Tag: Western civilization

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 20, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Political Science
Tagged
, Allah, anarchists, artists, barbarians, beauty, biology, chemical elements, Communism, cosmic design, criminals, dessert, Douglas Axe, Eric Metaxas, Europe, France, humans, ingredients, intelligent design, John West, Leninists, Louvre, mass murder, Nazis, Onsi Fakhouri, poets, Poland, qualia, rioters, Rod Dreher, students, T. S. Eliot, V.I. Lenin, Western civilization, World War II}

In France, Barbarians Set Fire to Civilization; Design and the Designer Are the Targets

_{David Klinghoffer
October 20, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Political Science

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Says John West, “Students need to know. They don’t understand bad ideas have bad consequences. It’s like playing with fire.” That's no mere figure of speech. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 7, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alistair McKitterick, atheists, Cambridge, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, England, Europe, evolution, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian worldview, London School of Theology, natural theology, nature, Richard Dawkins, scientific materialism, Scotsmen, United Kingdom, Western civilization, Whewell Center}

A Vital European Hub for Theistic Views on Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 7, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Alistair McKitterick explains how intelligent design and natural theology provide a robust framework that challenges modern scientific materialism. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, americans, aneurysm, assisted suicide, atheism, brain, castration, Christianity, culture, Denyse O’Leary, euthanasia, Heaven, immateriality, immortality, infinity, logic, materialism, materialists, mathematics, media, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgery, paganism, Pam Reynolds, philosophy, physics, pornography, precision, simplicity, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, surgeons, The Immortal Mind, Western civilization}

Conversation with Dr. Egnor: Near-Death Experiences and Saving the Culture

_{John Zmirak
September 4, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a huge and complex topic. Tens of millions of people have had NDEs and similar spiritual experiences." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Ecology
Evolution
Tagged
, Cambridge University, Ecuador, fauna, flora, geological features, humans, indigenous people, Judeo-Christian tradition, microbes, mountains, nature rights, neo-pagan mysticism, United Nations, volcanoes, Western civilization}

Earth-Religion Mysticism Permeates Academia

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2025

Bioethics, Ecology, Evolution

4}

The just cause of reasonably protecting nature has been co-opted into a radical international movement to subvert Western civilization. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, americans, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Big Bang, biology, brain, Christians, cultural Christianity, Dayton, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, Elon Musk, evolution, faith and science, feelings, immaterial genome, intellectuals, Jonathan Haidt, Jordan Peterson, mainstream media, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Niall Ferguson, Orthodox Jews, Pew Research Center, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Scopes Monkey Trial, Stephen Meyer, Tennessee, The Free Press, The Immortal Mind, Western civilization}

With Scopes Trial Anniversary Approaching, We Need Science, Not Just Feelings

_{David Klinghoffer
June 30, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Intelligent Design

5}

At best, Christian commitment without a reasonable basis is only shifting sand under believers’ feet. At worst, it invites disdain. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 9, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, atheism, Barry Arrington, Big Bang, chaos, Christianity, Colorado, Columbine High School, cosmic fine-tuning, Daniel Dennett, Darwin on Trial, David Hume, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Enlightenment, evidence, Evolution News, Francis Collins, Friedrich Nietzsche, intelligent design, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., materialism, Michael Behe, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, specified complexity, Supreme Court, The Blind Watchmaker, The Design Inference, theistic evolution, tribalism, Uncommon Descent, Unforgetting God, University of Texas, Voltaire, Western civilization, William A. Dembski}

Interview: New Book Advances Skepticism as a Solution to Materialist Ideology

_{William A. Dembski
June 9, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

25}

"The book's cover features Friedrich Nietzsche and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn holding opposite ends of a rope as they play tug of war for the soul of the West." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aeon, animal rights, animal welfare, anthropomorphizing, dignity, elitism, intelligence, New York Times, personhood, rights, Western civilization}

“Plant Philosophy” Sounds Like a Joke — It Isn’t

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2024

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Philosophy

5}

The purpose is to destroy the philosophical basis of Western civilization. Think I’m overreacting? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, Communism, Contact (novel), Darwinism, En Arche Foundation, evolution, Grzegorz Malec, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Nazism, Nicolaus Copernicus, Poland, Polish, pride, progressivism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, SETI, Stephen Jay Gould, Western civilization}

Poland’s Intelligent Design Revolution

_{William A. Dembski
May 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

16}

While Isaac Newton is universally regarded as the greatest physicist of all time, it is to the Pole Copernicus that we credit the rise of modern science. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 25, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, americans, China, ecocide, fauna, flora, geological features, human rights, industry, liberty, litigation, nature rights, The Guardian, United Kingdom, United Nations, Western civilization}

Granting Rights to Nature Is Being Negotiated at the United Nations

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2024

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

3}

“Nature rights” and “ecocide” are part of the effort among radicals to destroy Western civilization, the central principle of which is human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 30, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Science Reporting
Tagged
, climate change, conservation, currency, inflation, Lake Erie, mushrooms, nature rights, New York Times, personhood, rights, squirrels, United States, Utah, Western civilization}

Let’s Declare the Great Salt Lake a Person?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 30, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Science Reporting

5}

If a squirrel or mushroom and all other earthly entities somehow possess rights, the vibrancy of rights withers. Read More ›