Astrophysicist Sarah Salviander on “Cosmic Signposts” Pointing to Intelligent Design

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Dr. Salviander was deeply influenced by science fiction and by the popular astronomer and science communicator Carl Sagan. Source
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Humans as “Beloved”: A Signature of Intelligent Design

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A few minor shifts in how light interacts with matter and our sense of sight would be dulled to most of the visual beauty that we most appreciate in nature. Source
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Luskin: If Aliens Exist, They Were Designed Just Like We Were

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I’m an agnostic on these purported technologically super-advanced creatures with their physics-defying crafts. Source
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Brian Miller: From Physics to Filmmaking

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Scientific arguments can take a long time to percolate through the culture, especially when the scientific establishment and media push another narrative. Source
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Why Darwinian Theory Threatens the Declaration of Independence

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Dr. John West highlights how modern scientific discoveries in biology, physics, and cosmology are now reinforcing the core claims of the Declaration. Source
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Between Life and the Cosmos, Which Provides Better Evidence for Design?

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Caught on video in the back of a car, in which he was riding with pastor Doug Wilson, Christopher Hitchens said this about himself and his fellow atheists. Source
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Post-Darwin, Too, Maxwell Drew a Remarkable Design Inference

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So far we detect significant prescience about intelligent design in Maxwell’s thought. He all but uses the phrase himself. Source
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Brian Miller on Emotional Intelligence in Science, Scientific Tensions, and More

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The context is when students with a religious background enter the sciences at the undergraduate or graduate level. Source
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Can Formless Matter Exist? A Pitfall in Reading Biblical Texts

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The solution is to go back to the source and follow the text to see what it actually says. Source
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