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On Atheism’s Watch, Rationality in Science Went Out the Window

All of this decay when atheists were considered to be the primary spokespeople for science. And they have yielded the floor to irrational forces. Read More ›
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New Book: God Hypothesis, European Style; Events at Princeton, Berkeley

In the faith context, the popular picture in America of what Europe is like — the land that God forgot — may need to be revised. Read More ›
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Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps 

A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Read More ›
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The Cruel Legacy of Social Darwinism in Nigeria

Social Darwinism rests like a tiger moth on Darwinism, its mother theory; when challenged with facts, it just flits to a slightly different position. Read More ›
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How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›
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Weikart: In His Own Mind, White Supremacist Gunman Was Only Following the Science

President Biden this week said it is “running through our body politic.” If so, it’s strange that I’m not sure I’ve ever met a genuine white supremacist. Read More ›
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Racism Serves Darwinism, Darwinism Serves Racism

Racism was not just an incidental part of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. Rather Darwin considered racial inequality crucial evidence for his theory. Read More ›
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The Racism of Darwin and Darwinism

Not only racism, but racial extermination was an integral feature of Darwin’s theory from the start. Read More ›
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Thanks to Whoopi Goldberg, Today’s Webinar on Darwinian Racism Couldn’t Be Timelier

To insist on Judaism as a race is, in a sense, to follow the path of Darwinian racism. Read More ›
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Darwinian Racism: How Evolutionary Theory Shaped Nazi Thinking

It was the spring 1999, a Denver suburb. The day, April 20 — Hitler’s birthday. An 18-year-old white nationalist donned a shirt emblazoned “Natural Selection.” Read More ›

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