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Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After (book), aneurysm, brain, Bruce Greyson, hypoxia, medical literature, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Pam Reynolds, Phoenix, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Steve Taylor, suicide, surgery, The Immortal Mind, Tulane University, University of Virginia, veridical}

To Skeptics, Four Challenges on Near-Death Experiences

_{Science & Culture
July 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary devote Chapter 6 to addressing various efforts to debunk near-death experiences. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 29, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, atheism, Atheists for Liberty, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Charles Townes, Colin Wright, cosmic designer, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, demarcation criteria, embryo, evolution, faith and science, historical sciences, immaterial genome, intelligence, intelligent design, junk DNA, Manhattan Institute, material genome, New Atheists, Nobel Prize, Plato's Revenge, prejudice, question-begging, Richard Sternberg, scientific disciplines, scientific hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, suicide}

Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a Scientific Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
May 29, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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"The idea that the universe was actually created by a supernatural intelligence is a dramatic, important idea." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, bioethics, culture, disabilities, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, family, friendship, geriatric suicide, mentally ill, Peter Singer, philosophers, Princeton University, suicide, Switzerland, The Atlantic}

Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 16, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
April 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Alasdair MacIntyre, Discovery Institute Press, England, evolution, faith and science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Henri Bergson, Jacques Maritain, Jesuits, neologisms, noosphere, paleontologists, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Robert Shedinger, Roman Catholic, suicide, supernatural, The Phenomenon of Man, theology}

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
April 10, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science

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No doubt, Teilhard had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, American Council for Science and Health, artificial intelligence, Belgium, bias, chatbot, climate change, Gary Smith, hallucination, medicine, neuroscience, privacy, psychiatry, safety, Stanford University, suicide}

Replace Psychiatrists with AI?

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February 25, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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"A Belgian man, after weeks of dialogues with his chatbot 'confidante,' committed suicide after it encouraged him to sacrifice himself for climate change." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 3, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, conversion, depression, Discovery Institute Press, emotion, Evolution News, faith and science, Father Martin Hilbert, feelings, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, Muslims, new york, Richard Dawkins, self-hatred, Stephen Meyer, suicide, William A. Dembski}

On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

_{David Klinghoffer
December 3, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, addiction, bioethicists, Brave New World, despair, drugs, faith, family, meaning, mental health, neuroscience, patriotism, purpose, Reductionism, suicide}

Bioethicists Push Psychedelics for an “Interesting” Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The dangers of taking such drugs aside, this essay reflects the reductionism of our time. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, death, doctors, euthanasia, hospitals, kidneys, medicine, Netherlands, Newsweek, organ donation, organ harvesting, organs, suicide}

Medical Journal Has a Ghoulish Proposal: Conjoining Euthanasia with Organ Harvesting

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 1, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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This much is clear: We are far down the road of objectifying the bodies of suicidal people to permit unethical acts. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Tagged
, Antony Flew, anxiety, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, depression, Huffington Post, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, suicide, The Atlantic, There Is a God}

Not with a Bang: How the New Atheism Fizzled

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 30, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning

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It didn’t help that Hitchens and Dennett are deceased. But what’s significant is that they were not replaced. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, animals, Australia, Jack Kevorkian, Kathryn Jean Lopez, media, nihilism, Philip Nitschke, Sarco, suicide, suicide prevention, Switzerland, tragedies}

“Doctor” Nitschke’s Suicide Pod Claims Its First Victim

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

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Was the capsule tested? If so, how? On animals? Who knows? Somehow, these questions don’t get asked. Read More ›