel: Can “Neurotheology” Be Real Science?

Neurotheology is likely to become just another materialist fad in which the human rational and spiritual soul is reduced to evolved meat. Read More ›
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Noncoding “Junk” DNA Is Important for Limb Formation

Some defenders of evolutionary orthodoxy would have us believe that we’ve only found a handful of non-coding DNA sequences that have function. Read More ›
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Are Head Transplants Soul Transplants?

The question of the disposition of the soul depends on what we mean by “soul.” Is the soul a thing somewhere in the brain, so to speak, or in the body? Read More ›
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Egnor: Disturbing Questions About Consciousness

Think about this next time you are put under general anesthesia, which I hope neither you nor I will be anytime soon. Read More ›
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Delaying Puberty, or Destroying It?

For children with gender dysphoria, blocking puberty is not just buying time. It is more like a point of no return. Read More ›
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A Physician Describes How Behe, and Intelligent Design, Changed His Mind

There’s no better tribute to the power of ideas than a changed mind. Erik Strandness is a physician in Spokane, WA, practicing neonatal medicine. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin statue Shrewsbury
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What We Can Learn from Darwin

We hear a lot of talk these days about “following the science.” But science rarely speaks with one unified voice. Read More ›
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Charles Darwin
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How Darwin’s Worldview Shaped Darwin’s Theory

It was at Edinburgh University that he first encountered radical philosophical materialism, which laid the philosophical foundation for his work in evolution. Read More ›
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Why Water Is Important for Human Life — A Doctor Explains

Biologist Ray Bohlin and physician Howard Glicksman discuss the body’s wondrous control systems for using water. Read More ›

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