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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, God Hypothesis, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientists, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, universe}

Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, designer, fiction, hospital, human origins, jesus, myths, religion, Roman Catholic, Sapiens review, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, selfish genes, unguided evolution, Yuval Noah Harari}

Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

_{Casey Luskin
July 26, 2021

Faith & Science

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Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 24, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, Alexander H. Stephens, alt-right, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Darwinian evolution, eugenics, Galileo Galilei, genocide, Human Zoos, John West, March for Science, Oregon, Portland, Psalms, Racism, religion, Seattle, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Descent of Man, William Harvey}

Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

_{David Klinghoffer
July 24, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, African Savannah, brain, cathedrals, DNA, East Africa, evolution, evolutionary biologists, genetic mutations, gods, Homo sapiens, human beings, human rights, justice, laws, money, Neanderthals, paleoanthropologists, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Yuval Noah Harari}

In Sapiens, Admissions and Overstatements about Human Evolutionary Origins

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Harari’s conjecture — “There are no gods” — forms the very basis for everything he says in the rest of the book. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 19, 2021

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, academics, faith, Galen Strawson, history, human origins, Justin Brierley, Oxford University, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Summer Seminars, The New Yorker, Unbelievable, Washington Post, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

New Review Series — Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens

_{Casey Luskin
July 19, 2021

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Earlier this year an ID-friendly scientist contacted me to ask my opinion of the book. He mentioned a former Christian who had lost his faith after reading it. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alister McGrath, BioLogos, Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, dialogue, faith, Francis Collins, Michael Ruse, religion, scientists, theistic evolution, theology, Tom Gilson}

How Science and Faith Relate — Three Options

_{Jonathan Witt
June 29, 2021

Faith & Science

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"Dialogue," in practice, can quickly devolve into a monologue where religion is supposed to sit down and shut up the moment there is a point of difference. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
May 1, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, Blaise Pascal, Bret Weinstein, Christopher Hitchens, Evergreen State College, human nature, Jonathan Haidt, New Atheists, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, Substack, theists}

Where Steve Meyer Agrees with an Atheist Marxist

_{Bethel McGrew
May 1, 2021

Faith & Science

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The New Atheism is dead, or so maverick writer Freddie deBoer argues. But that doesn’t mean the New Atheists lost. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
April 23, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, astrology, elitism, evolutionary theory, intelligentsia, Ivy League, materialism, New York Times, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Ross Douthat, secularists, Stephen Meyer}

God Hypothesis in the Elitist’s Eye

_{Bethel McGrew
April 23, 2021

Faith & Science

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The secularist is right to feel uncomfortable as he mouths a theistic creed. Theists, for their part, should respect this reluctance. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
April 6, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Psychology
Science Education
Tagged
, atheism, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, churches, Darwinism, Human Zoos, intelligent design, Luther College, materialism, Mother Teresa, religion, spirituality, young people}

Intelligent Design May Speak to Young People’s Spiritual Interests

_{Robert Shedinger
April 6, 2021

Intelligent Design, Psychology, Science Education

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The rapidly changing religious demographics of American society constitutes an undoubtedly complex sociological issue that will resist easy explanation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 11, 2021

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, atheism, Ball State University, Big Tech, Canceled Science, censorship, China, Christian colleges, computational biology, creation science, creationism, East Coast, equality, Eric Hedin, freedom, freedom from religion foundation, intelligent design, Israel, Jerry Coyne, justice, lockdown, punishment, race, religion, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientists, The Boundaries of Science, Wall Street Journal, Washington University}

In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists

_{David Klinghoffer
March 11, 2021

Scientific Freedom

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The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided. Read More ›