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The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

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Image: An 1883 depiction of the great Lisbon earthquake, via Wikimedia Commons.

Darwin and the Problem of Pain

For many Enlightenment Age Europeans, the death-knell for belief in an omnipresent, interventionist God had been sounded by the great Lisbon earthquake. Read More ›
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Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views

Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design. Read More ›
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Nature’s Wonder — A Tale of Two Scientists

Charles Darwin described an atrophied sensitivity to “grandeur” that he noted in himself. Read More ›
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Darwin and the Ghost of Lamarck

The lure of Lamarck was exemplified most strikingly in the case of Viennese biologist Paul Kammerer and the unhappy affair of the “midwife toad.” Read More ›
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young Darwin statue
Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

What Are the Top Scientific Problems with Evolution?

No sane person believes that nothing changes over time, or that the cosmos, technology, and culture have no history. 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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Listen, or Watch: West and McLean on Science, C. S. Lewis’s Journey, and More

Actor Max McLean points out an insight from Lewis on the role of apologetic and other arguments in maintaining faith. Read More ›
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An Artist Examines Evolution

We may dispute what Darwin felt or thought in the privacy of his study — but the bulk of his writings fall clearly into advocating for one perspective: naturalism. Read More ›
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Origins of a Dictum

“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It's almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents. Read More ›

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