Are We Just Animals? A Tempting Delusion

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Some of my students argue that humans should be wiped off the face of the earth to make room for the other species. Source
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Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly

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The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath. Source
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Gutsy and Loyal: The Qualities of Our Friend Jonathan Wells

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Dr. Paul Nelson begins with an adventure he had with Dr. Wells: a poster presentation on evolution and development at the University of Chicago. Source
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Transformative: “Mary,” a PhD Biochemistry Student, on the Summer Seminars on ID

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Why does she use a pseudonym in the interview? You may be able to guess, but listen in to hear her explanation. Source
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Craig, Moreland: Two Philosophers Discuss Aliens and Artificial Intelligence

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As an old professor of mine told me in an email recently: “Long live visceral proximity!” Source
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#9 Story of 2020: An Antidote to Despair

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I am a biologist, a worker in a field with a sorrowful history of categorizing human beings by race. Source
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The Myth of Behe “Refuted”

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Once again, Darwinists seek to avoid an argument by using clever talk, giving the false impression of a scientist, Behe, who brushes away challenges. Source
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The Atheist Who Helped Shape Intelligent Design

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It’s wonderful to remember mentors who helped shaped us, often in ways that might have surprised the influential person if he’d known about it beforehand. On a new episode of ID the Future, philosopher of science Paul Nelson talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about Dr. Nelson’s own mentor, atheist philosopher Adolf Grünbaum (1923-2018) at the University of Pittsburgh.  Nelson was an ex-art student turned philsophy graduate student when he met Grünbaum. Paul cites William Blake and his saying that “Opposition is true friendship.” It wasn’t from directly absorbing Grünbaum’s perspective that Nelson became a prominent figure in the ID movement, but rather from their friendship and the creative sparks that came from it, inspiring a lifelong search for truth.  Nelson discusses the difference between truth-seeking and point-scoring as different approaches…
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