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Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds
Image credit: Martin Johnson Heade, "Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds."

Stephen Meyer: Scientific Arguments for a Theistic Worldview

Are there strong scientific arguments for theism? Is there such a thing as objective morality? Read More ›
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Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).

Remembering C. S. Lewis on Intelligent Design

Lewis died on this day, November 22, sixty year ago in 1963. He frequently examined the impact of modern science on human life. Read More ›
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Photo: San Francisco earthquake, 1906, via WIkimedia Commons.

Eric Hedin on Suffering in a Designed World

First, Dr. Hedin discusses the problem of natural evils like earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, and other natural disasters. Read More ›
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Thoughts of Goodness in an Evolutionary World

What you’d expect is humans more or less on the level of animals — not greatly exceeding them in evil, or greatly transcending them in good.  Read More ›
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Thoughts of Evil in a Designed World

Nowhere in the animal world do we see evil that comes anywhere close to comparing with the unfortunate depths of evil displayed by humanity. Read More ›
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Photo: Plant cells, by Hermann Schachner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

On the BBC, a New Openness to Teleology in Biology?

Dr. Richard Buggs is a plant biologist and professor of evolutionary genomics at Queen Mary, University of London. Read More ›
Steve Meyer and Bryan Callen
Photo: Steve Meyer and Bryan Callen, courtesy of the Bryan Callen Show.

Friendly Sparring, Verbal and Otherwise, on a Recent Episode of The Bryan Callen Show

The result is the type of interaction we’re secretly craving — energetic conversation between people with differing views but who demonstrate mutual respect. Read More ›
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God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›
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Johannes Kepler
Image: Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), via Wikimedia Commons.

Tutorial: Melissa Cain Travis on Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

A host of philosophers, theologians, scientists, and mathematicians have been struck by the uncanny interconnection between three distinct domains of reality. Read More ›
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Photo: Harvard Museum of Natural History, by Massachusetts Office Of Travel & Tourism, via Flickr (cropped).

Let’s Help Harvard Understand Intelligent Design

It was disappointing to see the inaccurate representation of ID, along with the poor scientific epistemology. Read More ›

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