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Transformative: “Mary,” a PhD Biochemistry Student, on the Summer Seminars on ID

Why does she use a pseudonym in the interview? You may be able to guess, but listen in to hear her explanation. Read More ›
Buzz-Aldrin
Photo: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon, 1969, via Wikimedia Commons.

Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Read More ›
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
Photo: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, 1988 Moscow Summit, by Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989Collection: White House Photographic Collection, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

On Ronald Reagan’s Birthday, Let’s Appreciate His Debt — and Ours — to Intelligent Design

President Reagan wrung a startling spiritual concession from his Communist counterpart — with an argument for intelligent design. Read More ›
aurora borealis
Photo: Aurora borealis, by NASA/ Bill Dunford.

The Return of Natural Theology

Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Read More ›
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Why Mathematics and Literature Point to Intelligent Design

In an era where un-design is celebrated, a mathematician shows that structure and order are inherent in both literature and the universe. Read More ›
Saleem Ali
Photo: Saleem Ali, via Unbelievable?/YouTube (screenshot).

Kudos: Saleem Ali, ID Critic, Agrees to Talk with an ID Proponent

Dr. Ali’s comments in his discussion with Meyer and Brierley are a little bit of a word salad, but never mind. Read More ›
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Listen: Tour and Miller on the Engines We Can’t Live Without

Also in this surprisingly accessible mix — feedback loops, physicist Jeremy England, and much more. Read More ›
Moon over Space Needle
Photo: Moon over Seattle's Space Needle, by Nathan Jacobson.

Intelligent Design and the “Transformative” Summer Seminar: A Student Reflects

What about the charge that ID is a “curiosity killer,” tempting scientists to answer every natural mystery with a shrug and a “God did it”? Read More ›
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Hey, Paul Davies — Your ID Is Showing

No better advertisements for intelligent design exist than works written by establishment scientists that unintentionally make design arguments. Read More ›
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Photo: An oak tree, by Abrget47j [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Aquinas’ Fifth Way: The Proof from Specification

What’s remarkable in nature is not so much that nature follows complex patterns, but that it follows any pattern at all. Read More ›

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