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Life Devalued: Suicide and Infanticide in Classical Antiquity

Nick Vujicic’s story would probably have turned out quite differently if he had been born in ancient Greece or Rome. Read More ›
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A Closer Look at Natural Law 

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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The War on 2 + 2 = 4

The people weighing in against 2 + 2 = 4 are not mathematicians but in education departments where they teach the teaching of mathematics. Read More ›
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Is Natural Law Irreducible?

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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Let’s Explore How Cosmology Influenced Christianity

Many centuries prior to the rise of modern science, the philosophers of antiquity recognized the inherent rationality of the natural word. Read More ›
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Muslims Should Be Natural Allies of Intelligent Design 

I have been invited to speak at many Islamic Centers throughout the United States and Canada over the last ten years. Read More ›
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Melissa Cain Travis: Explaining the Uncanny “Cosmic Resonance” of Mathematics

Travis considers the history of Western thinking from Pythagoras and the pre-Socratic philosophers to Philo of Alexandria and onward. Read More ›

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