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Is the Universe a Brute Fact and not Intelligently Designed?

A hypothetical question with an unusual answer

Could the universe be a brute fact with no design as you read the words in this article typed by designed hands which in turn was designed by an all-powerful, eternal Creator?

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Strong-Sounding Argument? The Devil Is in the Premises

Looking for the Achilles’ heel of a strong-sounding argument? Turn it around and examine its premises

A simple reversal often exposes something important, hidden in the original reasoning, as with Brian Keating’s “natural nuclear reactor” case against intelligent design.

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Three Compact Array Telescopes

SETI and the Fermi Paradox Live Next Door to Intelligent Design

They all ask the same questions about life in the universe and deal with the same information base

The skeptical, even scornful opposition of many leading evolutionary biologists to SETI stems largely from NOT wanting other minds to be detectable.

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Is Christianity the Best Religion for an AI Sim World?

A game developer makes the case

Being a game developer renders Virk vulnerable to missing the parts of Christianity that don’t feel like a game at all.

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Right Now, Science Seems To Be Growing Stale…

If we judge by the number of dead end controversies... And this is just when we might expect it to be booming

Perhaps the endless theorizing with so little result reflects what chance can produce. If researchers ever felt they could risk trying design, we could see if more insight follows.

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How Do You Cram the Universe Into A Story — and Keep it Focused?

Philosopher Stephen Meyer narrates the film but never gets in the story’s way

At last, the end of materialism escapes the lecture room; it becomes a story about real people in real time in the midst of a civilizational struggle.

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Crucial Links to the Eyes, Bones, and Mind

The eye is the most fascinating organ in the human body.

In literature, one of the most famous books of the 20th century and beyond focuses on vision: 1984, with Big Brother always watching you.

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Why Engineer Walter Bradley (1943-2025) Still Matters

For Bradley, engineering was not about prestige or profit, but about restoring dignity

Bradley’s ability to “live out loud” as a Christian without proselytizing deeply shaped those around him.

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How Life Becomes Comprehensible: A New Scientific Framework

Exploring the principles that make existence understandable

Simply put, there is no gradualistic pathway to explain penguins…or cetaceans, or bats, or marine iguanas, etc., or almost anything else, as Behe made clear.

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