Tag: Declaration of Independence | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Douglas Groothuis

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
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, Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview}

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

_{Douglas Groothuis
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
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, Archbishop Fénelon, atoms, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Christianity, Cicero, creator, culture, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, endowed by our creator, faith and science, Founding, government, happiness, intelligence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, John Adams, John Ray, John West, liberty, life, liturgy, natural philosophers, natural science, nature, pagans, philosophy, Psalms, race, revelation, Richard Blackmore, rights, Romans, Salvo Magazine, science, stars, Thomas Jefferson, universe}

John West: The Science Underlying the American Founding

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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Notice that Jefferson held this “without appeal to revelation.” That is, the study of nature alone was sufficient to produce “a conviction of design.” Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
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, americans, apes, apotheosis, Carl Becker, Charles Darwin, Charles Merriam, Columbia University, Darwinian evolution, Declaration of Independence, education, endowed by our creator, environment, evolutionary racism, Founders, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, government, gravitation, Great Society, humanity, income, John Burgess, limited government, medical care, natural law, nature, Nature and Nature’s God, New Deal, New Jersey, New York City, Princeton University, progressives, Teutonic race, U.S. Constitution, United States, University of Chicago, Woodrow Wilson}

The Denial of Limited Government in the Name of Science

_{John G. West
March 23, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

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Charles Darwin was honored for showing that the truths preached by the political philosophers had been substantiated by biological science. Read More ›

Statue of Charles Darwin in Shrewsbury UK

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 16, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
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, Alfred Kinsey, Christopher Ryan, conscience, cultural anarchy, Darwinian biology, Darwinism, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, ethics, family life, Founders, Friedrich Nietzsche, human sexuality, libertinism, liberty, Moral Law, morality, natural selection, New York Times, reason, relativism, revelation, Robert Wright, Sex at Dawn, sexual morality, United States, world view}

Darwinism’s Attack on the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God

_{John G. West
March 16, 2026

Ethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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Needless to say, this new view of morality is toxic to the Founders’ understanding of liberty. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Algernon Sidney, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Cicero, College of Philadelphia, conscience, Declaration of Independence, Founders, George Washington, gravity, James Wilson, John Adams, John Calvin, John Locke, Martin Luther, Mere Christianity, Moral Law, Nature, reason, Richard Hooker, Romans, Supreme Court, Ten Commandments, The Abolition of Man, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Two Treatises of Government, U.S. Constitution}

The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God

_{John G. West
March 9, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science

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The “Laws of Nature” are those truths about reality that all well-formed human beings have access to through observation, reason, and conscience. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 3, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
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, atheist, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Calvin Coolidge, China, Curtis Yarvin, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Powel, endowed by our creator, equality, ethnicity, Founders, Freedom Train, French Revolution, G. K. Chesterton, geography, government, human rights, Independence Hall, liberty, Library of Congress, limited government, literature, National Archives, natural science, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Patrick Deneen, Philadelphia, philosophy, religion, Soviet Union, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vishal Mangalwadi}

Science, the Bible, and America’s Creed

_{John G. West
March 3, 2026

Faith & Science, Political Science

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When a wrong turn has been made, sometimes going back is the best way forward. If we want to restore America to health, we need to relearn the creed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
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, American Founding, American Revolution, americans, Bible, blasphemy, consent, cornerstone, creator, Declaration of Independence, education, educators, endorsements, endowed by our creator, faith and science, feudalism, Founders, G. K. Chesterton, How Americans View the American Founding, human equality, jesus, John West, Middle East, monarchy, natural theologians, New Testament, political scientists, Politics, reason, revelation, theocracy, truths, United States, untruths, war}

War on the Founding: New Book by John West Describes the “Battle for America’s Soul”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 2, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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At the present moment, defending the Declaration as our creed puts you on a collision course with some very influential people. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 11, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
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, attorneys, Barry Arrington, Casey Luskin, Colorado House of Representatives, creator, Declaration of Independence, evidence, fine-tuning, intelligent design, journalists, materialism, media, rights, scientists, Unforgetting God}

Materialism, Morality, and the Erosion of Objective Rights

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 11, 2025

Ethics, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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How is the job of a scientist similar to the job of an attorney? And how do you define evidence? Read More ›

Bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC as setting sun illuminates interior of the monument

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
July 4, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, Bill Gates, Charles Darwin, Declaration of Independence, DNA, Founders, George Gaylord Simpson, human rights, Independence Day, intelligent design, John Adams, nature, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Watson and Crick}

Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

_{Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Science Education
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, academic freedom, closed system, Darwinian evolution, Declaration of Independence, intelligent design, liberty, living systems, rights, secularism, separation of church and state, tolerance, universe, worldview}

Not Just a Scientific Theory, Intelligent Design Is a Pillar of Academic Freedom

_{Eric Hedin
March 17, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science Education

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The American Founders established government with religious liberty by separating the State and the Church without separating reason from revelation. Read More ›