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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew Klavan, Claremont Review of Books, Leo Tolstoy, Marvel Cinematic Universe, morality, multiverse, narrative, Oxford University, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Meyer and Klavan: How the Multiverse Ruins Science…and Storytelling

_{David Klinghoffer
November 15, 2022

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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"The multiversal Marvel Cinematic Universe is a world without narrative stakes, moral meaning, or tragedy, because it is a world without consequences." Read More ›

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Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, Big Think, Elon Musk, Marcelo Gleiser, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, Oxford University, simulation, simulation theory}

Physicist: Why the “Alien Simulation” Hypothesis Is Bunk

_{Science & Culture
July 11, 2022

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Assuming that the regression does not continue endlessly, only the First Simulator is real. But then, why do any simulators even bother? Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Geology
Tagged
, BBC, Bible, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Christianity, creation, Darwinism, faith, fundamentalism, Gospels, HMS Beagle, Honest to God, John Robinson, miracles, New Testament, Old Testament, original sin, orthodoxy, Oxford University, Principles of Geology, revelation, Richard Dawkins, Robert Fitzroy, Rudolf Bultmann, theology, Tower of Babel, Victorians}

Darwin, Lyell, and a Tale of Two Faiths

_{Neil Thomas
July 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Geology

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Darwin found himself in the unhappy position of having his faith undermined by what he saw as the non-directed processes of geological and biological evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, antiquity, Aristotle, atomism, Cambridge University, Darwinism, David Hume, Enlightenment, evolution, Gospels, Judeo-Christian tradition, Meister Eckhart, Mendelian genetics, Middle Ages, New Testament, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Aquinas, Victorians}

On Darwinism and the Abdication of Reason

_{Neil Thomas
June 16, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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It is a pity that Darwin’s homeland no longer boasts a satirist of the caliber of Thomas Love Peacock to exploit this rich seam of comic absurdity. Read More ›

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Date
January 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Geophysics
Origin of Life
Rare Earth
Tagged
, bacteria, biophysics, Cambrian Explosion, eukaryotes, evolution, geochemistry, geophysics, heme, hemoglobin, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, iron, Mars, nutrients, oceans, Oxford University, oxygen, PNAS, supernova, toxicity, Washington University}

No Iron, No Life: Intelligent Design in Iron Availability

_{Science & Culture
January 25, 2022

Biology, Geophysics, Origin of Life, Rare Earth

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As an exercise, count the number of lucky breaks that had to occur for the evolutionary story to work. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 12, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, asteroid, Christianity, eugenics, euthanasia, extinction, human extinction, Humanize, Oxford University, Social Darwinism, suffering, transhumanism, University of Calgary}

Bioethicists Okay Human Extinction to Eliminate Suffering

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 12, 2021

Bioethics, Physical Sciences

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A few months ago, Oxford professor Roger Crisp opined that we might not want to stop a huge asteroid from hitting the Earth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 9, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Against the Tide, Christianity, Douglas Axe, Evolution News, faith, God's Undertaker, intelligent design, john lennox, Judaism, Kevin Sorbo, movies, Oxford University, reviewers, science, Stephen Meyer, William A. Dembski}

Against the Tide — Back in New Formats, to Buy or Stream; Plus John Lennox on Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
December 9, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Stephen Meyer interviewed Professor Lennox about his relationship with C. S. Lewis and much more in the film. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
October 26, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Columbus, evolution, Gifford lectures, J.B.S. Haldane, knowledge, Miracles (book), natural selection, naturalism, Oxford University, Plato, The Most Reluctant Convert, Victor Reppert}

C. S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason

_{Jay W. Richards
October 26, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Naturalists, like everyone else, generally trust their reason to lead them to truth. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 23, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, creator, faith, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, mathematician, Oxford University, Science Uprising, Stephen Hawking, universe}

Oxford’s John Lennox: Why Science and the Universe Itself Call for a Creator

_{David Klinghoffer
September 23, 2021

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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That there is something at all rather than nothing is a truth that atheists Stephen Hawking, Lawrence Krauss, and others have sought to smooth other. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 14, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Discovery Institute, Lawrence Krauss, Oxford University, Science Uprising, Stephen Meyer}

Tomorrow: The Return of Science Uprising!

_{David Klinghoffer
September 14, 2021

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The brand new episode is “Big Bang: Something from Nothing?” I’m very pleased with how it turned out. Read More ›