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Whitewashing Evolution with Borrowed Paint

A team of known materialistic Darwinists promotes their helpfulness in solving the pandemic, but to do so, they steal values from outside their toolkit. Read More ›
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Much Nothing about Ado: The Uselessness of Dehumanized Darwinism

To Darwinians, people are just another species of animal. But when they invent models to try to explain how human animals evolve their behaviors, chaos ensues. Read More ›
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A Layman’s Tribute to Phillip Johnson

I had heard many public movement leaders say they wanted regular folks like me to engage, but they never really provided an opportunity. Read More ›
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Listen: Nancy Pearcey on the Surprising Early History of Darwinism

Some of Darwin’s chief defenders believed in God or a “vital force” guiding evolution. But Darwin would have none of it. Read More ›
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Philosophers Want Back into Science

One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do. Read More ›
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Listen: Nancy Pearcey on How Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

One historian says Darwin’s naturalism came first, and “only later did he find a theory to validate his convictions.” Read More ›
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Nancy Pearcey Answers the Charge: “You Guys Lost”

“Without Hegel there would have been no Darwin,” Pearcey explains. Read More ›
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Pearcey: “Stephen Hawking’s Final Salvo”

A new book is out under his name. The first chapter asks, “Is there a God?” Answer: No. Read More ›
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Nancy Pearcey: Love Your Designed Body, Made for a Purpose

Who — or what — determines what we are? Why does it matter? And how should we act in light of the answers to those questions? Read More ›

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