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Catholicism and Evolution: A Response to Stephen Barr

These publications are far from telling, in Barr’s words, “the full story of how the Church did react to the theory of evolution.” Read More ›
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A Neglected Dissenter from Darwinism: St. George Mivart

Mivart’s objection to Darwinism has not gone away (although it is often studiously ignored). Read More ›
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St. George Jackson Mivart: A Historical Snapshot

In the end, Darwin, Huxley, and their friends collectively decided to “cut him dead,” meaning to ostracize him socially. Read More ›
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Photo: St. George Jackson Mivart., via Wikimedia Commons.

An 1871 Critic of Darwinism Whose Criticisms Still Pack a Punch

A new series aims to restore a historically honest balance to the debate over evolution and design in the study of biological origins. Read More ›
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Credit: All photos by John West.

No. 7 Story of 2023: Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›
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Credit: All photos by John West.

New Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›
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Why Junk Design Arguments Are Junk Science

Examples of so-called “convergent” evolution are ubiquitous, including the camera eye design shared by the squid and human. Read More ›
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Humanity: Natural Selection’s Ultimate Challenge According to C. S. Lewis 

How could a blind material process produce man’s unique capabilities of reason and conscience?  Read More ›
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Ignoring the Obvious: Convergent Evolution in Strickberger’s Evolution

Remarkably, even Ernst Mayr was forced to tacitly acknowledge the challenge to Darwinism posed by convergence. Read More ›

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