Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

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Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Source
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Robert Marks Remembers ID and Tech Pioneer Walter Bradley

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In 1984, three scientists dared to probe the mystery of life’s origin by putting the prevailing theories of prebiotic and chemical evolution to the test. Source
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Walter Bradley: The Origin Story of an Intelligent Design Classic

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Today, we bring you the second half of Robert J. Marks’s 2020 interview with Dr. Bradley. Source
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Remembering Walter Bradley: A Trailblazer in Intelligent Design with a Legacy to Inspire

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It is with deep reverence that I learned of the passing of my hero. Walter was a man of extraordinary intellect, boundless compassion, and unwavering faith. Source
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Protein Designers Explore Sequence Space

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They may call it evolution, but it is all about intelligent design and artificial selection, not Darwinism. Source
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Specified Complexity Made Simple: The Historical Backdrop

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What happened to change the fortunes of specified complexity in the mainstream scientific community? The intelligent design movement happened. Source
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An Optimistic Solution to the Mystery of Life’s Origin

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Consider what five prestigious origin-of-life thinkers say about the current status of origin-of-life research. Source
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A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old Ones

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It is an interesting finding, but as Wells explains, it is far from the first problem discovered with the experiment, nor the most serious one. Source
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Meyer, Isaac: Is Information in DNA “Abstract”?

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The American Scientific Affiliation is an association of Christian scientists who are not on the whole supportive of scientific arguments for intelligent design. Source
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