Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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worldview

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Author
Richard Weikart
Date
September 9, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
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The Contradiction in Peter Singer’s Worldview

Richard Weikart
September 9, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy
5
He never provides any reason why rationality, self-consciousness, and the ability to plan the future have any value. Read More ›
worldview
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 28, 2024
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Astronomy
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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When an Atheist Professor’s Worldview Imploded

Andrew McDiarmid
August 28, 2024
Astronomy, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
2
For 25 years, John D. Wise considered Darwinian evolution the most plausible explanation for life’s origin and development. Read More ›
Galápagos_finch
Photo: Galápagos finch, by Mike's Birds from Riverside, CA, US, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Date
August 23, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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On the Origin of Darwin’s Worldview

Science & Culture
August 23, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
1
Michael Flannery tells of Darwin’s involvement in the Plinian Society, a “freethinkers” group at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Read More ›
Stephen-Meyer-and-Piers-Morgan
Photo: Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan, via YouTube (screenshot).
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
June 10, 2024
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer and Piers Morgan: Design, Atheism, and God

Andrew McDiarmid
June 10, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
2
There’s a major disconnect between the messaging of popular atheists like Richard Dawkins and reality. Read More ›
Lucretius
Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in the Cambridge University Library, by LegesRomanorum via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
Daniel Witt
Date
May 13, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Science Versus the Oldest Anti-Intelligent-Design Argument 

Daniel Witt
May 13, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Translation: Everything that exists was made not by intelligent design, but rather by the random arrangement and rearrangement of atoms. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
Photo: Stephen Meyer, by Nathan Jacobson.
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Author
Tova Levengood
Date
March 19, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Science Education
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Summer Seminars Create the Next Generation of Intelligent Design

Tova Levengood
March 19, 2024
Intelligent Design, Science Education
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Jacob Butschek, one of our 2023 international seminar students, shared his story with me. “Theism gets hammered by society and universities,” he says. Read More ›
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Author
Eric Hedin
Date
February 25, 2024
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Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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A New Look at Three Deep Questions

Eric Hedin
February 25, 2024
Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
4
Delving into the implications of materialistic determinism, and even quantum uncertainty, Coody provides a fresh look at the subject. Read More ›
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Author
William A. Dembski
Date
February 6, 2024
Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
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Artificial General Intelligence: The Oracle Problem

William A. Dembski
February 6, 2024
Bioethics, Intelligent Design
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Our most advanced artificial intelligence systems, which I’m writing about in this series, require input of external information to keep them from collapsing. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 24, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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A Philosopher Defends Intelligent Design

Andrew McDiarmid
January 24, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Peter S. Williams explains the deceptively simple test he uses to silence claims that intelligent design is not a scientific pursuit. Read More ›
Fanciful Landscape
Image: Thomas Doughty, "Fanciful Landscape."
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
January 7, 2024
Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer: Evidence of Mind in the Natural World

Andrew McDiarmid
January 7, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design
3
Can we scientifically detect the activity of a mind behind the universe? Philosopher of science Dr. Stephen Meyer answers this question and more. Read More ›

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