Intelligent Design

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In the Sweep of History, Two Great Competing Stories

While mysteries and unsolved problems drive discovery and progress, greater advancement takes place when people have a common agreement about the fundamental foundation and design of life. Such an understanding provides context, meaning, and direction to human endeavors while also deepening people’s connection with each other. If we came to understand that we are all in the same lifeboat, no one would want to sink the boat before being rescued. Read More ›
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Exclusive Opening-Night Screening of The Story of Everything

Attention Seattle-area friends of Discovery Institute! We are pleased to announce a special opening-night film screening of the new feature-length film, The Story of Everything, which follows the eye-opening story told in Stephen Meyer’s 2021 bestseller, Return of the God Hypothesis (HarperOne). Set to release in hundreds of theaters across the country starting April 30th, this new film combines insightful Read More ›

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Peter Robinson interviews Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour on Uncommon Knowledge, produced by the Hoover Institution.
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Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour

Moving from the Big Bang and the discovery of cosmic beginnings, to the fine-tuning of the physical constants that make life possible, to the extraordinary complexity and information embedded in DNA, mathematician John Lennox, philosopher of science Stephen Meyer, and chemist James Tour, explores whether these developments point to blind, undirected processes—or to the activity of an intelligent mind. The Read More ›

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Is It Time to Rethink Darwinian Evolution?

Matt Fradd interviews Stephen C. Meyer about why he abandoned secular materialism for Christian theism, centering on questions of meaning, morality, and reason. Meyer argues that a purely naturalistic universe cannot give lasting significance to human lives or achievements, which he links to a wider crisis of meaning. If our minds are products of unguided evolution plus matter alone, we Read More ›

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Nature’s Fitness for the Human Body

Join biologist and medical doctor Michael Denton in Australia as he explores how nature is exquisitely fine-tuned for the operation of the human body in this latest episode of Secrets of the Human Body. Read More ›
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America’s Founders and Intelligent Design

In the Declaration of Independence, America’s Founders proclaimed that “all men are created equal” and “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” These were not idle words. They were supported by the Founders’ firm conviction that nature supplied objective evidence of a Creator. In this video, learn the untold story about the Founders’ belief that nature was intelligently Read More ›

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Cornerstone University Traces Biblical Roots of America’s Founding

Cornerstone University welcomed Dr. John G. West for a special America at 250 Community Chapel on campus. West serves as Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute and Cornerstone's Distinguished Scholar of American Government and Christian Civic Engagement. Read More ›
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Endowed by Our Creator Trailer

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that “all men are created equal” and “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” For generations, those hallowed words inspired not only Americans, but millions around the globe. Yet today many Americans are skeptical or confused about the Declaration’s key claims. Now comes a powerful defense of America’s founding: Endowed by Our Creator: Read More ›

Darwin vs. Design — An Afternoon with Michael Behe

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Darwin’s Black Box, join biochemist and CSC Senior Fellow Michael Behe as he offers a retrospective and recounts the main points of his seminal book on Saturday, April 18, at the “Darwin vs. Design” seminar hosted by Living Stone Fellowship and Share the Power. A message from the organizers: Throughout history, most people, including Read More ›