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Australopithecus afarensis
human origins
Photo: An artist imagines Australopithecus afarensis, Hall of Human Origins, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; reconstruction by John Gurche; photographed by Tim Evanson / CC BY-SA.

Ann Gauger Puts Ape-to-Man Evolution Under the Microscope

Among the tenets of theistic evolution is the idea that humans evolved from a large population of ape-like creatures. Read More ›
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Photo: NGC 6891, by NASA, ESA, A. Hajian (University of Waterloo), H. Bond (Pennsylvania State University), and B. Balick (University of Washington); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design and What Are Its Theistic Implications?

Before Darwin, biologists attributed the beauty, integrated complexity, and adaptation of organisms to their environments to a powerful designing intelligence. Read More ›
Charles Kingsley
Photo: Charles Kingsley, by Charles Watkins via Wikimedia Commons.

The Rise of Theistic Darwinism

This form of objection left the door ajar to the kind of “hybrid” interpretation favored by some in both Britain and America in the later Victorian period. Read More ›
sand castle
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Darwin’s Rhetorical Foundation of Sand: Theological Utilitarianism

Evolutionary theory, argued in the way that Darwin and many of his followers argue the case, is fundamentally theology-based. Read More ›
Adam and Eve
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Fox News Article Shows Why Evolutionary Solutions to Adam and Eve Fail to Satisfy

Is William Lane Craig’s book good news for Christians? I’m not so sure, and here’s one reason why. Read More ›
nebula IC 2631
Photo: Nebula IC 2631, by NASA, ESA, and K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); Processing; Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America).

Casey Luskin: The Irony of Theistic Evolution

The Christian or Jewish theistic evolutionist actually goes a step further than arch-atheist Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
Adam and Eve
First Couple
Image: Adam and Eve, by Tintoretto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Lessons from the Evangelical Debate About Adam and Eve

The standard evolutionary account of human origins holds that our population has always been in the thousands and humanity did not descend from an initial pair. Read More ›
Francis-Collins
Photo: Francis Collins, by NIH Image Gallery, via Flickr.

Book Championing Theistic Evolution Comes up Short

Casey Luskin reviews the contradictions and fallacious bandwagon appeals that he says permeate the book. Read More ›
C.-S.-Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, via Asar Studios/Alamy (Celestial Images).

C. S. Lewis and Theistic Evolution

Biological development is either the result of an unintelligent material process or a process guided by a mind, aka intelligent design. Read More ›
Bechly and Swamidass
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Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›

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