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Todd Butterfield

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intelligent design
Image: Anaxagoras, in the Nuremberg Chronicle, via Wikimedia Commons.

Michael Flannery: Intelligent Design Is Older Than You Think — A Lot Older

Professor Flannery discusses the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (ca. 500-428 B.C.), who was one of the first to articulate an argument for design in nature. Read More ›
Mind The Gaps
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Mind the Gaps – Before Progressing Toward ID, Leisola Recounts Clearing Away Materialist Myths

Dr. Leisola's book itself, simply by existing, refutes a Darwinist myth. Read More ›
Beijing
eugenics
Photo: Summer Palace, Beijing, by wtaochina2001, via Pixabay.

China Shows Eugenics Is Not a Thing of the Past

As a tyranny, China is a Wild West of sorts for unethical science, with the government and its researchers answering to no one. Read More ›
HITLER
Hitler
Photo: Hitler in 1931, via Recuerdos de Pandora/Flickr.

Was Hitler a Creationist? Sure, Just Like Darwin

Hitler in his writing spoke of a “creator,” and a “Lord,” as well as using terms strongly suggestive of Darwinian thinking. Read More ›
Hitler's religion
Hitler's religion
Photo: Hitler in 1941, via Wikicommons.

Complexity and Contradictions: Richard Weikart on Hitler’s Religion

There’s something deeply refreshing about scholarship that acknowledges the complexity of its subject. Read More ›
Victorious athelete
Human Biology
Image: Statue of a victorious athlete, J. Paul Getty Museum, attributed to Lysippos [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

The “Exquisite Design” of Human Biology

There is a certain characteristic shallowness to the storytelling exercise that is evolutionary biology. Read More ›

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