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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Topic

The Abolition of Man

Silent Night
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Author
John G. West
Date
December 17, 2021
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Bioethics
Medicine
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A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

John G. West
December 17, 2021
Bioethics, Medicine
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The new Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science. Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
Photo: C. S. Lewis, by Asar Studios/Alamy (Photo by Hans Wild/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images).
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David Klinghoffer
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October 31, 2021
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Watch: How C. S. Lewis Predicted the Rise of “Scientocracy”

David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2021
Bioethics, Medicine
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“I dread government in the name of science,” C. S. Lewis wrote in 1958. “That is how tyrannies come in.” Read More ›
genie
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Date
July 6, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
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Darwin’s Genie: Misapplied Natural Selection Continues

Science & Culture
July 6, 2021
Biology, Evolution
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“Natural selection” is like a Swiss Army knife that researchers in widely different disciplines use to solve their problems. Read More ›
C. S. Lewis
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James A. Herrick
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August 26, 2020
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Bioethics
Ethics
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Science and Scientism: The Prophetic Vision of C. S. Lewis

James A. Herrick
August 26, 2020
Bioethics, Ethics
6
This essay has argued that Lewis was prophetic as regards the advent of techniques powerful enough to bring about the effects he feared. Read More ›
THS 11
Image: Screen shot from That Hideous Strength: C.S. Lewis's Prophetic Warning against the Abuse of Science.
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Author
James A. Herrick
Date
August 25, 2020
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Bioethics
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C. S. Lewis and Critical Reactions to Transhumanism

James A. Herrick
August 25, 2020
Bioethics
6
I will briefly review two prominent voices in the opposition camp who reflect concerns at the heart of C. S. Lewis’s own case. Read More ›
THS 10
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Author
James A. Herrick
Date
August 24, 2020
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Bioethics
Technology
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C. S. Lewis and Contemporary Transhumanism

James A. Herrick
August 24, 2020
Bioethics, Technology
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The vision of technologically enhanced posthumanity arises out of a synthesis of scientific culture’s most robust mythologies. Read More ›
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Author
James A. Herrick
Date
August 23, 2020
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Bioethics
Technology
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C. S. Lewis, Science, and Science Fiction

James A. Herrick
August 23, 2020
Bioethics, Technology
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Was C. S. Lewis an enemy of science? The apparent answer to this question is no. Read More ›
THS-12
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Author
James A. Herrick
Date
August 21, 2020
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
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The Abolition of Man and the Advent of the Posthuman

James A. Herrick
August 21, 2020
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology
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In Julian Savulescu’s view, rapidly advancing brain science will provide some of the data necessary to shaping a better human race. Read More ›
THS 4
Image: Screen shot from That Hideous Strength: C.S. Lewis's Prophetic Warning against the Abuse of Science.
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Author
Cameron Wybrow
Date
August 19, 2020
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Bioethics
Ethics
Sociology
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The Education of Mark Studdock in That Hideous Strength

Cameron Wybrow
August 19, 2020
Bioethics, Ethics, Sociology
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Mark is lured away from his teaching position at Bracton College to become part of the massive research effort known as the N.I.C.E. Read More ›
THS-9
Image: Screen shot from That Hideous Strength: C.S. Lewis's Prophetic Warning against the Abuse of Science.
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Author
Cameron Wybrow
Date
August 18, 2020
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Bioethics
Philosophy
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The Main Argument of The Abolition of Man

Cameron Wybrow
August 18, 2020
Bioethics, Philosophy
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Lewis foresees a class of men called “the Conditioners.” The Conditioners have “seen through” all attempts to ground behaviour in any ultimate truth. Read More ›

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