Author: John G. West

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 9, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Africa, Baylor University, Brian Thomas, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, faith and science, For a Greater Purpose, George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life, James Tour, Justice and Mercy Energy Services, NASA, Rice University, Robert J. Marks II, Texas A&M University, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, William A. Dembski, William Lane Craig}

Walter Bradley’s Wonderful Life — Scientist, Humanitarian, ID Proponent

_{John G. West
July 9, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Bradley changed many, many lives, and the world is a much better place because of him. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, aborted babies, Anthony Fauci, anti-science, BioLogos, climate change, Congress, COVID, Darwinian evolution, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Evangelical Christians, evolutionists, Federal Government, fossil fuels, Francis Collins, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, John West, junk science, LGBTQIA, mice, Michael Behe, misinformation, pandemic, pro-science, recognize, Research, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheists, scientism, skepticism, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, taxpayers, Trump Administration, universities, University of Pittsburgh, vaginoplasty, Washington DC}

Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

_{John G. West
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Trustworthiness

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If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 5, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science Education
Tagged
, assignments, biology, chemistry, discount, Discovery Institute Academy, education, high school, homeschool, instruction, intelligent design, lab activities, lectures, nature, parents, readings, scientists, students, teachers, tuition, universe}

Intelligent Design Biology and Chemistry for Homeschoolers

_{John G. West
May 5, 2025

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science Education

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This fall, Discovery Institute Academy will be offering both High School Biology and High School Chemistry for the 2025-26 school year. Read More ›

NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., speaks at the 2017 Rare Disease Day at NIH.

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, baby parts, censorship, COVID-19, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Evangelical Christians, federal funding, Francis Collins, government, Lincoln Memorial, mandates, National Institutes of Health, persecution, price gouging, progressives, racial discrimination, scientific research, secularists, Stand Up for Science, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, United States}

Francis Collins Stands Up for DEI, High Overhead, and Unethical Research?

_{John G. West
March 10, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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At least Collins has made it harder to ignore his real agenda by appearing at this partisan political rally. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 17, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Bible, Charles Darwin, culture, Harvard University, junk science, males, mammals, morality, prisoners, prostitutes, secularists, sex, sexual abuse, Stockholm Syndrome Christian, The Descent of Man, United States, Victorian England, zoologists}

Darwin, Kinsey, and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{John G. West
February 17, 2025

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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Perhaps the figure most responsible for the breakdown of traditional sexual ethics in Western culture was a Harvard-trained evolutionary zoologist. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Barack Obama, Biden Administration, Covid vaccines, COVID-19, Discovery Institute Press, entertainment, Evangelical Christians, faith and science, filmmakers, Francis Collins, government, Human Genome Project, journalists, law, National Institutes of Health, Politicians, professors, Research, Science (journal), scientists, Stockholm Syndrome Christian, Time Magazine}

Francis Collins and Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{John G. West
February 10, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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Collins has been celebrated by many of his fellow evangelicals because of his acceptance by the secular establishment. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Bible, BioLogos Foundation, Calvin College, childhood, Christianity, Discovery Institute Press, elitism, Evangelical Christians, evolution, faith and science, Francis Collins, Howard Van Till, intelligent design, physical universe, slippery slope, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians, theism, theistic Darwinism}

The Slippery Slope of Theistic Darwinism: The Sad Cases of Howard Van Till and Karl Giberson

_{John G. West
February 4, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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After retiring from Calvin, Howard Van Till evolved well beyond Christianity. Indeed, he eventually evolved beyond theism. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 3, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, authoritarianism, biblical authority, Christians, civilization, colleges, culture, Darwinism, elitism, Evangelical Christians, intelligent design, non-Christians, race, sex, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, United States, universities}

New Book: Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

_{John G. West
February 3, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Faith & Science

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If you want to understand why many Christian colleges are now producing graduates with views indistinguishable from secular materialists, read my book. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, atheism, Brian Miller, Brown University, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, citation bluffing, Darwin Day, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Debating Design, Douglas Axe, Emily Reeves, Ernst Mayr, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, Guillermo Gonzalez, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan McLatchie, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Nature’s Destiny, No Free Lunch, Oxford University, Oxford University Press, Professor Dave, proteins, PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins, Robert Laughlin, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, The Privileged Planet, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, What Darwin Didn’t Know}

No. 2 Story of 2024: Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
December 31, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 25, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, An American Life, arms control, atheism, birds’ eggs, birthday, butterflies, capitalism, Christianity, Douglas Brinkley, evil empire, faith and science, Galesburg, General Secretary, Greeks, Illinois, intelligent design, Jews, Jimmy Carter, Kremlin, Lessons My Father Taught Me, Mars, Michael Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, Moslems, National Prayer Breakfast, notetaker, Otangelo Grasso, Paul Kengor, political freedom, Protestants, Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Red Square, Romans, Ron Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Russian Orthodox Church, Soviet Union, St. Catherine’s Hall, The Notes, The Reagan Diaries, U.S. Constitution, Ukrainian Catholics, Whittaker Chambers, Witness}

Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2024: Reagan’s Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
December 25, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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An untold story from the final year of Reagan’s Presidency about science, faith, and intelligent design. Read More ›