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Return of the God Hypothesis

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Photo: Route 60 from Nazareth, by James Emery from Douglasville, United States, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

On the Road: The Science of Design in an American Context

We are indebted to the Jewish and Christian writers of the Bible for these truths. They were certainly not self-evident to other cultures of that time. Read More ›
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Fashion and Faith in Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

This brings us, at last, to the remaining “cyclic” proposal, that of Roger Penrose, which is perhaps the most quixotic of all. Read More ›
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Image: Issac Newton, by William Blake, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

“ID Takes Center Stage”: Brian Miller on the Meyer/Halper Debate

"Halper is one of the most formidable proponents of atheism, but he also admits that the discussion with Meyer was 'the toughest debate I’ve ever had.'" Read More ›
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In Fifty Years, How the Discussion About Science and Faith Has Changed

Decades ago, as I can recall from personal experience, there seemed to be only two choices. Read More ›
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Credit: All photos by Nathan Jacobson.

A Surprise Conversation About, Well, Everything

As I walked out of the theater after the movie, I heard a familiar voice. I smiled as I realized it was our colleague Jay Richards. Read More ›
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Photo: Morgan Library, New York, a collection of not unwanted books, by Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

I Want to Write a Book About Intelligent Design. What Should I Do?

The books that filled these shelves, arranged in no special order, came from anywhere and everywhere around the globe. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA, ESA, K. Alatalo (STScI); Image Processing: G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

On the BGV Theorem and Eternal Cyclic Cosmology

The beginning of the universe doesn’t need to be singular, so doubts about a singularity don’t need to translate into doubts about a beginning. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Pedrini, A. Adamo (Stockholm University) and the FEAST JWST team.

Defending Fine-Tuning: How to Respond to 20 Common Objections

Scientists have discovered a whole suite of parameters and initial conditions appear to be exquisitely tuned to allow for complex life to exist. Read More ›
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Addressing More Icons of Theistic Evolution

Professor Kuebler doesn’t acknowledge the pattern of explosions in the fossil record, but he does cite a supposed transitional form. Read More ›
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Under Aesthetic Arrest: Even an Atheist Might Stop and Think

Humans are the only creatures with a capacity for appreciating beauty beyond a rudimentary attraction to something eye-catching, shiny, or colorful. Read More ›

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