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Satyapal Singh
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In Indian Politics, Evolution News Helps to Stir Things Up

An Indian Cabinet minister, Satyapal Singh, with responsibility for education, had noted that Darwinian evolution is “scientifically wrong” and “not scientific.” Read More ›
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Submit Nominations for 2018 Censor of the Year Now!

Darwinists do not go so far as to burn books. However, their actual tactics in suppressing open debate are far more effective. Read More ›
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#6 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Dan Brown Pushes Atheism and Intelligent Design. Wait…What?

Mr. Brown appears to have waded a little distance into the design debate. Will he go further? Read More ›
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In This Season of Generosity, My Appeal to You

For those of you not familiar with the term, providence is the idea that things often seem to come together unlooked-for, as if by design. Read More ›
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Dan Brown’s New Novel Pushes Atheism and Endorses Intelligent Design. Wait…What?

"[C]odes do not occur naturally in the world....Codes are the deliberate inventions of intelligent consciousness." Read More ›
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Scott Turner

Scott Turner’s Darwin-Skeptical Purpose and Desire Wins Praise from the New York Times

A “notable” addition to the Darwin literature, a “good read and a strong pitch” – agreed, though we’d go further. If Turner is right, his argument would change everything. Read More ›
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Euthanasia Apologists Conceal the Truth About What They Advocate

It is homicide: no different in outcome — i.e., killing — from if the doctor shot the patient in the head. Read More ›
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Scientist: Debate on Controversial Science Is “Un-American”

To the weaponized epithets “anti-science,” “science denial,” and the rest, you can now add “un-American” as a putdown for ideas in a scientific context that you don’t like. Read More ›
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Darwin Under the Microscope

The following was published in the New York Times on October 29, 1996. Read More ›

Response to Barbara Forrest’s Kitzmiller Account Part VIII: Important Facts Left Out About ID Research

[Editor’s Note: A single article combining all ten installments of this response to Barbara Forrest can be found here, at “Response to Barbara Forrest’s Kitzmiller Account.” The individual installments may be seen here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10.] In her Kitzmiller account, Barbara Forrest leaves out information about the scientific research supporting ID, claiming “creationists are executing every phase except producing scientific data to support ID.” Ignoring her usage of the “creationist” label, Dr. Forrest’s argument mimics that of Judge Jones. Both Dr. Forrest and Judge Jones ignored the testimony provided in the courtroom during the Kitzmiller trial by Scott Minnich about his own experiments Read More ›

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