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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In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet 

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You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Source
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Stephen Meyer Interview with Piers Morgan: Science, God, and the Loss of a Parent

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Meyer discusses the recent loss of his mother to dementia. Talking about grief leads to a powerful point, that may be unfamiliar to many viewers. Source
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Mind, Matter, and Intelligent Design

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Let’s extend our speculations about the nature of spirit and its interactive ability with this material universe to considerations on the origin of life. Source
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Gould’s God-Talk: Is the Panda’s Thumb Incompatible with ID?

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Stephen Jay Gould was renowned as a paleontologist, not as a theologian. Yet perhaps his most iconic argument is theological in nature.  Source
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My Dinner with Steven and Louise Weinberg

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Weinberg was holding court, going on about how much he knew about the origin of the universe and how atheism was the only intellectually viable option. Source
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