Tag: Neil Thomas

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 5, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, cultural timing, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Europe, evolution, False Messiah, ID the Future, interviews, life, mythology, Neil Thomas, philosophical appeal, scientific demonstration, scientific materialism, storytelling, Taking Leave of Darwin}

Myth and Legend in Darwin’s Famous Origins Story

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 5, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

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Neil Thomas makes a case that the rise of Darwin’s theory owes much to cultural timing, philosophical appeal, and persuasive storytelling. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, ambivalence, Ann Gauger, biological complexity, biology, Charles Lyell, chemical evolution, common descent, Darwinian evolution, Duke of Argyll, evolution, First Things, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Michael Chaberek, human body, human life, infraction, Judaism, natural selection, nature, Neil Thomas, On the Genesis of Species, origin of life, Richard Owen, Roman Catholic Church, Science and Culture Today, scientists, slovenliness, St. George Mivart, Stephen M. Barr, theology, universal common descent, vera causa}

Catholicism and “Evolution,” Whatever That Means

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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In the book review by Stephen Barr, I count 66 mentions of “evolution” and not one of “Darwinian evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 5, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, armadillos, arthropods, beauty, beehive, biodiversity, biology, Biomimetics, butterfly wings, compound eyes, Darwinism, design, engineering, evolution, False Messiah, function, Gothic cathedrals, honeycomb, intelligent design, multifunctionality, Neil Thomas, phylogeny, reptiles, scales, sunflowers}

Tiled Beauty: Functional Aesthetics in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 5, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Tessellated patterns are surprisingly prevalent in biology. Are these forms necessary for function, or mere consequences of natural laws? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
December 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anatomy, anger, awareness, biochemistry, biology, brain, central nervous system, Darwinian evolution, Douglas Axe, engineering, environment, False Messiah, fear, homeostasis, hunger, intelligent design, joints, limbs, mice, microbiology, muscles, Neil Thomas, neurons, neuroscience, organs, parasites, physiology, PIEZO1, PLOS Biology, Portugal, proprioception, space, stress, Systems Biology, TIME, Undeniable (book), zoology}

Interoception: An Emerging Design Concept in Biology

_{David Coppedge
December 1, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’ve heard of proprioception, the awareness of our limbs in space and time, but interoception is a companion sense. Read More ›

Charles Darwin observing wildlife in the Galápagos Islands, surrounded by lush flora and fauna, including giant tortoises, birds, and exotic plants, symbolizing evolution

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Darwinists, Enlightenment, evolution, False Messiah, intellectuals, modern science, natural selection, nature, Neil Thomas, On the Origin of Species, Reductionism, Samuel Wilberforce, scientific discoveries, skepticism, survival of the fittest, Taking Leave of Darwin, Victorian England, William Wordsworth}

He Taught Darwinism for Decades (Then Changed His Mind)

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 30, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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English Romantic poet William Wordsworth provided a philosophical barrier against reductionist views of life like those of Darwin. Read More ›

Charles Robert Darwin bust sculpture, English naturalist, geologist, and biologist. Generative AI

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 29, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atomism, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, deification, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, faith and science, False Messiah, ID the Future, materialistic philosophy, natural selection, Neil Thomas, podcast, scientific materialism, Sir Charles Lyell, uniformitarianism}

Neil Thomas on the Internal Flaws and Historical Roots of Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 29, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

3}

It might surprise you to learn that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection did not triumph on scientific grounds alone. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, autobiography, Charles Darwin, Cold War, correspondence, creation, creator, Darwinism, Darwinists, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, False Messiah, Friedrich Engels, intellectual history, Karl Marx, Marxism, Messiah, natural theology, Neil Thomas, radicalism, religion}

Darwin’s Doubts: A Scientist Betrayed by His Own Followers

_{Neil Thomas
October 28, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

4}

I will argue that employing Darwin in this way is false twice over: First, it is not what Darwin made himself out to be. Read More ›

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Date
October 21, 2025

Categories
Culture
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, A. N. Whitehead, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, David Galloway, Enlightenment, False Messiah, French Revolution, George Eliot, history, James Le Fanu, literature, Marxism, Michael Behe, Neil Thomas, philosophy of nature, purpose, Steve Fuller, Steve Laufmann, Taking Leave of Darwin, The Origin of Species, Victorian England, William Wordsworth}

New Book: Darwinism as “The God That Failed”

_{Science & Culture
October 21, 2025

Culture, Evolution, History of Science

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There is hope for renewal in a flanking movement against materialism — the spiritually charged philosophy of nature in the poetry of William Wordsworth. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
June 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Alexis de Tocqueville, animals, capitalism, Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin, Europe, evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary biologists, food, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Margaret Sanger, Modern Synthesis, Neil Thomas, On the Origin of Species, paradigm shift, population, printing press, Social Darwinism, Thomas Malthus, United States, Winston Churchill, World War II, worldview, Zeitgeist}

Evolution Evolved to Mirror the Zeitgeist

_{Daniel Witt
June 4, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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By the mid 1800s, the mental climate had shifted, and the time was ripe for a new Darwin to craft a new Darwinism. Read More ›

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Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, A. N. Whitehead, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, epigenetics, footnotes, genome, hard science, immaterial genome, Neil Thomas, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Taking Leave of Darwin}

If Richard Sternberg Is Right, That Would Be the End of Darwinism

_{Science & Culture
May 22, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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If the genome is not wholly material, then a fully material process like Darwinian evolution cannot even gain full access to it. Read More ›