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John G. West

Date
January 11, 2022

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Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
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, Charles Darwin, criminal justice, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, environmentalism, George Gaylord Simpson, John Derbyshire, medicine, National Review, natural selection, Nobel laureates, Peter Singer, Princeton University, random mutations, religion, Wayne State University}

How Has Darwinism Negatively Impacted Society?

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January 11, 2022

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The late Morris Goodman of Wayne State University argued that humans are “only slightly remodeled chimpanzee-like apes.” Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
December 28, 2021

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, abortion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Anthony Fauci, Barack Obama, Catholic clergy, Center for Medical Progress, Charles Colson, China, Colorado, conscience rights, COVID-19, David Daleiden, David French, Donald Trump, Evangelical Christians, faith, Francis Collins, John Polkinghorne, Judicial Watch, medical conscience, Mother Teresa, National Institutes of Health, Roman Catholic, Rutgers University, Social Darwinism, Templeton Prize, The New Yorker, U.S. Presidents, vaccine mandates, Wuhan}

#5 Story of 2021: Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH

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December 28, 2021

Bioethics, Medicine

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NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy. Read More ›

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John G. West

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December 17, 2021

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, authoritarianism, C.S. Lewis, Christmas, COVID-19, experts, government, Great Britain, Greta Thunberg, movies, pandemic, Republicans, Russia, scientists, secularism, The Abolition of Man}

A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

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December 17, 2021

Bioethics, Medicine

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The new Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
December 16, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, books, Center for Science and Culture, creator, despair, Discovery Institute, evolution, government, hope, intelligent design, media, Michael Behe, Pope Benedict XVI, PragerU, prisoners, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, universities, video}

Can Evidence of a Creator Bring Hope?

_{John G. West
December 16, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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John Castino's life spiraled out of control. His faith in God was based on his feelings, and so when times turned bad, he lost his faith. Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
December 10, 2021

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
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, atheism, books, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, engineers, evolution, Evolution News, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Michael Denton, orcas, physicians, Richard Weikart, Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, United Kingdom, YouTube videos}

Ever Thought You Could Change Someone’s Mind?

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December 10, 2021

Biology, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Iain was a diehard atheist from the United Kingdom. "I absolutely knew that I would never believe in a creator. It was inconceivable to me," he recalls. Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
November 1, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, agnosticism, Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, evolution, G.K. Chesterton, Gifford lectures, intelligent design, morality, natural selection, Plato, relativism, St. George Jackson Mivart, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin}

Humanity: Natural Selection’s Ultimate Challenge According to C. S. Lewis

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November 1, 2021

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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How could a blind material process produce man’s unique capabilities of reason and conscience? Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
October 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brown University, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, evolution, faith, Henri Bergson, Holy Spirit, intelligent design, John Polkinghorne, Kenneth Miller, Mere Christianity, Nobel Prize, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, theistic evolution}

C. S. Lewis and Theistic Evolution

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October 28, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Biological development is either the result of an unintelligent material process or a process guided by a mind, aka intelligent design. Read More ›

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John G. West

Date
October 25, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Creative Evolution, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, eyes, Henri Bergson, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, natural selection, New Atheists, Richard Dawkins, The Magician's Twin, William Paley}

Why C. S. Lewis Doubted the Creative Power of Natural Selection

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October 25, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Lewis first read Bergson in France during World War I while recovering from shrapnel wounds from the front-lines, and the experience on Lewis was profound. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Bible, Casey Luskin, China, Christianity, Christianity Today, Darwin Day in America, Darwinian evolution, ENCODE, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, George W. Bush, Jonathan Witt, junk DNA, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, National Institutes of Health, Obama Administration, professors, Science (journal), The Language of God, The New England Journal of Medicine, vaccination}

The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration

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October 18, 2021

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 15, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christianity, England, intelligent design, movies, Oxford, scientific materialism, The Most Reluctant Convert}

Spend an Evening with C. S. Lewis on November 3

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October 15, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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The movie opens with Lewis as an outspoken scientific atheist, whose view of science reinforces his bleak materialistic view of the universe. Read More ›