Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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

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theodicy

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Michael Egnor
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July 9, 2025
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The Challenge to Darwinism from Camp Mystic

Michael Egnor
July 9, 2025
Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science
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One of the most tragic events I can remember happened this July 4th — a flash flood killed nearly 200 people, 27 of whom were children and staff at Camp Mystic. Read More ›
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Neil Thomas
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September 11, 2024
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Darwin and the Problem of Pain

Neil Thomas
September 11, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science
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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 ›
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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Neil Thomas
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April 18, 2024
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Poet and Scientist, Goethe Offered an Enlightenment Theodicy

Neil Thomas
April 18, 2024
Bioethics, Faith & Science
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Like Erasmus Darwin, Goethe was both poet and scientist and had himself at one time speculated on ideas of evolution. Read More ›
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Stephen Dilley
Date
November 6, 2023
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Biology
Evolution
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Intelligent Design
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Is Intelligent Design Compatible with Evolutionary Theory? A Theologian Weighs In

Stephen Dilley
November 6, 2023
Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Of course, a critic might worry that Kojonen’s model violates Ockham’s razor. Why posit two explanations when only one will do? Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
Date
October 11, 2023
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Intelligent Design
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Thoughts of Evil in a Designed World

Eric Hedin
October 11, 2023
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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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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Neil Thomas
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October 5, 2022
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Erasmus Darwin and Credible Denial

Neil Thomas
October 5, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Consideration of Erasmus Darwin’s writings suggests that his unbelief could well have been father to the thought in the matter of his evolutionary speculations. Read More ›
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Michael Egnor
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March 23, 2020
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Bioethics
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To Ask “Where Is God in This Pandemic?” Is to Acknowledge that God Exists

Michael Egnor
March 23, 2020
Bioethics, Faith & Science
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The problem of theodicy is real, of course. We don’t always know or understand God’s ways. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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December 18, 2009
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Over Chanukah, Thinking About “Botched Design”

David Klinghoffer
December 18, 2009
Faith & Science
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You think I'm kidding but this line of reasoning is commonly heard from devotees of evangelizing atheism like Richard Dawkins. Read More ›

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