I admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
In our greatest universities, naturalism - the doctrine that nature is all there is - is the virtually unquestioned assumption that underlies… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
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When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
“Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It has no power to explain even some of the most basic principles of the universe and existence.… — Lewis N. Roe Copy Share Image
The question rather is how we should do science and theology in light of the impending collapse of Enlightenment rationalism and scientific… — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
I was born in Paris in the mid-1960s, and by the time I was 12 I had started going to the movies… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
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Looking at the doctrine of Darwinism, which undergirded my atheism for so many years, it didn’t take me long to conclude that… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
"Methodological naturalism" and "metaphysical naturalism" are terms that often surface in the continuing battle between evolutionary biology and creationism/intelligent design. The methodological… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
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Naturalism aimed at giving the primitive wishes full play but failed because these wishes are too primitive, too infantile, too inconsistent with… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
I love a certain kind of acting style that I would call non-American, which tends to be more detail-oriented and less externalized.… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
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Now, as when I made films that were too autobiographical, the problem is how to escape naturalism. If you tell a strictly… — Philippe Garrel Copy Share Image
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![“Intelligent design theorists have learned a few lessons from the failures of their predecessors and have devised a more sophisticated strategy to compete head on with evolution. One of the main things they [intelligent design creationists] have learned is what not to say. A major element of their…” quote by Robert T. Pennock](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/45e/robert-t-pennock-94367_evolution_intelligent-design-theorists-have-learne_1617834.jpg)
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