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Key Thinkers

Here you can find profiles of some of the key thinkers in the debate over evolution and intelligent design. What are their life stories? What are their key ideas? What are their most important writings? Check back as we continue to add more profiles to the page in coming months.

Supporters of Materialistic Evolution

Richard Dawkins

Daniel Dennett

Supporters of Theistic Evolution

Francis Collins

Supporters of Intelligent Design

Michael Behe

William Dembski

Stephen Meyer

EVENTS

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March
03
Mar
10
10
2019}

Christian Scientific Society Regional Meeting

_{Featuring Drs. Stephen C. Meyer and Brian Miller of the Center for Science & Culture}_{Stephen C. Meyer
Date
March
03
Mar
10
10
2019}

Come hear Dr. Stephen Meyer, along with other distinguished speakers, present at the Christian Scientific Society's (CSS) regional meeting in Southern California on March 10-11! The theme of the meeting is Emergence, Spontaneous Pattern Formation, and the Origin of Life. Dr. Meyer, director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture, will speak on the origin of life and the evidence for intelligent design. Dr. Brian Miller, physicist and Research Director at the Center for Science & Culture, will discuss thermodynamics as it relates to the origin of life and information. WHEN: March 10-11, 2019 WHERE:Biola UniversityCalvary Chapel13800 Biola AveLa Mirada, CA 90639 The meeting is free to full and associate members of the CSS and $20 …

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May
05
May
13
13
2019}

The Biggest Myths about Science and Faith

_{Historian of science Michael Keas explodes some of the most popular and pernicious myths about science and religion.}_{Michael Newton Keas
Date
May
05
May
13
13
2019
Denton Bible Church
Denton, TX}

Scientists love to tell stories about the quest to understand the universe — stories that often have profound implications for belief or disbelief in God. But more often than not, the stories are nothing but myths. Join us as Michael Keas, a historian of science and Senior Fellow of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture, explodes some of the most popular and pernicious myths about science and religion.

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October
10
Oct
10
10
2019}

Aslan is on the Move

_{Stephen Meyer Presents at the C. S. Lewis Society Annual Banquet}_{The Center for Science and Culture
Date
October
10
Oct
10
10
2019
Calvary Church
Clearwater, FL}

The C. S. Lewis Society, on the campus of Trinity College of Florida, provides a guest-speaker forum for the campus community to hear scholars articulate topics of wide public concern. In this upcoming event, Dr. Stephen Meyer, Director of the Center for Science and Culture, will speak on the inescapable evidence of exquisite design in the cosmos. After bestsellers Signature in the Cell (2009) and Darwin's Doubt (2013), he is now exploring the startling evidence for God in his forthcoming title, The Return of the God Hypothesis (2020). This is a fundraising event for the work of the Florida-based C. S. Lewis Society, and each attendee will have the opportunity to support the work of the Society with a donation. When Thursday, October 10, 2019, starting at 6:30 …

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October
10
Oct
11
11
2019}

Why Truth Still Matters

_{2019 SES National Conference on Christian Apologetics}_{The Center for Science and Culture
Date
October
10
Oct
11
11
2019
Calvary Church
Charlotte, NC}

Stephen Meyer, Director of the Center for Science and Culture, is scheduled to speak at the upcoming National Conference on Christian Apologetics presented by Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC. The theme this year — Why Truth Still Matters — will feature a variety of sessions from scientists, philosophers, and theologians. Dr. Meyer's sessions are listed below, and a full line-up of speakers and sessions can be found at https://conference.ses.edu/. Darwin's Doubt Saturday, October 12 | 11:15 am - 12:10 pm In this presentation, Dr. Meyer tells the story of the mystery surrounding the "Cambrian explosion" of animal life in the fossil record — a mystery that has intensified, not only because the expected ancestors of these animals have not been found, but …

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January
01
Jan
25
25
2020}

Dallas Conference on Science and Faith 2020

_{John G. West
Date
January
01
Jan
25
25
2020
Dallas, TX}

According to a nationwide survey, more than two-thirds of atheists and one-third of agnostics believe that “the findings of science make the existence of God less probable,” while nearly half of self-identified theists believe “the findings of science are neutral with regard to the existence of God.” But what if there is another option? What if the discoveries of science actually lend support to belief in God? Tackle this question head-on at the upcoming Dallas Conference on Science and Faith 2020 on January 25. Held on the campus of Denton Bible Church, the conference will explore exciting scientific discoveries about the origin of the universe, the origin of life, and the development of biological complexity, as well as critique the scientific and cultural impact of …

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