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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotle, body, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, earth, explanatory power, Heaven, John Dewey, Joshua Farris, Karl Marx, matter, mind, modus tollens, On the Origin of Species, personhood, Plato, René Descartes, Sigmund Freud, soul, The Creation of Self, Thomas Aquinas}

What Is Primary: Mind or Matter?

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 27, 2023

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The standard narrative tells a story of the increasing merit of materialistic causes. All of this allegedly occurs in a series of inevitable stages. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 27, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Benjamin Wiker, Christianity, Church Fathers, creation, defining id, designer, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Franciscan University, God's Grandeur, intellectuals, intelligent cause, intelligent design, interventionism, James Sinclair, Jonathan Witt, Logan Gage, Michael Denton, molecular machines, natural laws, Reductionism, Robin Collins, Roman Catholic, scientists, Scripture, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universal common descent, universe, William Lane Craig}

Here Is What We Mean by Intelligent Design (And What We Don’t)

_{Ann Gauger
April 27, 2023

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Some ID supporters agree with universal common descent, but many ID supporters argue against the idea that all life shares a common ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Anthony Esolen, Aristotle, beauty, Benjamin Wiker, Bible, Brian Miller, Bruce Chapman, Christianity, consciousness, creator, faith and science, Father Michael Chaberek, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, human origins, intelligent design, intermediates, Jay Richards, Logan Gage, materialism, Michael Behe, Moral Law, natural law, paleontology, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic, Sophia Institute Press, Thomas Aquinas}

When Catholics Argue for Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
April 19, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The evidence from science is clear, but with the discussion of philosophical questions, the necessity of a Creator becomes overwhelming. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Aristotle, beauty, Bible, Christianity, consciousness, evolution, faith and science, God's Grandeur, human origins, intelligent design, intelligibility, paleontology, philosophers, randomness, scholars, soul, teleology, theistic evolutionists, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, unguided evolution}

Revealing God’s Grandeur — Intelligent Design, Evolution, and the Teachings of the Catholic Church

_{Ann Gauger
April 17, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The last few chapters deal with subjects that theistic evolutionists like to use against ID: Aristotle, Aquinas, and randomness. Read More ›

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Date
April 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, anthology, Anthony Esolen, Benjamin Wiker, Bruce Chapman, Cambridge University Press, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith and science, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, J. Budziszewski, Jay Richards, Michael Behe, Michael Chaberek, Michael Egnor, philosophers, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic, Sophia Institute Press, theology, Thomas Aquinas}

New Book Offers the CATHOLIC Case for Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
April 17, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The world — indeed, the universe — is charged with grandeur. Everything speaks of its beauty, power, and purpose — of its exquisite and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, appetite, brain, Brown University, Cartesian dualism, Christianity, consciousness, emotion, evolution, eye, intellect, Kenneth Miller, materialism, memory, mind-brain problem, neuroscience, perception, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, Roman Catholic, sensations, soul, The Human Instinct, Thomas Aquinas}

Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Despite Miller's claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 16, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alphonse de Candolle, Aristotle, atheism, atomism, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Christianity, complexification, David Hume, Edward Aveling, Epicurus, Erasmus Darwin, Friedrich Engels, Georges Cuvier, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Greece, Homo sapiens, Karl Marx, Law of Correlation, Lucretius, Matthew Arnold, Middle Ages, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Patrick Matthew, Plato, Rome, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Malthus, transhumanism, Unmoved Mover, Victorian England, William Paley}

Old Wine in New Bottles: How Darwin Recruited Malthus to Fortify a Failed Idea from Antiquity

_{Neil Thomas
January 16, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It was undoubtedly a tremendous philosophical coup for Darwin whose knowledge of formal philosophy was limited. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anselm, atheism, Augustinian Proof, Big Bang, Edward Feser, general relativity, ground of existence, ignorance, insanity, intelligent design, Necessary Existence, Ontological Argument, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas}

God Hypothesis: In Defense of Stephen Meyer’s Book Title

_{Michael Egnor
December 5, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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What Dr. Meyer did was enter the atheist camp, take up their flawed tools, and defeat them with their own weapons. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, Apostle John, Aristotle, charity, Christianity, de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, Edward Feser, Empedocles, evolution, Finding Darwin's God, G.K. Chesterton, gnosticism, Howard Glicksman, human dignity, intellectual captivity, intelligent design, John West, Kenneth Miller, kin selection, sexuality, Simon Conway Morris, Steve Laufmann, teleology, theology, Thomas Aquinas, University of Notre Dame, Your Designed Body}

Attempts to Reconcile Evolutionary Theory with Christianity Lead to Intractable Tensions

_{Brian Miller
November 30, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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The fundamental premise of evolutionary theory is that humans are the product of an undirected process that did not have us in mind. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 7, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, China, Christianity, Eucharist, Europe, Godhead, history, India, Jesus Christ, John Keats, John Milton, Middle Ages, Middle East, nature, Paradise Lost, poets, Protestant Reformation, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas, William Hale White, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth versus Darwin (series)}

The Apotheosis of William Wordsworth

_{Neil Thomas
November 7, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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What many responded to in Wordsworth’s evocations of Nature’s sacrality was his restoration of a partially obscured link between Nature and the divine. Read More ›