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John G. West

Date
February 5, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, 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, 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, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Darwinists Devolve

_{John G. West
February 5, 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
January 29, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, birthday, butterflies, capitalism, Christianity, Greeks, Illinois, intelligent design, Jews, Jimmy Carter, Kremlin, Mars, Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow, National Prayer Breakfast, Protestants, Romans, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union, U.S. Constitution, Whittaker Chambers}

Ronald Reagan’s Deeply Personal Argument for Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
January 29, 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 ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 26, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, Arthur Holly Compton, Bible, Cambridge University, Catholic clergy, Charles Townes, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Georges Lemaître, Guillermo Gonzalez, humans, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, John Ray, Melissa Cain Travis, Museum of the Bible, Nancy Pearcey, Nobel Prize, Ota Benga, Psalms, Robert Jastrow, Signature in the Cell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Meyer, Thinking God’s Thoughts}

No. 7 Story of 2023: Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

_{John G. West
December 26, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 22, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, egg, English literature, human life, intelligent design, materialism, Mere Christianity, poetry, The Magician's Twin, theism, theology}

Remembering C. S. Lewis on Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
November 22, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Lewis died on this day, November 22, sixty year ago in 1963. He frequently examined the impact of modern science on human life. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, brains, Darwinian racism, Human Zoos, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, St. Louis, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post, Washington University, whites, YouTube videos}

Maura: The Woman Whose Brain Was Stolen and Stored by the Smithsonian

_{John G. West
August 18, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Maura was brought from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1904 to take part in one of the public displays of indigenous people at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
August 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Aleš Hrdlička, body parts, brains, Czech Republic, Darwinian theory, documentary, evolution, evolutionary racism, Human Zoos, indigenous peoples, National Museum of Natural History, Racism, skeletons, Smithsonian Institution, Social Darwinism, St. Louis World's Fair, Washington Post}

Smithsonian’s Racist Brain Collection Exposed by Washington Post

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August 17, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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These human specimens were collected in large part to dramatize how non-white peoples were supposedly lower on the evolutionary ladder than whites. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 28, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Bible, Cambridge University, Christianity, COVID-19, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute, New York Times, Olufemi Oluniyi, Scotland, Seattle, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminars, University of Edinburgh}

My Friend Olufemi Oluniyi and Darwin’s Legacy in Nigeria

_{John G. West
February 28, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Olufemi opened my eyes and heart to the importance of Nigeria to Africa, the dynamic role of Christians there, and the importance of Africa to the world. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africa, Africans, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwin Comes to Africa, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, imperialism, Kenya, New York Times, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, Racism, Richard Weikart, Seattle, Social Darwinism, Summer Seminar}

When Darwin Came to Africa

_{John G. West
February 20, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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Charles Darwin didn't spend much time in Africa. But his poisonous ideas certainly did. Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
February 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, Asa Gray, Bridgewater Treatises, Charles Darwin, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Day, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, evolution, history, intelligent design, Michael Denton, public education, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, William Paley}

Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and Intelligent Design

_{John G. West
February 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Given Lincoln’s acknowledgment of the evidence of design in nature, he would be banned from expressing his views on evolution in most public schools today. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
January 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Arno Penzias, Arthur Holly Compton, Bible, Cambridge University, Catholic clergy, Charles Townes, Deborah Haarsma, DNA, evolution, Fred Hoyle, Guillermo Gonzalez, humans, intelligent design, Johannes Kepler, John Ray, Melissa Cain Travis, Museum of the Bible, Nancy Pearcey, Nobel Prize, Ota Benga, Psalms, Robert Jastrow, Signature in the Cell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Meyer, Thinking God’s Thoughts}

New Exhibition on the Bible and Science Opens in Nation’s Capital

_{John G. West
January 23, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Tracing the development of science over two millennia, the exhibition challenges a popular misconception about the relationship between the Bible and science. Read More ›