Tag: ancient Greeks

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
July 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, Augustan age, Before Philosophy, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creation stories, D’Alembert’s Dream, Denis Diderot, Erasmus Darwin, France, Genesis, Great Britain, Henri Frankfort, Higher Criticism, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Julien Offray de la Mettrie, L’Homme Machine, lion, Marcion of Sinope, Mary Midgley, materialists, metaphors, mythographers, natural philosophers, natural selection, oak tree, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, parchment, petroglyphs, religion, Sir Charles Lyell, The Origin of Society, The Temple of Nature, transmutation, Victorian England, whale}

Genesis Rescripted: Erasmus and Charles Darwin’s Biblical Indebtedness

_{Neil Thomas
July 6, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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One may argue that myth still informs the metaphors underlying the formulation of some present-day scientific theories. Read More ›

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Date
June 28, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Political Science
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, ancient Romans, Bible, Cicero, creator, Declaration of Independence, independence, intelligent design, John West, nature, philosophers, Psalms, Romans, Townhall}

John West: Science and the American Founding

_{Science & Culture
June 28, 2026

Faith & Science, History of Science, Political Science

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"Today, many people think that belief in a Creator is a subjective preference based on their personal faith. But that was not the view of America’s Founders." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, ancient world, augustine, Big Bang, Christians, Darwinian evolution, faith and science, history of science, medieval Church, modern science, multiverse theory, private truth, psychology, Reformation, Romans, Winston Ewert}

Faith and Science Before Modern Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 24, 2025

Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Winston Ewert offers a surprising look at how Christians debated science theories in the ancient and medieval world. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, common sense, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, Emily Sandico, epigenetics, genome, ID the Future, immaterial genome, information, intelligent design, interview, molecular biology, philosophers, Plato, Plato's Revenge, podcast, Richard Sternberg, RNA}

Plato’s Revenge: An Interview with David Klinghoffer

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 1, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

2}

We are now overdue for a profound revolution in science, one you’ve probably heard very little about. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 10, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, alchemy, ancient Greeks, Benjamin Wiker, compounds, elements, gold, human vision, hydrogen, ions, Jonathan Witt, matter, oxygen, reactions, sun, The Privileged Planet, water}

Weird Water and Its Role in the Rise of Chemistry

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 10, 2024

Chemistry, Intelligent Design

7}

Water has been crucial in the transition from alchemy to the science of chemistry. Read More ›

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Date
January 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, Antony Flew, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Darwinian materialism, evolution, geneticists, ID the Future, Middle Ages, natural selection, Neil Thomas, paganism, paleontologists, podcast, poetry, Richard Dawkins, skepticism, Taking Leave of Darwin}

Fooled by Darwinism: A Scholar’s Cautionary Tale

_{Science & Culture
January 14, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Neil Thomas links the posturing of atheists Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell with the fatalism of poetry stretching back to the Middle Ages, and further. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, animals, anthropology, birds, death, Dogs, Eurasia, Homo naledi, humans, Israel, Live Science, Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paleontologists, skeletons, South Africa, University of Arizona}

When Did Humans Start Burying the Dead?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2023

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology

6}

Only humans understand death as the inevitable and final reality for all mortal beings no matter what we do. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, algebra, algorithms, ancient Greeks, California, Colin Wright, education, Jerry Coyne, literacy, private truth, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, social justice, whiteness, zero}

What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2023

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

6}

The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, anthropocentrism, apes, arms, bonobos, dolphins, fire, Galen, hands, Homo floresiensis, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, Judeo-Christian tradition, kinetic energy, knuckle-walkers, orangutan, parrots, ravens, Richard Owen, seals, secular culture, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Vogel, stone tools, The Miracle of Man, Thomas Huxley}

Man, with His Special Place in Nature, Was Designed to Use Fire

_{Michael Denton
May 24, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Only a special type of being very close to our own biological design could have taken the first and vital step to technological enlightenment, fire-making. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
March 6, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, atomists, Baruch Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Christian de Duve, Christianity, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Erasmus Darwin, logos, magical thinking, philosophers, supernatural, Thomas Malthus}

Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking

_{Neil Thomas
March 6, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Life Sciences

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Charles Darwin himself exemplified the Argument from Pique, alluded to in past entries in this series, to a tee. Read More ›