How a Christian Magazine and a Christian Scholar Boosted a Book with a Fabricated Quote

academic fabrication, ACLU, atheists, Brian Josephson, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christian magazines, Christianity Today, Christians, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, Dover School District, Edward Larson, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, materialists, Michael Behe, misinformation, New York University Press, Oxford University, Pulitzer Prize, Ronald Numbers, Scopes trial, secular voices, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Summer for the Gods, William Jennings Bryan
As you might have noticed, the critics of intelligent design I’m discussing here aren’t atheists or materialists. Source
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Is Everyone Oppressed Now? Why Satan Loves Marxism with Phoenix Hayes

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Frank Turek, Karl Marx, Marxism, morality, philosophy, Phoenix Hayes, Podcast, religion, The War on Reality, theology
We’re told men can have babies, math is racist, abortion is healthcare, castrating children is also healthcare, and disagreement somehow qualifies as hate speech. How did we get here, and what do these seemingly unrelated ideas all have in common? Phoenix Hayes, co-author of ‘The War on Reality‘, joins Frank to unpack one of their favorite chapters from the book (available for immediate download as soon as you pre-order!), and trace the ideas shaping today’s cultural madness back to the man behind the ideology: Karl Marx. Together, they answer questions like: Who was Karl Marx, and what was the darkness lurking behind his worldview? Who was Adam Smith, and how does his view of economics compare to Karl Marx? How did Marxism move from economics into race, gender, sexuality, and…
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Evolutionary Models Reward Complexity for Complexity’s Sake

Artificial Cell Model, avida, calculations, Christoph Adami, complex systems, Complexity, Computational Sciences, computer models, enzymes, Evolution, evolutionary models, fitness, genomes, information, Intelligent Design, metabolites, precursor molecules, pykaryotes, simplicity, The Evolution of Biological Information, Thomas Ray, Tierra
But then the complexity is not interesting. Crucially, it’s not really information. Source
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Does Loving Your Neighbor Require You to Vote?

Apologetics, Christianity, David Baggett, FreeThinkingMinistries.com, Gospel, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Politics, Stewardship, Tim Stratton
One Christian philosopher who has most influenced my thinking is Dr. David Baggett. Few scholars have done more to defend the Moral Argument for God’s existence. His work has profoundly shaped my own thinking about morality, human dignity, and libertarian freedom, and I remain deeply grateful for his influence—and, more importantly, his friendship. For that reason, I was genuinely surprised when David and his wife, MaryBeth, recently announced that they no longer identify as evangelical Christians. Their explanation was centered upon what they regard as the unhealthy political trajectory of modern evangelicalism. In their view, too many evangelicals have allowed politics to eclipse discipleship, confusing the Kingdom of God with partisan power and sacrificing Christian witness in the process of casting votes for Republicans. After reading David’s reflections, I became…
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Nonsense with “Nanozymes”: New Origin-of-Life Theory Fails to Impress

aaas, American Association for the Advancement of Science, amino acids, cell's, cellular metabolism, chemical reactions, chemists, DNA, early Earth, Energy, energy production, failed models, information processing, Intelligent Design, investigators, mind, nanozymes, nucleotide chains, origin of life, overinterpretation, particles, peptides, photosynthesis, polymerization, Protein World, proteins, Research (journal), RNA, RNA world, self-replicating RNA, thermodynamics, Yongdong Jin
Yongdong Jin proposes that microscopic particles, which he terms nanozymes, orchestrated many of the major steps in the synthesis of the first cell. Source
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What America Forgot About George Washington with Eric Metaxas

American Founding, Christian Apologetics, Christian faith, Christianity, Divine providence, Dr. Frank Turek, Eric Metaxas, George Washington, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology
George Washington is one of the most recognizable names in American history. But before the presidency, the monuments, and the dollar bill, he was a military leader carrying the weight of a revolution that could easily have failed. This week, Eric Metaxas joins Frank to discuss his new book, ‘Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World‘, and why understanding Washington means understanding far more than battlefield strategy. Their conversation traces the faith, character, political philosophy, and providential moments that helped shape the American Revolution and the nation that followed. Frank and Eric tackle questions like: Why is George Washington so central to the story of the American Revolution? Why is Eric’s new book titled ‘Revolution’ and not ‘The American Revolution’? Why does liberty need…
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Grappling with Our Promethean Past … and Future

9/11, artificial inteligence, arts, Benjamin Franklin, bioethics, bombing, Chicago, Christianity, Chronicles, disaster preparedness, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, district attorney, Fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, George Whitefield, Hiroshima, Hollywood, Intelligent Design, John Zmirak, Just War, Manhattan Project, Michael Crichton, Michael Fassbender, morality, near-death experiences, nuclear physicists, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer’s Demon, philosophy, physicians, Robert Oppenheimer, tactical nuclear weapons, Technology, The Odyssey, thrillers, World War II, Worldview
As with film, we’d also be wise to support works in other genres that skillfully depict fictional worlds infused with a truthful worldview. Source
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Genderbread Person Part 2: Gender Expression (And maybe how we got to where we are now?)

Apologetics, Christianity, cultural apologetics, gender and sexuality, Genderbread Person, Gospel, Hillary Ferrer, identity, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, MamaBearApologetics
In our previous blog, we introduced you to the Genderbread curriculum, a teaching guide that tells kids as young as kindergarten how to think of sex and gender as a really confusing, multi-variable continuum where the two are mostly unrelated to each other. While I want to give parents the tools for how to think through and discuss these topics with their kids, today we are going to take a bit of a historical detour. Why? Because sometimes the key to understanding and fixing where we went wrong is to identify how we got there in the first place. What were the causal factors that might have contributed? When we identify those, we can hopefully avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and return to a healthier approach. In today’s blog, that…
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