Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2024: Reagan’s Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

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An untold story from the final year of Reagan’s Presidency about science, faith, and intelligent design. Source
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Natural Selection: The God that Failed

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The god-of-the-gaps objection does have some merit to it, but it does not rule out ID. The progress of science has dethroned a multitude of false gods. Source
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On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

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Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Source
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A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

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For too long now, Catholic scholars and many of the faithful have felt compelled to align themselves with a Darwinian account of life’s origins. Source
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What Science Owes to Faith, Hope, and Love

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It's a stretch to say that our ability to do realist science arose from a mindless process of evolution. Source
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Richard Dawkins, the Unlikely Evangelist

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As a recent book of essays demonstrates, the once much-vaunted new atheism spurred many thinking people to become Christians. Source
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In Our World, Multiple Levels of Intelligent Design

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We find higher genres of design that cannot be explained by appealing to the actions of natural forces and laws of nature. Source
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Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

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I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Source
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