Behe, Meyer, and Lennox: Evidence for Design Is Growing

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Peter Robinson sits down with Michael Behe, John Lennox, and Stephen Meyer, three leading voices in science on the case for an intelligent designer. Source
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The Paradox of Biological Reproduction 

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Reproduction poses a difficult paradox for materialistic science despite the fact that we see it happen every day. Source
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Egnor: The Soul Has No Off Switch

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"You’re not going to hear from a mathematics department at the local university that the number 8 passed away yesterday." Source
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The Math Behind the Immaterial Genome 

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While not a formal defense, this analysis aims to give readers an intuitive grasp of the reasoning behind Richard Sternberg's Platonic perspective. Source
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Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Source
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Faith, Reason, and the Search for Truth: Stephen Meyer and Michael Shermer

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Dr. Meyer calls math mind-independent. We discover it, we don’t invent it. And it’s conceptual, not a physical material thing. Why is that Important? Source
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The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

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In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Source
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What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

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A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Source
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Atheist Richard Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a “Scientific Hypothesis,” Though Mistaken

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This is a remarkable response, granting the premise of arguments for intelligent design like those of Stephen Meyer. Source
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