BenjaminFranklin1767 Type post Author Douglas Groothuis Date March 26, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionPhilosophyPolitical Science Tagged , 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 7 No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›
MuralinNortheastPavilionThomasJeffersonBuildingWash Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date March 24, 2026 CategoriesFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignPolitical Science Tagged , 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 4 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 ›
