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Can Formless Matter Exist? A Pitfall in Reading Biblical Texts

The solution is to go back to the source and follow the text to see what it actually says. Read More ›
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Concept of biochemistry with dna molecule, Human face, DNA on dark background. Ai generated
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The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Read More ›
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Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer

An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›
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Platonic Minds: How Stuart Burgess’s Ultimate Engineering Challenges Maverick Biologist Michael Levin

Levin faces a measure problem analogous to that in cosmology, resulting from the optimality of biological designs. Read More ›
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Catholicism and Evolution: A Response to Stephen Barr

These publications are far from telling, in Barr’s words, “the full story of how the Church did react to the theory of evolution.” Read More ›
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Michael Levin and the Philosophy of Intelligent Design

Levin is not a reflexive Darwinian materialist. Moreover, he touches on many themes that intelligent design theorists touch on. Read More ›
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Math, Mystery, and the Mind of God: A Conversation

The discussion takes place against a stunning Alpine background, which is appropriate since the mysterious beauty of mathematics, is a theme. Read More ›
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No. 3 Story for 2025: Immaterial Genome Is Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Read More ›
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According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Read More ›
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Calm Down, the Universe as a Simulation Is Mathematically Impossible

The idea that information underlies the universe is compatible with the very intelligent design theory that Lawrence Krauss has opposed in the past. Read More ›

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