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23Dec 2025 by Post

No. 10 Story for 2025: Wikipedia Co-Founder on Arguments for God

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I was impressed by a lecture by philosopher of science Stephen Meyer, who presented versions of the cosmological argument and the fine-tuning argument. Source

27Nov 2025 by Post

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are the Top 3 Reasons for Optimism on Intelligent Design in 2025

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One reason is the way any materialist explanation of cosmic origins keeps looking more and more implausible. See the new book by Charles Murray on that. Source

31Oct 2025 by Post

The Forces that Shape our Universe: Gravity

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One of the most remarkable aspects of our universe is the discovery that just four fundamental forces of nature govern interactions among all particles. Source

09Jun 2025 by Post

How Can We Conceive of Perfection When We Never Experience it?

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There are two ways we can think of a triangle. One way is to form a mental image, likely based on a triangle we have seen on a piece of paper. Source

22May 2025 by Post

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

20Feb 2025 by Post

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

02Sep 2024 by Post

Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Source

16Aug 2024 by Post

Three Ways to Formulate the Fine-Tuning Argument: An Introduction

Aaron Zimmer, atheistic scientists, atoms, electromagnetism, electrons, Elie Feder, elimination, fine-tuning, fundamental particles, galaxies, gravitational force, gravity, intelligent cause, Intelligent Design, life, Luke Barnes, Mass, matter, molecules, multiverse, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, probabilities, Robin Collins, stars, universe, william lane craig

At the heart of fundamental physics are the laws of nature. These laws govern the interactions between fundamental particles. Source

18Feb 2024 by Post

Vilenkin: A Physicist in Flight from Intelligent Design

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If you are not an ideological materialist, it would make more sense just to assume that our universe is designed because of the clear evidence for fine-tuning. Source

23Nov 2023 by Post

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

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One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Source

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