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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Archbishop Fénelon, atoms, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Christianity, Cicero, creator, culture, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, endowed by our creator, faith and science, Founding, government, happiness, intelligence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, John Adams, John Ray, John West, liberty, life, liturgy, natural philosophers, natural science, nature, pagans, philosophy, Psalms, race, revelation, Richard Blackmore, rights, Romans, Salvo Magazine, science, stars, Thomas Jefferson, universe}

John West: The Science Underlying the American Founding

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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Notice that Jefferson held this “without appeal to revelation.” That is, the study of nature alone was sufficient to produce “a conviction of design.” Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
March 11, 2026

Categories
History of Science
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, aether, air, Aristotle, Bible, Center for Science and Culture, change, circular movement, cosmologists, creation, dark energy, dark matter, destruction, earth, elements, ethers, fire, galaxies, heavens, heavy elements, immutability, light elements, linear movement, modern science, natural forces, night, outer space, pace, physics, rotation, smoke, speed, stars, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, water, Winston Ewert}

Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

_{Winston Ewert
March 11, 2026

History of Science, Philosophy, Physics

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Modern theories postulate entities to account for differences between what we would expect from physics and our observations of distant space. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
February 10, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, atheists, cosmology, designer, earth, Earth-mass stars, elements, existence, experimental evidence, fine-tuning, intelligent life, laws of nature, life, low-mass stars, materialism, multicellular life, multiverse, natural processes, observational evidence, Sean Carroll, stars, sun, theoretical physicists, universes}

Why a Multiverse Doesn’t Refute Fine-Tuning

_{Eric Hedin
February 10, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

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With the multiverse hypothesis, a key supposition is that the physical parameters within alternative universes somehow vary over an undefined range. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alan H. Guth, Alexander Vilenkin, Arvind Borde, Battle of the Big Bang, Big Bang, cosmology, designer substitute, galaxies, general relativity, gravity, hydrogen, Isaac Newton, mathematics, Michael G Strauss, mind, natural laws, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, physicists, physics, Planck time, quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, Singularity, stars, universe}

Can Equations Serve as a Designer Substitute?

_{Eric Hedin
January 26, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

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To achieve “something rather than nothing” requires more than an equation, more than mathematics. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 2, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, beach, berries, black hole, carbon dioxide, chance, electromagnetic force, forces of nature, fundamental forces, fusion, gravity, hemoglobin, house of cards, matter, mineral salts, oxygen, particles, Periodic Table, physical limitations, physical resources, physics, protostar, stars, statistical interference, strong nuclear force, trajectory, universe, water, weak force}

What the Forces of Nature Can Do — And What They Can’t

_{Eric Hedin
January 2, 2026

Intelligent Design, Physics

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Our universe not only has limited physical resources, but also informational limits, and the only way to overcome these is by intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Brian Miller, cosmos, electromagnetism, Ellie Feder, fine-tuning, gravity, intelligent design, laws of nature, life, molecules, podcast, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation, stars, Theory of Everything, universe, weirdness}

Beyond Fine-Tuning: Why the Laws of Nature Indicate Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 2, 2025

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The dream of finding a unique, logically necessary “theory of everything” has failed, which leaves an intriguing question: Why these specific laws? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
November 10, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, astrophysics, atomic bomb, atomic nucleus, black hole, electrons, Energy, fundamental forces, fundamental forces (series), gravity, hydrogen, intelligent design, life, molecule, nucleus, Periodic Table, planets, proton, stars, sun, supernovae}

Building the Foundations: The Strong Nuclear Force

_{Eric Hedin
November 10, 2025

Intelligent Design, Physics

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If the strong force suddenly turned off, the nuclei in an object as small as a gold ring would explode with energy equivalent to a small atomic bomb. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 19, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, bacteria, behavior, biochemistry, biological information, biology, biosignatures, cells, cognition, communication, Darwinism, decision-making, digestion, emergent properties, emotions, Eric Hedin, heart rate, human beings, ID the Future, information processing, intelligent design, interviews, life, nervous system, physical laws, physicists, rocks, single-celled organisms, stars, undirected processes, water}

Physicist Eric Hedin: Information Processing as a Hallmark of Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 19, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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I begin a two-part conversation with Dr. Eric Hedin, a physicist and author who’s been asking bold questions about the hidden patterns of life. Read More ›

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Author
Aaron Zimmer

Date
May 8, 2025

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, electron, fine-tuning, galaxies, intelligent cause, life, molecules, multiverse, natural constants, planets, scientists, stars, universe}

The Purpose of Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Aaron Zimmer
May 8, 2025

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

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True, without fine-tuning there would be no life, but that’s only because life depends on everything else, like atoms and stars. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, atoms, Bible, Boltzmann brain, Donald Trump, dragons, Elie Feder, life, measure problem, molecules, physical constants, physical laws, Physics to God, planets, quantum fluctuations, rivers, Roger Penrose, stars, universe}

The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

_{Brian Miller
January 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›