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Physicist Brian Miller on All the Levels of Fine-Tuning: “Somebody Knew You Were Coming”

Dr. Miller gave a concise summary of the evidence of fine-tuning, from the cosmic scale down to the planetary and the environmental, finally to the biological. Read More ›
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Meaning and Purpose from a Darwinian Process?

Dr. Emily Reeves looks at the top sources of meaning in life, including religion, relationships, and work, and evaluates the evolutionary view of each.  Read More ›
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Michael Kent: “12 Discoveries That Have Changed the Debate about Design” 

Michael Kent is a Fellow with the Center for Science and Culture and a recently retired bio-scientist from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Read More ›
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Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›
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Faith, Reason, and the Search for Truth: Stephen Meyer and Michael Shermer

Dr. Meyer calls math mind-independent. We discover it, we don’t invent it. And it’s conceptual, not a physical material thing. Why is that Important? Read More ›
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Can Science Find God? Stephen Meyer vs. Michael Shermer

Humans seem to be drawn in a certain direction toward truth and beauty. Is that an accident of nature? Read More ›
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Re-Examining the Arguments for the Existence of God

I was impressed by a lecture by philosopher of science and well-known apologist Stephen Meyer. Read More ›
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Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility

Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions. Read More ›
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Photo: Einstein and Lemaître in the street, Pasadena, CA, January 1932. AP. Photographer unknown.

Georges Lemaȋtre’s Hidden God

Was Lemaȋtre, who certainly believed in God, suggesting that God deliberately hides himself from us, or just acknowledging the paradox? Read More ›
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The Multiverse Has a Measure Problem

In terms of science, the central problem with the naïve multiverse is that it could explain any observation, so it really explains nothing. Read More ›

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