Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

theism

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Neil Thomas
Date
October 22, 2025
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Arts
Evolution
Faith & Science
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False Messiah: An Addendum on Darwin and Theism

Neil Thomas
October 22, 2025
Arts, Evolution, Faith & Science
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The standpoint of poet John Keats is certainly gaining resonance in our doubt-ridden 21st century. I for one welcome its openness to questioning and wonder. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
September 10, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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When Charlie Kirk Talked About Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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People will be talking about Charlie Kirk’s legacy for a long time. You could start anywhere. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 6, 2025
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Astronomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

David Klinghoffer
August 6, 2025
Astronomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Read More ›
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Date
July 3, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
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Methodological Naturalism as Religion in Disguise

Science & Culture
July 3, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science
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If the data points to outcomes that natural causes can't explain, then ruling out supernatural causes is not scientific humility — it’s religious dogma. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 15, 2025
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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The Birth of Science and of the Cosmos

Andrew McDiarmid
June 15, 2025
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Do we have to choose between science and God? Absolutely not, says philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 9, 2025
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Culture
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Cultural Chaos Has Long Roots, Millennia Before Darwin

David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2025
Culture, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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As I’m writing this, some rioters have gathered (literally) across the street from our Seattle office, on their way to a “protest” at City Hall. Read More ›
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March 22, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Does Cosmic Fine-Tuning Suggest Theism or Deism?

Science & Culture
March 22, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin continues his conversation with astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez about the many ways Earth’s place in the cosmos is finely tuned for life. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
March 15, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Growing Evidence of Earth’s Privilege

Andrew McDiarmid
March 15, 2025
Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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Astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez begins a two-part conversation with host Casey Luskin. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
March 5, 2025
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Physicist Brian Miller on All the Levels of Fine-Tuning: “Somebody Knew You Were Coming”

David Klinghoffer
March 5, 2025
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Dr. Miller gave a concise summary of the evidence of fine-tuning, from the cosmic scale down to the planetary and the environmental, finally to the biological. Read More ›
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Photo: Bayes' Theorem, by mattbuck (category) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0).
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Jonathan McLatchie
Date
February 11, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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When Building Our Case for Intelligent Design, How Should We Think About Prior Probability?

Jonathan McLatchie
February 11, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
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Bayes’s theorem is a tool for modeling our evaluation of evidences to appropriately apportion the confidence in our conclusions to the strength of the evidence. Read More ›

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