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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The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

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He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Source
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Michael Levin and the Philosophy of Intelligent Design

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Levin is not a reflexive Darwinian materialist. Moreover, he touches on many themes that intelligent design theorists touch on. Source
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Math, Mystery, and the Mind of God: A Conversation

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The discussion takes place against a stunning Alpine background, which is appropriate since the mysterious beauty of mathematics, is a theme. Source
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No. 3 Story for 2025: Immaterial Genome Is Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

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Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Source
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According to New Physics Model, Consciousness Underlies the Universe

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We live in a universe closer to the vision of Plato (c. 427 – 348 BC) than of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895). Source
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Calm Down, the Universe as a Simulation Is Mathematically Impossible

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The idea that information underlies the universe is compatible with the very intelligent design theory that Lawrence Krauss has opposed in the past. Source
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Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

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If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. 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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Immaterial Genome Meets the Human-Chimp “1 Percent” Myth

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Obviously, humans and chimps are a whole lot more “different” than 1 percent. But…they’re also a lot more different than 14.9 percent. Source
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