Tag: Ernst Haeckel

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Author
James Barham

Date
September 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Church of England, Darwin’s bulldog, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionism, excommunication, faith and science, General Morphology of Organisms, Generelle Morphologie der Organismen, historical figures, history, James Barham, King’s College, Lincoln’s Inn, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, social elite, St. George Jackson Mivart, Thomas Henry Huxley, Wikipedia, William Dembski}

St. George Jackson Mivart: A Historical Snapshot

_{James Barham
September 30, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the end, Darwin, Huxley, and their friends collectively decided to “cut him dead,” meaning to ostracize him socially. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred William Bennett, anoura, anthologies, bats, biological origins, books, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, chelonians, convergence, Darwinists, development, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, excommunication, growth, humans, Ichthyosauria, Inkwell Classics in Evolution and Design, Inkwell Press, John Henry Newman, monographs, natural selection, On the Genesis of Species, pterodactyles, Roman Catholics, St. George Jackson Mivart, The Descent of Man, The Saturday Review, Thomas Henry Huxley, Vertebrata, William George Ward}

An 1871 Critic of Darwinism Whose Criticisms Still Pack a Punch

_{William A. Dembski
September 29, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

A new series aims to restore a historically honest balance to the debate over evolution and design in the study of biological origins. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 3, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, biology textbooks, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, friendship, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Paul Nelson, peppered moths, podcast, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, wisdom}

A Celebrated Life: Colleagues Remember Dr. Jonathan Wells

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 3, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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First to speak is Dr. John West, Managing Director of the CSC. Dr. West explains how Wells managed to be both brilliant AND understandable. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Bremerton, Casey Luskin, celebration of life, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Discovery Institute, Donald Rumsfeld, Ernst Haeckel, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Haeckel’s embryos, intelligent design, John West, Jonathan Wells, Josie Wells, Peter Wells, Plato, Poulsbo, Richard Sternberg, scientists, textbooks}

Jonathan Wells and the “Unknown Unknowns”

_{David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Richard Sternberg regretted, citing Plato, that “words are very poor containers for what one wants to say” about a friend like Jonathan. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology textbooks, Center for Science and Culture, citations, classrooms, Darwinian paradigm, Discovery Institute, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, finches, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, peppered moths, podcast, remembrances, reputation}

Dismantling the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Baltic amber, Cambrian Explosion, Carboniferous Insect Explosion, cladistics, Darwin's Dilemma, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Ludwig van Beethoven, On the Origin of Species, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Meyer, Tree of Life, University of Cambridge, University of Oklahoma}

Life’s History and the “Ode to Joy”

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
December 2, 2024

Evolution, Paleontology

13}

The history of life can perhaps be likened to a collection of different musical themes. In Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the four beginning notes are the theme. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Carl Sagan, Cosmos (series), Darwin Day in America, Ernst Haeckel, Greek, John West, materialists, New York Times, nitrogen, oxygen, Sarco, universe, Wesley J. Smith}

Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod

_{Daniel Reeves
September 26, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end? Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
August 26, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, agnostics, atheism, disabilities, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, euthanasia, evolution, Francis Galton, Germany, Ian Dowbiggin, illnesses, Judeo-Christian tradition, punishment, World War I}

Darwinian Death: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics

_{Richard Weikart
August 26, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

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One powerful influence on the early euthanasia movement was eugenics ideology, which emerged first in the 1860s under the leadership of Francis Galton. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Africa, apes, Bronx Zoo, conscience, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, evolutionary biology, Final Solution, human evolution, Human Zoos, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, racists, Scandinavia, scientific racism, St. Louis World's Fair, The Descent of Man}

West, Metaxas: Face It, Darwinian Theory Is Itself Racist

_{David Klinghoffer
August 6, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

This malign record is no mere inexplicable aberration from an otherwise innocent scientific theory. The legacy is not a mistake. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Chaberek

Date
June 10, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, Brian Miller, Christianity, Douglas Axe, Ernst Haeckel, faith and science, Father Michael Chaberek, Germany, God Hypothesis, Guillermo Gonzalez, Jay Richards, Krakow, Napoleon, Neo-Darwinism, New Atheism, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Poland, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet}

Return of the God Hypothesis in Poland

_{Michael Chaberek, O.P.
June 10, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Has the God hypothesis indeed returned? When Darwin presented his theory, it seemed that science had thoroughly confirmed a complete naturalistic paradigm. Read More ›