Tag: British Rationalist Association

Silhouette of ape under a starry sky with trees framing the scene in a dark and dreamy setting

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, British Rationalist Association, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian paradigm, Darwinism, evolution, False Messiah, John Keats, Judeo-Christian tradition, Noam Chomsky, Richard Dawkins, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, The Selfish Gene, theism, There Is a God, Tom Wolfe, William Wordsworth, Woody Allen}

False Messiah: An Addendum on Darwin and Theism

_{Neil Thomas
October 22, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Faith & Science

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The standpoint of poet John Keats is certainly gaining resonance in our doubt-ridden 21st century. I for one welcome its openness to questioning and wonder. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
December 9, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Anthony Flew, Aristotle, atheism, British Rationalist Association, Cicero, Cristian Bandea, DNA, electron microscope, Epicurus, Eric Metaxas, First Cause, Galen, intellectual history, Irreducible Complexity, Is Atheism Dead?, Lucretius, Paul Davies, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Plato, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Return to the God Paradigm (series)}

Nothing New Under the Sun

_{Neil Thomas
December 9, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The inference to a First Cause has begun to percolate down to people who hold no prior allegiance to any of the world’s accredited religions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, agnostics, British Rationalist Association, Darwinism, Darwinists, Discovery Institute Press, England, evolutionary theory, German, magical thinking, Nazis, Neil Thomas, Oxford University, propaganda, Richard Dawkins, skepticism, Taking Leave of Darwin, University of Durham}

In a New Book, Longtime Agnostic Dumps Darwin

_{Jonathan Witt
August 2, 2021

Evolution

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Critics of intelligent design will have a hard time maligning Neil Thomas as a “creationist in a cheap tuxedo.” Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
June 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Africa, Brian Josephson, British Rationalist Association, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, Galápagos Islands, Neil Thomas, social media, Taking Leave of Darwin, Tree of Life}

You’ll Never Guess What Just Collapsed

_{John G. West
June 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Neil Thomas, a professor and member of the British Rationalist Association, was a committed Darwinist and agnostic. Read More ›