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Dallas Conference: How Consciousness Refutes Materialism and Supports Theism

I am excited to present to you at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith on February 17. I'll be talking about the "Uniqueness of the Human Mind." Read More ›
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Cicero on Intelligent Design — Sound Familiar?

Yesterday was Cicero's birthday. To celebrate, here's my favorite quote from the Roman philosopher. Read More ›
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No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Read More ›
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To Understand Nature’s Intentionality, We Must Go Back to the Future

It required the truly inimitable intellect of Aquinas to Christianize and modernize what Aristotle had said 1,600 years before him. Read More ›
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Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›
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Can Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

Kristin Andrews thinks consciousness researchers should discard the assumptions of “white, male and WEIRD” philosophy profs and study more crabs. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer and Spencer Klavan on the Book of Nature: Is There an Author?

Intelligent design was the default scientific understanding of nature and the cosmos — until the hostile takeover by Darwinian materialism. Read More ›
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New Thoughts on Evolution: Views of Professor Alfred Russel Wallace, O.M., F.R.S.

"The scales on the wings of a moth," he said quietly, "have no explanation in Evolution. They belong to Beauty, and Beauty is a spiritual mystery." Read More ›
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Thus Saith the Science: Recalling the Wisdom of C. S. Lewis on His 125th Birthday

Here, I conclude a conversation with Dr. John West about Lewis’s prophetic warnings to us about science and scientism. Read More ›
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Read More ›

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