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William Dembski

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Oxford Conference on Evolution: Heresies and New Ideas Every Day

Michael Lynch, Jerry Coyne, and Richard Dawkins would have split themselves in two, like Rumpelstiltskin in a wild rage, if they had attended. Read More ›
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Why Intelligence Is Necessary to Explain Nature’s Functional Information

The law of conservation of information shows that intelligence is a necessary requirement for the complex functional information found in nature. Read More ›
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Bill Dembski Reveals the Hidden Cost of Information

When the law of conservation of information is applied properly to evolutionary claims, the reality is sobering. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 1, “Jones Judged Actual ID Theory, Not a Straw Man”

At the end of the day, the ruling by Judge Jones really is not a refutation of intelligent design at all. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 4, “The Dover Ruling Refuted Intelligent Design”

Expert witnesses like biochemist Michael Behe and microbiologist Scott Minnich testified about how irreducible complexity makes a positive case for design. Read More ›
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Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›
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All the Evidence Points to Design, but the Credit Goes to…You Know What

One of the most objectionable aspects of modern evolutionary theory was the undeserved, unearned credit it steals. Read More ›
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Dembski Has Fun with Evolution’s “Overwhelming Evidence”

From Richard Dawkins and the like, William Dembski has heard the phrase many, many times. Read More ›
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What Is the Originating Source of Design in Organisms? 

The genesis of structure-function relationships in human artifacts is as well understood as are their mechanics. Read More ›
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Robert Marks Remembers ID and Tech Pioneer Walter Bradley

In 1984, three scientists dared to probe the mystery of life’s origin by putting the prevailing theories of prebiotic and chemical evolution to the test. Read More ›

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