Tag: Rod Dreher

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2026

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Tagged
, aliens, Bethel McGrew, Bible, blockbuster, C. S. Lewis, Casey Luskin, charm, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, demons, director, Disclosure Day, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, empathy, entertainment, extraterrestrials, faith, faith and science, government, heresy, humanoids, humans, humor, intelligent design, Jews, life forms, marketing, movies, Rod Dreher, Science and Culture Today, social media, Space Trilogy, spirituality, Steven Spielberg, storytelling, sweaters, theaters, theology, ticket sales, Variety}

Spielberg’s Latest Is E.T. Without the Charm

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2026

Arts, Faith & Science

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Of the two characters in the film whom Steven Spielberg presents to us as the most compassionate and wise, one is a Catholic nun. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
May 13, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheists, beauty, Chartres Cathedral, Christians, Christopher Hitchens, creator, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, DNA, fine-tuning, fish, Francis Crick, God Is Not Great, gratuitous beauty, humans, intelligent design, James Joyce, ocean, philosophers, photography, quietness, religious believers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Sternberg, Rod Dreher, Stephen Meyer, survival, The Story of Everything, theaters, universe, Whittaker Chambers, womb}

Under Aesthetic Arrest: Even an Atheist Might Stop and Think

_{Bethel McGrew
May 13, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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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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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 2, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Christianity, Darwinism, Enlightenment, faith and science, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Jonah Goldberg, Jordan Peterson, Living in Wonder, Matthew Crawford, New York Times, Paul Kingsnorth, podcast, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rod Dreher, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, universe}

Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility

_{Peter Biles
February 2, 2025

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
January 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, atheism, beauty, brain, culture, faith, human experience, intelligent design, Living in Wonder, Matthew Crawford, meaning, New Atheism, Paul Kingsnorth, Rod Dreher, scientism, secular culture, The Free Press}

Recovering the Right Brain in a Scientistic Culture

_{Peter Biles
January 5, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

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Science and technology were hailed as the saviors of mankind, but instead, they’ve helped to push out crucial aspects of the human experience. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 1, 2020

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, cancel culture, censorship, evolution, free speech, human dignity, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, race, Richard Sternberg, Rod Dreher, scientists, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, The New Republic}

Andrew Sullivan, Meet Richard Sternberg

_{David Klinghoffer
September 1, 2020

Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

3}

This is another illustration of what Michael Egnor and others have said: intelligent design was the “canary in the coal mine” when it comes to cancel culture. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "poor design", bacterial flagellum, blood-clotting cascade, colleges, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, education, Human Errors, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, post-modernism, Rod Dreher, Seattle, Summer Seminars, universities, Washington Post}

Darwinism, Post-Modernism, and the Summer Seminars

_{David Klinghoffer
March 26, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While historically belonging to the pre-modern 19th century, Darwinian evolution teaches what amounts to the deconstruction of what was understood before to be the great design of biology. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Brave New World, China, Falun Gong, gene editing, genetic engineering, Harvard Medical School, He Jiankui, Hong Kong, Nobel Prize, Rod Dreher, Science (journal), scientists}

China Turns Against “Rogue” Gene Engineer

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 29, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

3}

Engaging in biotechnological and other medical research in China can free one from normal ethical concerns. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Civil War, farming, history, Industrial Revolution, Jay Richards, jobs, liberalism, robots, Rod Dreher, socialism, The Human Advantage, unemployment, United States, Utopia}

Richards: Using Artificial Intelligence to Sell the Welfare State

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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There’s an undoubted sense of crisis in the air. Read More ›