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In Biology, Replacing Chance with Purpose Is the New Paradigm

The history of science begins largely in Western Europe with the overthrow of Thomistic Aristotelianism by René Descartes. Read More ›
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In Search of a Unified Theory of Life

It can be said that Erwin Schrödinger anticipated what Michael Behe formally articulated as irreducible complexity. Read More ›
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From Fantastic Four to First Causes: Why Science Has Eclipsed Darwin

Scientific materialism continues to have a strong hold on our culture today, as does the atheism that it fuels. Read More ›
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Life Itself: In Michael Levin’s Platonism, Teleology Advances

This is a huge step by a leading contemporary academic scientist away from pure physicalism. Read More ›
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The Machine Model in Medicine

The unfortunate fact is, there really are those two conflicting sides in medicine. Read More ›
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My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor 

It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual "comfort" afforded by the mechanistic consensus. Read More ›
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Against the Tide: John Lennox and Stephen Meyer

Can one person push back against the strong currents of atheism, materialism, and naturalism so evident in academia and the public square today? Read More ›
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Meyer: Theistic Implications of the Multiverse

"As for the Multiverse, even sci-fi writers now recognize that if such a thing exists, it would still require an ultimate Creator." Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, Eric Metaxas: Are Atheists Gaslighting Us?

Metaxas gently chides Dr. Meyer for his graciousness to opponents in the world of scientific atheism. Read More ›
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Meyer: “Twilight of the Godless Universe”

What is that “different direction” that Steve Meyer refers to? It looks less like a twilight and more like a dawn. Read More ›

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