Tag: scientific materialism

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
, anti-theism, atomism, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, deification, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, faith and science, False Messiah, ID the Future, Lucritianism, 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

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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
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, Andrew McDiarmid, Ben Grimm, bonus scene, Charles Darwin, culture, Doctor Doom, drama, evolution, family, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Grok, H.E.R.B.I.E, intelligent design, Johnny Storm, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paywall, principles, scientific materialism, social media, subscription, tension, The Daily Wire, The Hungry Caterpillar, universe}

Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Bible, BioLogos Foundation, Charles Darwin, debate, disagreement, Evangelical Christians, faith and science, Francis Collins, ID the Future, ideology, John West, podcast, scientific enterprise, scientific materialism, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Language of God, theistic evolution, theology, United States}

How Stockholm Syndrome Christianity Hinders Scientific Progress

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 7, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Freedom

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In a nutshell, theistic evolution is the attempt to reconcile belief in God with the standard evolutionary account of life’s origins. Read More ›

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Date
January 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, churches, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Metaxas, John West, leaders, materialism, poverty, race, religious liberty, scientific materialism, sex, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians, The Magician's Twin}

How Science Has Been Misused to Corrupt Churches

_{Science and Culture
January 6, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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“Sadly, these ‘Stockholm Syndrome Christians’ have played a crucial role in creating our current cultural mess,” argues John West. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 30, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, atheism, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christian education, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, Craig Keener, cultural Christianity, Daniel Dennett, documentary, education, ENCODE, Europe, faith and science, Gary Habermas, ghetto mentality, Islam, James Shapiro, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, mathematician, Mike Licona, N. T. Wright, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, natural selection, New Atheism, North America, Old Testament, Oxford University, Pandora’s box, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Root of All Evil, Sam Harris, Satan, scientific materialism, Scripture, The Design Inference, The God Delusion, Vaccines, William Graham, woke ideology}

No. 3 Story of 2024: Richard Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

_{William A. Dembski
December 30, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, American Founding, biblical authority, Center for Science and Culture, Christian colleges, Christianity, Christians, churches, culture, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, faith, families, intelligent design, materialism, non-Christians, Politics, race, religious liberty, science, scientific materialism, secularism, sex, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Magician's Twin}

Pre-Order Stockholm Syndrome Christianity and Get a Free Book about C. S. Lewis

_{John G. West
December 2, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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Key Christian leaders, churches, and faith-based institutions are abandoning their historic beliefs to embrace a secularist progressive agenda. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 10, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, astrobiology, Discovery Institute, Enceladus, Europa, Europa Clipper, evolution, Florida, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, life, materialists, moons, NASA, ocean, reality, scientific materialism, The Privileged Planet}

Europa Clipper Delayed by Hurricane Milton, Frustrating Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
October 10, 2024

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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However desperate the hope for alien biology, how much of your money will they NOT spend to try to find it? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, California, Cambridge University Press, conservation, design filter, endangered species, Kenneth Miller, Michael Shellenberger, nature, Nature (journal), Patrick Brown, politically incorrect, scientific materialism, self-censorship, specification, The Design Inference, wildfires, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: What Happens When You Challenge a Dominant Narrative

_{Jonathan Witt
June 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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William Dembski no longer has to be coy about the challenge his design filter poses for modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, atheism, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Christian education, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, Craig Keener, cultural Christianity, Daniel Dennett, documentary, education, ENCODE, Europe, faith and science, Gary Habermas, ghetto mentality, Islam, James Shapiro, john lennox, Lawrence Krauss, mathematician, Mike Licona, N. T. Wright, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, natural selection, New Atheism, North America, Old Testament, Oxford University, Pandora’s box, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, River Out of Eden, Root of All Evil, Sam Harris, Satan, scientific materialism, Scripture, The Design Inference, The God Delusion, Vaccines, William Graham, woke ideology}

Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

_{William A. Dembski
May 1, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

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What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Communism, conservatism, fascism, Francis Schaeffer, Frederick Douglass, free speech, grace, Human Zoos, John West, modernism, Neo-Darwinism, religious liberty, scientific materialism, scientific racisim, slavery, The Politics of Revelation and Reason}

From Political Scientist John West: Intelligent Design’s Reverse Chameleon-ism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Our colleague John West has a handsome new website with many useful features, but I was particularly intrigued by the section headed, “Something Personal.” Read More ›