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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 10, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Bible, Charles Darwin, complexification, Darwinism, Epicurus, Higher Criticism, Lawrence Krauss, Mircea Eliade, Old Testament, Plato, Richard Dawkins, Stonehenge, Victorian England}

Why Has Darwin Been Believed?

_{Neil Thomas
June 10, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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By the later 1830s educated people in England and far beyond its borders had experienced some truly convulsive existential tremors beneath their feet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Darwinism, David Coppedge, Denis Noble, evolution, free speech, intelligent design, Maimonides, persecution, Philip Ball, Plato, Robert Shedinger, Socrates, Wikipedia, writing}

Persecution and the Art of “Darwinist” Writing

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The “right kind of reader” will take the hint and absorb the “esoteric” meaning. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 6, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, Chinese, Claude Shannon, Contact (novel), demiurge, Dubai, English, etymology, Hamlet, Hebrew, information, intelligence, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Kolmogorov information, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Moses, Plato, probabilistic resources, probability, rock, SETI, Shannon information, specification, specified complexity, Stone Age, The Design Inference, Timaeus, William Shakespeare}

Why Specified Complexity Is Key to Detecting Design

_{William A. Dembski
May 6, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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In plain English here is what specified complexity is and why it is able to detect design. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, birds, carbon, computers, flowers, form, function, hydrogen, insects, laboratories, life, Life Itself, microscopes, natural law, nature, nectar, nitrogen, oxygen, Plato, polar bears, pollinators, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, seals, shape, telescopes, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism, water, wood}

A Closer Look at Natural Law

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 25, 2024

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 2, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", diffusion, Evolution News, formalism, Galileo Galilei, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, mechanics, Michael Behe, natural law, naturalists, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Plato, Pythagoras, science of purpose, scientific atheists, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, William A. Dembski}

Is Natural Law Irreducible?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 2, 2024

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

5}

Perhaps the most fundamental distinction between naturalism and intelligent design is where each metaphysical framework draws the line at irreducibility. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 25, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, creationism, Denis Noble, equivocation, evolutionary biologists, intelligent design, James Shapiro, natural, naturalism, neo-Darwinian synthesis, philosophers, Plato, Platonic forms, reality, supernatural}

Is Evolution’s “Third Way” Natural? (And Are We Allowed to Reference It?)

_{Daniel Witt
March 25, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

As the body of evidence against the Darwinian model has grown ever larger, many scientists have started peeling off to look for other options. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 25, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, belief, evidence, Five Ways, free will, history, intellectuals, intelligent design, materialism, philosophers, Pinocchio, Plato, Richard Dawkins, science, Stephen Hawking, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, worldview}

A New Look at Three Deep Questions

_{Eric Hedin
February 25, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Delving into the implications of materialistic determinism, and even quantum uncertainty, Coody provides a fresh look at the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, beauty, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, creation, design, Epicureans, human eye, intelligent design, modern life, natural world, Plato, Platonism, randomness, scientific truth, theology, Wheaton College}

For Advent, Reading St. Athanasius on the Beauty of the Universe

_{Peter Biles
December 14, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Besides the prose itself being so pleasing to read, these thoughts reaffirm some of my main reasons for believing this universe is the product of a Mind. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 21, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abortion, Aristotle, babies, children, Christianity, Cicero, clergy, image of God, infanticide, infants, pagans, parents, persons, Plato, Roman Empire}

Image of God: Are Children Persons?

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 21, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Today we take it for granted that children are special beings who require special care and attention. But it was not always so. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aesthetics, birds, childhood, ears, emotions, evolutionary adaptation, hearing, medicine, mental health, mind, music, planets, Plato, soul, sound waves, speech, sun, UC Berkeley, YouTube videos}

The Human Mind Is Wired for Music: How Did That Come About?

_{Eric Hedin
August 22, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Most of us can correctly remember melodies and lyrics learned in childhood, even years after last having heard them. Read More ›