Tag: freedom

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, adaptations, biology, conscious purposiveness, determinism, Edmund Ware Sinnott, environment, epigenetics, Eva Jablonka, evolution, Evolution: The History of an Idea, freedom, George Levine, Georges Cuvier, history, homeostasis, inheritance, instinctive regulation, J. Scott Turner, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jerry Coyne, Jessica Riskin, Lamarckism, Laurent Larson, Marion Lamb, motivation, neo-Darwinian synthesis, personality, Peter J. Bowler, Purpose and Desire, regeneration, Skeptic Magazine, teleology, The Power of Life, Yale University}

Re-evaluating Lamarck’s Contribution to Evolutionary Thought

_{Michael Flannery
July 9, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

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The rehabilitation of Lamarck and the important work of scholars of the past (i.e., Sinnott) and present (i.e., Turner) suggest an interesting conclusion. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, contemplation, courage, creativity, Declaration of Independence, dehumanization, designer, etymonline.com, faith, free will, freedom, friction, happiness, hope, human beings, humankind, humanness, humans, individuality, intuition, Karl Jaspers, liberty, life, love, Man in the Modern Age, meaning, Nicolai Berdyaev, organization, philosophers, presence, reasoning, relationship, resistance, spontaneity, surprise, technology, transcendence, virtuousness}

Endowed with Spontaneity: Celebrating Human Freedom

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2026

Faith & Science, Psychology

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That’s 1930s-German-philosopher-speak for the power and freedom human beings have to know themselves, be known to others, and be active agents in the world. Read More ›

Classic American Courtoom, Illustration, dramatic lighting

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 18, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, Dover, education, freedom, ID the Future, intelligent design, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, Neo-Darwinism, Traipsing Into Evolution}

Science, Not the Law, Will Settle the Debate Over Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 18, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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I mark the 20th anniversary of the Dover verdict by beginning a two-part conversation with geologist, legal scholar, and Dover trial expert Dr. Casey Luskin. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, closed-mindedness, COVID-19, freedom, government, ID the Future, intolerance, John West, natural world, pandemic, physical science, podcast, privacy, public health, science, scientism, scientists, technocracy, The Magician's Twin}

From C. S. Lewis, Prophetic Warnings on Science and Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

What happens when science leaves human values behind? Or when governments become beholden to scientists? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, church, conscience, freedom, Ontario, private schools, Quebec, religion, religious schools, synagogue, theocracy}

In Medicine and More, Canada Blazes a Trail to Authoritarianism

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 4, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Some worry about theocracies. But Canada is demonstrating that a secularocracy can be just as suppressing of comity and human freedom. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Bible, Casey Luskin, censorship, Clarence Darrow, Darwinian evolution, Dayton, Democrats, Edward Larson, freedom, fundamentalists, Haeckel’s embryos, history, Holocaust, Human Zoos, Icons of Evolution, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Wells, Phillip E. Johnson, Scopes trial, Social Darwinism, Summer for the Gods, Supreme Court, The Daily Wire, University of Chicago, William Jennings Bryan, Zombie Science}

Inhibit the Mind? Scopes Revisionism Can End

_{David Coppedge
July 15, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The centennial of the Scopes Trial is a good time to set the record straight. Here’s a way to turn the tables on the stereotype. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Chaberek

Date
July 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bible, Christianity, Communism, Conservation of Information, Dallas, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, democracy, freedom, George Weigel, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialism, On the Origin of Species, paganism, Paul Nelson, Poland, theistic evolution, theology, Tree of Life, Warsaw, William A. Dembski, World War II}

Postcard from Warsaw: Are Christians Doomed to Evolution?

_{Michael Chaberek, O.P.
July 9, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

At our conference, we discussed the parallels between Communism and Darwinism. Perhaps the two are fated to meet the same end. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Big Bang, creation, creationism, demiurge, evolution, family, freedom, genus, human origins, Jerry Coyne, life, nature, physical causes, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, reason, revelation, Roman Catholic, science and religion, scientists, species, theologians, universe, Why Evolution Is True}

On Evolution, Pope Francis Spoke and the Media Got it Wrong

_{Ann Gauger
April 21, 2025

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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According to Pope Francis, evolution per se still requires a Creator and cannot be the result of purely physical causes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, americans, authoritarianism, conformity, COVID-19, crime, drunk driving, Ethan Siegel, expertise, freedom, hospitals, hubris, humility, ideology, lockdowns, military, punishment, schools, security, Supreme Court, vaccine mandates, Vaccines}

Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 3, 2025

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

5}

Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 25, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, belief, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, carbon dioxide, Christianity, consciousness, disenchantment, freedom, Hamlet, intelligence, intelligent design, multiverse, New York Times, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, telescope, universe, water}

Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

_{Peter Biles
February 25, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Technology

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He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›