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^{Foundation for Thought and Ethics, David K. DeWolf and Stephen C. Meyer

June 7, 1989

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Teaching the Controversy

_{Foundation for Thought and Ethics, David K. DeWolf and Stephen C. Meyer

June 7, 1989

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Public schools face a dilemma when they address the subject of biological origins. From the Scopes "Monkey Trial" (1925) to the Supreme Court's opinion in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987), the teaching of biological origins has put the public schools in the awkward role of resolving a controversy that divides scientists, educators, and the courts. While the experts debate the issues, and the media sometimes inflame the controversy, school boards, administrators, and teachers must still answer the question, What should we teach our students about how living organisms arose on earth? Read More ›

^{Phillip E. Johnson

April 26, 1989

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Metaphysics Matters

_{Phillip E. Johnson

April 26, 1989

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In his influential book The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins asserts that “Like successful Chicago gangsters our genes have survived . . . in a highly competitive world, . . . [and so] a predominant quality to be expected in a successful gene is ruthless selfishness.” Therefore, “We are survival machines-robot vehicles programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›

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^{Michael J. Behe

December 27, 1987

Intelligent Design, Research & Analysis}

Molecular Machines

_{Michael J. Behe

December 27, 1987

Intelligent Design, Research & Analysis}

This article presents an overview of the key ideas in biochemist Michael Behe's book Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. A more detailed discussion of these ideas can be found in the book itself. Those interested in the debate over intelligent design in biology should also check out Michael Behe's extensive responses to various critics. Read More ›

Monument of great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland

^{Stephen C. Meyer

May 7, 1986

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Owen Gingerich

_{Stephen C. Meyer

May 7, 1986

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Gingerich now sees a “strange covergence” between the biblical and the modern scientific explanations of the universe’s origin. Read More ›

Pregnant Woman Having 4D Ultrasound Scan

^{Stephen C. Meyer

June 1, 1985

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design}

Fully Formed

_{Stephen C. Meyer

June 1, 1985

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design}

The right-to-life movement has mastered a powerful new tool of persuasion: medical technology. A recently developed science called fetology has greatly enhanced knowledge of the human unborn, and harbors an implied challenge to the legal practice of abortion. “Now for the first time, we have the technology to see the abortion from the victim’s vantage point,” says Dr. Bernard Nathanson, Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer

May 1, 1985

Intelligent Design}

Christianity Challenges the University

_{Stephen C. Meyer

May 1, 1985

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Few religious conferences ever rate coverage from media like Time, National Review, and local television. But then most religious conferences rarely invite prominent atheistic critics of Christianity. But a recent gathering in Dallas did precisely that. “Christianity Challenges the University: An International Conference of Theists and Atheists,” sponsored by Dallas Baptist University (DBU), brought some 40 of the world’s finest Read More ›

3D illustration Virus DNA molecule, structure. Concept destroyed code human genome. Damage DNA molecule. Helix consisting particle, dots. DNA destruction due to gene mutation or experiment

^{Michael J. Behe

January 12, 1985

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Selected Journal Articles by Michael Behe

_{Michael J. Behe

January 12, 1985

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