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Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Most Important Book?

Darwin was not at all unsure about the value of his orchid book. He viewed it as presenting the most convincing case for natural selection that he could make. Read More ›
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“Is Intelligent Design Advancing?” Watch the Debate with Casey Luskin and Adam Shapiro Now

At about 54 minutes in, Shapiro delivers a highly caricatured portrait of intelligent design, as an argument from amazement. Read More ›
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Complex Programmed Behaviors — Intelligently Designed

Some discriminators don’t get us very far in deciding which is the better explanation between blind evolution and intelligent design. Read More ›
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Toward a New Natural Theology

Alfred Wallace was arguing his position from simple logic rather than on the authority of revelation from any of the Abrahamic faiths. Read More ›
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Why C. S. Lewis Doubted the Creative Power of Natural Selection

Lewis first read Bergson in France during World War I while recovering from shrapnel wounds from the front-lines, and the experience on Lewis was profound. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection Has Left a Legacy of Confusion over Biological Adaptation

Our ability to adapt to fantastically diverse circumstances did not result from the happenstance of environmental conditions. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: A Look Back at Paley and Hume

Dr. Richards addresses David Hume’s critique of analogical arguments like those used by William Paley. Read More ›
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Design on Time — Paley’s Watch Was Inside Him

Watches are everywhere on the heath. Look up, look down, look inside; biology runs on time. Read More ›
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More Hints of Order in the Genome

Genomics has come a long way since the central dogma and junk DNA. If you expect to find reasons for things, you often do find them. Read More ›

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