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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
January 13, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, Abraham Lincoln, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Barbara McClintock, Brooklyn College, central dogma, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian, Discovery Institute, Divine Foot, Douglas Futuyma, E.O. Wilson, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Francisco Ayala, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, James Shapiro, James Watson, jesus, Luther College, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Marcos Eberlin, mental illness, Moses, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), North American Teilhard Society, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, skeptics, sociobiology, Stanford University, Stephen Jay Gould, teleology, The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomson Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, William Provine}

Religion, Science, and Evolution: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic

_{Robert Shedinger
January 13, 2020

Faith & Science

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As I read through the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to try and convince myself of its accuracy and coherence, I was struck by the frequency with which I encountered “religious” language. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 3, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Brooklyn College, Charles Darwin, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, David Berlinski, E.O. Wilson, England, George Eliot, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Irving Kristol, Jacques Barzun, Janet Browne, Jews, Julian Huxley, Library of Congress, The Devil’s Delusion, The New Republic, University of Chicago, Winston Churchill}

Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb, Brutally Honest Historian of the “Darwinian Revolution”

_{Michael Flannery
January 3, 2020

Evolution

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Written in 1959, her monumental book, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, continues to tower over Whiggish studies on the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 4, 2019

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, E.O. Wilson, eugenics, Francis Collins, human experimentation, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, morality, Racism, Scientific American, scientific revolution, The Death of Humanity, Thomas Jefferson, warfare}

Why Michael Shermer’s “Case for Scientific Humanism” Fails

_{Richard Weikart
January 4, 2019

Ethics, Faith & Science

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Shermer tries to rewrite history by insisting that science is built on atheistic assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, altruism, beauty, bees, California, E.O. Wilson, Garden of Eden, goodness, group selection, J.P. Moreland, kin selection, logic, materialism, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, natural selection, neo-Darwinian processes, Neo-Darwinism, Paris, population genetics, prejudice, truth}

The Transcendental Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Ann Gauger
January 2, 2019

Intelligent Design

10}

Truth, beauty, and goodness are abstract concepts that correspond to our deepest desires. They are not likely to have evolved by a neo-Darwinian process. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 12, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-Semitism, behavior, Darwinian theory, E.O. Wilson, evolution, evolutionary ethics, Harvard University, homosexuality, humans, infanticide, just-so stories, Kevin MacDonald, race, Racism, rape, stereotypes, Steven Pinker, The Death of Humanity}

Darwinian Theory and Evolutionary Psychology

_{Richard Weikart
July 12, 2018

Ethics, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker asserts that infanticide has biological roots. He claims that ancient humans were picky about which babies they would raise to maturity. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 13, 2017

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", altruism, apes, brain, Darwinism, Discovering Intelligent Design, E.O. Wilson, Fire-Maker, fossil record, Francis Collins, Holocaust, human origins, ID's Top Six, intelligent design, Michael Denton, Michael Ruse, National Academy of Sciences, Philip Skell, Science and Human Origins, Wesley J. Smith}

ID’s Top Six — The Origin of Humans

_{Casey Luskin
November 13, 2017

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Reproductive Science

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There are many aspects of humanity that point to intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
July 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, Dogs, E.O. Wilson, evolution, homeless, Jerry Coyne, Michael Ruse, morality, sanctity of life, University of Chicago}

Jerry Coyne, Infanticide, and the Evolution of Morality

_{Richard Weikart
July 19, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution

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I’m confident Coyne will be outraged by this proposal -- as he should be. However, this is exactly how we treat dogs. Read More ›

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Date
May 30, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Dartmouth College, Darwinian evolution, E.O. Wilson, kin selection, Martin Nowak, natural selection, nature, PNAS, Tom Bethell}

No Controversies About Darwinism? Try This One

_{Science & Culture
May 30, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences

10}

A fierce battle over a core principle of Darwinian theory has raged for decades, but you wouldn’t know it. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 4, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, E.O. Wilson}

E.O. Wilson Disavows His Own Kin Selection

_{Casey Luskin
May 4, 2011

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

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If human behavior evolved, why have humans essentially adopted virtually universal ethical systems? Read More ›