Charles Darwin Type post Author Neil Thomas Date June 10, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , abiogenesis, Bible, Charles Darwin, complexification, Darwinism, David Sedley, Epicurus, Higher Criticism, James Henry Froude, Lawrence Krauss, Mircea Eliade, Old Testament, Plato, Richard Dawkins, Stonehenge, theomachy, Victorian England Why Has Darwin Been Believed? Neil Thomas June 10, 2024 Evolution, Faith & Science 17 By the later 1830s educated people in England and far beyond its borders had experienced some truly convulsive existential tremors beneath their feet. Read More ›
Algernon Charles Swinburne Type post Author Neil Thomas Date March 4, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , Alfred Tennyson, Algernon Charles Swinburne, asceticism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Dover Beach, Epicurus, Greek gods, In Memoriam, Matthew Arnold, Mrs. Humphry Ward, On the Origin of Species, Oxford, Robert Elsmere, theomachy, Victorian England Darwin and Theomachy Neil Thomas March 4, 2022 Evolution, Faith & Science 4 Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) provides the closest chronological fit with Darwin. Read More ›
Artemis Type post Author Neil Thomas Date January 27, 2022 CategoriesChemistryEvolutionFaith & SciencePhilosophy Tagged , atomism, Chance and Necessity, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin and the Ghost of Epicurus (series), Darwinism, David Hume, David Sedley, Epicurus, evolution, fear, human beings, Jacques Monod, Lucretius, natural selection, Richard Dawkins, theomachy The Ghost of Epicurus and the Doctrine of Natural Selection Neil Thomas January 27, 2022 Chemistry, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy 6 The classical pantheon, lacking moral credibility, had become a source of embarrassment to thoughtful Greeks. Read More ›
