In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso

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Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked. Source
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Italian Center on Intelligent Design Holds Launch Event

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The city of Turin was an especially fitting place for the public launch of a group focusing on intelligent design. Source
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Was Darwinian Theory Based on a False Analogy to Geology?

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Given the degree of discipleship for Sir Charles, Darwin fully expected to receive Lyell’s commendation for his labors. Source
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In His New Book, Denton Shows How Science Leads the Charge to Theism

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In his new book, Michael Denton is particularly strong on what he terms “the post-Copernican delusion of mankind’s cosmic irrelevance.” Source
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Denton: Return of the Man Hypothesis

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Scientific discoveries have revitalized the outlook that placed man at the center of the cosmos, not in a physical but in a metaphysical sense. Source
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Cell Fate: Another Hurdle for Evolution

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When a stem cell divides, one daughter cell must maintain its stemness while the other specializes. Therein lies another truckload of requirements. Source
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Watch: Michael Behe Corrects Darwin’s Detour with a Cumulative Case for Intelligent Design

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For thousands of years, the design of life was acknowledged by scientists and non-scientists, philosophers and physicians, religious and non-religious. Source
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Darwinists Seek to Explain the Eye’s Engineering Perfection

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First, they turn evolution into an engineer. Personification is a common ploy by Darwinists. Source
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