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This page features web links to information concerning biological origins (namely, Darwinian evolution and intelligent design theory), the philosophy of science, science education, and scientific skepticism. If you have any comments or questions regarding this web page, please use the feedback form.

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bullet ARTICLES & FEATURES

A Funny Thing Happened on Way to Disbelief |Added 8/07/04|

ACLU Intelligent Design FAQ: An Analysis and Response |Added 3/19/05|

Again, Teach the Best Science |Added 3/07/04|

Against Sociobiology - On Genes & Human Nature |Added 9/10/03|

An Atheist's Apostasy - On the Conversion of Anthony Flew |Added 12/17/04|

An Introduction to Intelligent Design

Assaults on Evolution Have Evolved as Well - Religious Opponents of Darwin's Discovery Open New Battles in Schools...Public Arena |Added 2/21/04|

Biology 101 - On Evolutionary Mechanism & Does God Use Evolution? |Added 9/11/03|

Bitten - On The Stephen Meyer Controversy |Added 10/02/04|

Book: Biocosm - The New Theory of Evolution - Intelligent Life is the Architect of the Universe |Added 9/22/03|

Book Review: Doubts About Darwin - A History of Intelligent Design |Added 12/03/03|

Book: The Numinous Legacy - Modern Cosmology & Religion |Added 3/14/04|

Christianity Today Writer Says It's Time to Attack Creationist Views! |Added 9/04/04|

Creationist Views on the Intelligent Design Movement |Added 2/21/04|

Darwin Under Fire Again - Intelligent Design vs. Evolution |Added 12/10/04|

Does Science Point to God? - The Intelligent Design Revolution

Does the Argument From Mind Provide Evidence for God? |Added 5/09/04|

Editorial: The New Creationism and Its Threat to Science Literacy and Education |Added 1/15/04|

Entertaining the Notion of a Place of Wonder - The Conversion of Anthony Flew |Added 12/17/04|

Evolution - Call a Theory a Theory |Added 12/10/04|

Evolution's Defenders Should Avoid Absolutism |Added 8/30/03|

Fact, Fable, and Darwin |Added 8/07/04|

Genius, Creativity and the Mainstream – An Excellent Source of Articles on Science & Skepticism |Added 8/30/03|

God, Santa Claus and the Nature of Reality |Added 7/27/04|

How Should Schools Teach Evolution? - Don't Forget Weaknesses in Theory |Added 9/24/03|

Human Devolution - A Vedic (Hindu) Alternative to Darwin's Theory

Intelligent Design and Creationism Just Aren't the Same

Intelligent Design Creationism - A Rhetorical Ploy? |Added 12/30/03|

Intelligent Design, Freedom, and Education

Intelligent Design Jargon Explained!

Intelligent Design - The New 'Big Tent' for Evolution's Critics |Added 2/21/04|

Intelligent Design Study Appears |Added 9/06/04|

Interview w/Renowned Evolutionary Biologist and Atheist Richard Dawkins

Is Evolution a Secular Religion?

Myths of Skepticism - By Michael D. Sofka |Added 6/14/03|

Neither Intelligent nor Designed - Another Blatant Misrepresentation of ID Theory? |Added 1/15/04|

Not Your Daddy's Fundamentalism - Intelligent Design in the Classroom |Added 1/15/04|

Ohio Evolution Lesson Plan Irks Science Groups |Added 3/11/04|

One Long Bluff - The Gishlick, Matzke and Elsberry Response to Stephen Meyer's Peer-Reviewed Article |Added 10/02/04|

On Materialism as Science Dogma |Added 8/30/03|

Panicked Evolutionists - The Stephen Meyer Controversy |Added 10/01/04|

Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design [PCID] - The Journal of ISCID |Added 11/07/03|

Public Library of Science - Making the World's Scientific & Medical Literature a Public Resource |Added 11/01/03|

Science's New Heresy Trial - A Smithsonian-Backed Editor is Defrocked by the Priesthood of Science for Publishing an Article on Intelligent Design |Added 3/19/05|

Slamming Intelligent Design |Added 1/05/05|

Study Suggests Life Sprang From Clay |Added 10/26/03|

Textbook Debate - It's All About the Evidence |Added 9/24/03|

The Benefits of Skepticism

The Big Lab Experiment - Was Our Universe Created by Design? |Added 5/21/04|

The Controversy Over Evolution in Biology Textbooks |Added 12/30/03|

The Evolving Debate |Added 1/17/05|

The Gods Must Be Tidy! - Is the Cosmos a Work of Poor Engineering or the Gift of an Artistic Designer? |Added 7/27/04|

The Science Behind Intelligent Design Theory

Who Designed the Designer? |Added 2/21/04|

Will Academic Freedom Come to Georgia? - On Teaching Biological Origins |Added 11/13/04|

Winds of Change? - The Movie "Inherit the Wind" is a Double-Edged Sword |Added 8/30/03|

 

bullet PHILOSOPHY & METAPHYSICS

Philosopher: Don’t Buy Scientific Materialism’s Hype |Added 3/07/04|

Philosophy as an Aid to Science to Explain the Universe |Added 9/22/03|

The Intelligent Design Theory and the Rehabilitation of Analogical Knowledge by Jakob Wolf |Added 12/26/04|

 

bullet CRITIQUES OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN THEORY

Conflated & Equivocal Arguments Against the Notion of Intelligent Design

Creationism & Intelligent Design by Dr. Robert T. Pennock |Added 1/06/04|

Patience and Absurdity: How to Deal with Intelligent Design Creationism by Paul R. Gross |Added 11/13/04|

The Crusade Against Evolution - Creation Science is Invading America's Classrooms |Added 10/01/04|

 

bullet CRITIQUES OF NEO-DARWINISM - ON  SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM, NATURALISM & NEO-DARWINIAN EVOLUTION

IDEA Center's Evolution Primer |Added 2/22/04|

The Five Crises in Evolutionary Theory by Dr. Raymond G. Bohlin

 

bulletDENUNCIATIONS OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN THEORY

American Association for the Advancement of Science Denounces ID |Added 3/10/04|

American Institute of Physics Denounces ID |Added 3/10/04|

Society for Neuroscience Denounces ID |Added 3/10/04|

Society for the Advancement of Real Science Denounces Intelligent Design NOTE: This press release by the Society for the Advancement of Real Science is a parody. No such organization exists. Unfortunately, because reality is nearly as extreme as this parody, many readers initially think that this "press release" is genuine. Hence this disclaimer. |Added 3/01/04|

 

bullet CRITIQUES WITH REBUTTALS

Paul Gross's Critique of Intelligent Design in the NAS's [National Association of Scholars] September '03 Issue of Science Insights |Added 9/24/03|

Paul Gross's Dilemma - Intelligent Design Theoretician William A. Dembski Responds to Paul Gross |Added 9/24/03|

Friends & Foes of Intelligent Design Weigh in on Paul Gross's Criticism of ID & Paul Gross Responds |Added 12/03/03|

The Mystery of the Missing Links - Cover Story of the U.K.'s Weekly Magazine, The Spectator, October 25th Issue |Added 11/07/03|

A Creationist Comments on the Spectator's Cover Story - The Mystery of the Missing Links |Added 11/07/03|

Intelligent Design Creationism, A Threat to Society – Not Just Biology by Dr. Marshall Berman |Added 1/30/04|

Evolutionists to the Barricades, Is the Theory in Trouble? - A Rebuttal to Dr. Marshall Berman by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. |Added 1/30/04|

Another Attempt to Deny Evolution by San Diego Union Tribune Columnist James O. Goldsborough |Added 2/22/04|

IDEA Center Response to James O. Goldsborough's "Another Attempt to Deny Evolution" (2/21/04) |Added 2/22/04|

 

bulletLEGAL RESOURCES

Federal Judge Rules that "Fostering Critical Thinking" About Evolution has Secular Purpose, but Invalidates Cobb County Sticker Anyway |Added 1/14/05|

IDEA Center: Educational, Legal & Political Issues |Added 1/16/05|

Is it Science Yet? - Intelligent Design Creationism and the Constitution |Added 1/16/05|

Jeffrey Michael Selman, Kathleen Chapman, Jeff Silver, Paul Mason, and Terry Jackson vs. Cobb County School District and Cobb County Board of Education |Added 1/16/05|

Judge: Evolution Stickers Unconstitutional |Added 1/14/05|

Utah Law Review: Teaching the Origins Controversy - Science, Or Religion, Or Speech?

Why It's Unconstitutional to Teach "Intelligent Design" in the Public Schools, as an Alternative to Evolution |Added 12/26/04|

 

bullet ADOBE PDF FILES & OTHER DOWNLOADABLE MATERIAL

A Field Guide to Skepticism |Added 6/14/03|

A Response to Critics of Darwin's Black Box

An Evolutionary Manifesto - A New Hypothesis For Organic Change |Added 6/05/03|

Becoming a Disciplined Science - Prospects, Pitfalls, and Reality Check for ID

Gauging Intelligent Design's Success |Added 11/22/03|

Infinite Universe or Intelligent Design? |Added 9/29/03|

Information as a Measure of Variance |Added 7/27/04|

Intelligent Design, Human Evolution, and Bioethics |Added 2/22/04|

Irreducible Complexity Revisited |Added 1/19/04|

Making the Task of Theodicy Impossible? - Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evil

Omega Zero - Are We Scientifically Discovering God? |Added 3/02/04|

On the Application of Irreducible Complexity |Added 6/05/03|

Reflections on Human Origins |Added 7/27/04|

Skepticism's Prospects for Unseating Intelligent Design

Tegmark's Parallel Universes - A Challenge to Intelligent Design?

Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Design? |Added 1/15/04|

The Cognitive - Theoretical Model of the Universe

The Design Revolution - Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design |Added 9/02/03|

The Logical Underpinnings of ID

Uncommon Dissent - Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing |Added 7/22/03|

What is Natural Selection? A Plea for Clarification

Why Natural Selection Can't Design Anything

 

 

 

 

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