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In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso

_{John G. West
June 24, 2022}

Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked.

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The Surprising Relevance of Engineering in Biology: Brian Miller; May 17, 2022

Canceled Science: Eric Hedin; April 26, 2022

Secrets of the Cell, Episode 6: Bacteria: Michael J. Behe; April 21, 2022

The Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern Science: Stephen C. Meyer; April 18, 2022

ID the Future

A Brain Surgeon Debates Evolutionist Jerry Coyne and Other Atheists

_{Michael Egnor
June 24, 2022}

On this ID the Future from the vault, brain surgeon and Evolution News blogger Michael Egnor talks with host Casey Luskin about his internet debates with Jerry Coyne and the trends and dynamics he sees in the intelligent design/evolution blogosphere. Dr. Egnor also speaks briefly on the evidence he sees for intelligent design in the brain, what atheist and science writer Isaac Asimov once described as “the most complicated organization of matter that we know.” Egnor says that may be true but that we needn’t look to the brain for confirmation that something in nature required intelligent design. We can find powerful evidence of it in something far humbler. Tune in to listen to his answer, and stay tuned for Read More ›

Darwinian Racism vs. Evolutionary Ethics that Devalue All Men Equally

_{Richard Weikart
June 22, 2022}

Today’s ID the Future again features Darwinian Racism author and historian Richard Weikart and radio host Hank Hanegraaff exploring the pernicious impact Charles Darwin and Darwinism have had on modern ethics. Ideas laid out in Darwin’s The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man fueled scientific racism in the United States and Nazi Germany, Weikart says, and undergird the ideas of contemporary white nationalists, who tend to be virulently anti-Christian and pro-Darwin. We can take some comfort from the fact that white nationalists are a fringe movement and that most evolutionists today are anti-racist, Weikart says, but he notes that Darwinian materialism has poisoned mainstream ethics in another way, by devaluing humans generally. This is why someone as mainstream Read More ›

Richard Weikart and Hank Hanegraaff Talk Darwinian Racism

_{Richard Weikart
June 20, 2022}

On today’s ID the Future, radio host Hank Hanegraaff interviews historian and Center for Science and Culture senior fellow Richard Weikart about his book, Darwinian Racism: How Darwinism Influenced Hitler, Nazism, and White Nationalism. The two look at how Darwinism fueled scientific racism and an aggressive and frequently racist eugenics movement not just in Nazi Germany but, earlier, in the United States, where many leading, even mainstream voices, including Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, top business magnates, and some liberal Protestants enamored of evolutionary theory pushed compulsory sterilization laws, which were passed in Indiana, California, and other states. Weikart shows how these laws were fueled and informed by ideas laid out in Darwin’s The Descent of Man, ideas that also Read More ›

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18th Annual Insiders Briefing on Intelligent Design: Uniquely Human

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We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary.Pope Benedict Discovery Society members should make plans now to attend the 18th Annual Insiders Briefing on Intelligent Design, to be held on August 12-13, 2022, in Tacoma, WA. At this year’s Insiders Briefing, you will get to explore how science is revealing the amazing design of human beings as never before. Topics will include how nature was prepared beforehand for the flourishing of humans, how the human body displays exquisite intelligent design, why the human mind can’t be duplicated by a computer, and much more. We’ll also examine what happens when some people wrongly promote dehumanization in …

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In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso

Fossil Friday: New Kind of Silverfish Trapped in Sticky Resin

Rosenhouse and Discrete Hypercube Evolution

No Pony in the Manure, No Consciousness in the Code

Euthanasia’s Cruel Compassion

Listen: How Darwinian Materialism Poisoned Mainstream Ethics

Video

The Surprising Relevance of Engineering in Biology

Canceled Science

Secrets of the Cell, Episode 6: Bacteria

The Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern Science