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Is Matter Conserved? Ancient and Modern Views

Christians accepted that the principle, nothing comes from nothing, was true for processes in nature. God, however, was not bound by this limitation. Read More ›
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Foundational Evidence for Design: The Generalized Second Law of Thermodynamics

For almost the last 40 years, I have understood the truth of Gange's statement based on its foundation in well-established laws of physics. Read More ›
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Origins, Destiny, and Intelligent Design

Apart from an intelligent designer, “…we are forced to believe that nucleic acids eventually acquire awareness of their own existence when they are mixed.” Read More ›
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Why a Multiverse Doesn’t Refute Fine-Tuning

With the multiverse hypothesis, a key supposition is that the physical parameters within alternative universes somehow vary over an undefined range. Read More ›
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In Biology, Replacing Chance with Purpose Is the New Paradigm

The history of science begins largely in Western Europe with the overthrow of Thomistic Aristotelianism by René Descartes. Read More ›
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Dover Days: A Fatuous Decision Is About to Turn 20 Years Old

Judge Jones looked my way, and his expression seemed full of fellow feeling, as if to say, “Don’t sweat it. I’m all about free speech. I’ve got your back.”  Read More ›
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The Immaterial Origins of Human Creativity

Join Pat Flynn and his guests as they climb the metaphorical mountain of information to address the origins of human creativity. Read More ›
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Information Processing: An Unnatural Attribute of Life

The purpose-driven responsiveness of living systems to information appears as a truly confounding enigma for naturalistic explanations Read More ›
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Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›
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There’s a Limit to What Nature Can Do

Nature actually has precious few options for manipulating the natural ingredients (atoms) of this universe. Read More ›

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