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Ernst Haeckel
Photo: Statue of Ernst Haeckel, Chemnitz, Saxony, by André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons.

As Many Opinions as There Are Men?

The ideas of Ernst Haeckel, in his youth a hardline Darwinian materialist, were to evolve to a surprising degree. Read More ›
Origin of Species
Douglas Axe
Photo: The Origin of Species, first edition, via Wikimedia Commons.

Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma

A colleague remarked to me (in an uncharacteristically unscholarly disclosure) that he could not share my interest in “all this old 19th-century stuff.” Read More ›
Charlottesville demonstration 2017
Photo: Charlottesville demonstration, 2017, by Anthony Crider; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:37, 9 April 2018 (UTC), CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ties that Bind: The Alt-Right’s Connections to Social Darwinist Madison Grant and Eugenics

It’s important to understand what the Alt-Right believes. They are not just an extreme offshoot of either the Right or the Left. Read More ›
Labyrinth
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Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith: A Postscript

As is the case with the Biblical parables of Jesus, this one is entirely self-explanatory and needs no further comment from myself. Read More ›
Ota Benga
Photo: African pygmy Ota Benga was displayed at the Bronx Zoo in 1906, in support of Darwinian theory, via Wikimedia Commons.

Listen: Q&A with Weikart on Darwinian Racism

What about the objection that Darwinism, properly understood, doesn’t support scientific racism (much less Nazi racism)? Read More ›
Hitler
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Weikart: Hitler’s “Might Is Right” Ethic Drawn from Darwinism

Historian Richard Weikart moves into a discussion of neo-Nazis, contemporary white nationalists, and the alt-right. Read More ›
Taking Leave of Darwin
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Neil Thomas Takes on Epicurus and the Logical Positivists

Hanegraaff and Thomas provide a model of how two men with differing positions on Christianity can challenge each other while remaining cordial. Read More ›
Whoopi_Goldberg_at_a_NYC_No_on_Proposition_8_Rally
Photo: Whoopi Goldberg, by David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

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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Whoopi Goldberg: Ignorant about Darwinian Racism

Hitler was clear that he deplored the mistake of basing anti-Semitism on “religious ideas instead of racial knowledge.” Read More ›
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Photo: Adolf Hitler, by Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H1216-0500-002 / CC-BY-SA, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.

New Book Explores Darwinian Racism, Then and Now

To hear some tell it, Adolf Hitler was a Christian creationist who rejected Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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