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Order, Chance, and Design in Evolution

Does biological evolution depend on chance, order, or a combination of both? In this article, Dr. Kuebler explores: Why God and evolution are not mutually exclusive. What would have happened if the ...
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S., MSc.3 min read

Mountains, Mars, and Our Desire to Know

New analysis of data from the Mars rover, Curiosity, suggests a need to reconsider the processes leading to the formation of Mount Sharp.
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John Clark2 min read

Blasphemy Hurts Christians

Most Americans can tell you what blasphemy is. What they may not know is that blasphemy offends Christians. They may not know that it hurts Christians.
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The Galactic Recipe for a Living Planet [Video]

Karin Öberg describes the conditions that make life possible and describes how scientists are trying to discover if life could exist on other planets.
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Maggie Ciskanik, M.S.9 min read

The Ongoing Hunt for Dark Matter: A Conversation with Dr. Paolo Beltrame

Italian physicist, Dr. Paolo Beltrame spent 15 years on the hunt for dark matter, and this hunt led him to God.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.9 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part IV: Tombs

Humans have created tombs, monuments, and reliquaries for eras as links with the afterlife—efforts that attest to the soul’s immortality.
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Dr. Raychel Namiotka4 min read

Ensoulment, Art, and Extraterrestrials

If we met extraterrestrial creatures with the biological capacity to have rational thought, art would tell us if they were ensouled by God.
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Dr. Robert Kurland, Ph.D.7 min read

Extraterrestrial Life Part I: Chemical Evolution

What kind of chemistry does life, as we know it, require in order to exist?
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.10 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part III: Transformation Through Dress

Throughout human history, artisans have created similar objects in response to their cultures’ religious impulses—including transformation through dress.
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Katie Kresser, Ph.D.7 min read

Aesthetics and Spirituality Part V: Idols

Our ancestors' agreement about the spiritual world with the use of idols, globally, can also infer the existence of an immortal soul.
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Fr. Spitzer to Offer Course on Faith and Science at New Online Academy

Parousia Academy announces the launch of its online academy where Fr. Spitzer will be offering a course on Faith and Science.
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Why Trust the Catholic Church (in Good Times and in Bad)?

From EWTN's Father Spitzer's Universe, Father receives the question, how can I regain my trust in the Catholic Church in light of recent scandals?
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