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The Privilege of Life on Earth - Benjamin D. Wiker

Do you think that our Earth is an ordinary planet? Do you think that we have a “commonplace” sun, and live in a run-of-the-mill solar system, in an unremarkable galaxy? If so, think again, advises astrophysicist Guillermo Gonzalez. Read more...

The Quarrel the Evolutionists Started - Janine Langan

Following Pope John Paul II's 1996 statement that the theory of evolution is “more than just a hypothesis,” newspapers around the world published articles wrongly asserting that the Church had finally come around and withdrawn its opposition to the theory. Read more...

The Scopes "Monkey" Trial Revisited - Denyse O'Leary

In the summer of 1925, a small town in Tennessee became a hub of intense international interest when famed defence lawyer Clarence Darrow squared off against progressive politician William Jennings Bryan over a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of the theory of evolution in schools. The really interesting part this story is the difference between what actually happened and how the case was presented later, particularly in the stage play and movie, Inherit the Wind. Read more...

The Sun in the Church - J.L.Heilbron

The Catholic Church is portrayed as an institution that has been willing to impose the heavy hand of censorship to suppress scientific freedom. But nothing could be further from the truth. Beginning with the recovery of ancient learning in the twelfth century and continuing through the Copernican upheavals and on even into the Enlightenment, the Roman Catholic Church gave more financial and social support to the study of astronomy - Copernican and otherwise - than did any other institution. Read more...

The truth about embryonic stem cell (ESC) therapies - Ryan T. Anderson

The truth about the technical challenges and scientific hurdles for embryonic stem-cell (ESC) therapies is finally getting out. Read more...

There’s a Monk in the Courtroom - Charles Colson

Tenzin Gyatso would probably be surprised to learn that he’s promoting “Christian creationism.” Read more...

Use with CAUTION - Andrea Mrozek

Pink ribbons are well and good. But why aren't people talking about the link between the pill and breast cancer? Read more...

Vindicated - Donald DeMarco

The courageous man who saw how faith gave birth to science. Read more...

What is Intelligent Design? - Stephen C. Meyer

In December 2004 New Mexico Public Television scheduled, advertised and then, under pressure, canceled a documentary explaining the scientific case for a theory of biological origins known as intelligent design. Read more...

What is Man that Thou are Mindful of Him?: Is man really the "crown of creation"? - Cardinal Christoph Schönborn

In its pastoral constitution, Gaudium et spes, Vatican II said, "Believers and unbelievers agree almost unanimously that all things on earth should be ordained to man as to their center and summit." Read more...

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