John G. West

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#5 Story of 2021: Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH

_{John G. West
December 28, 2021}

NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy.

A Christmas Nightmare for the COVID Era

_{John G. West
December 17, 2021}

The new Christmas horror-comedy Silent Night offers a shrewd indictment of both mindless secularism and authoritarian science.

Can Evidence of a Creator Bring Hope?

_{John G. West
December 16, 2021}

John Castino's life spiraled out of control. His faith in God was based on his feelings, and so when times turned bad, he lost his faith.

Ever Thought You Could Change Someone’s Mind?

_{John G. West
December 10, 2021}

Iain was a diehard atheist from the United Kingdom. "I absolutely knew that I would never believe in a creator. It was inconceivable to me," he recalls.

Humanity: Natural Selection’s Ultimate Challenge According to C. S. Lewis

_{John G. West
November 1, 2021}

How could a blind material process produce man’s unique capabilities of reason and conscience?

C. S. Lewis and Theistic Evolution

_{John G. West
October 28, 2021}

Biological development is either the result of an unintelligent material process or a process guided by a mind, aka intelligent design.

Why C. S. Lewis Doubted the Creative Power of Natural Selection

_{John G. West
October 25, 2021}

Lewis first read Bergson in France during World War I while recovering from shrapnel wounds from the front-lines, and the experience on Lewis was profound.

The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration

_{John G. West
October 18, 2021}

The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth.

Spend an Evening with C. S. Lewis on November 3

_{John G. West
October 15, 2021}

The movie opens with Lewis as an outspoken scientific atheist, whose view of science reinforces his bleak materialistic view of the universe.

Francis Collins’s Troubling Record at NIH

_{John G. West
October 5, 2021}

NIH Director Francis Collins is being praised as “a national treasure,” but his real legacy is anything but praiseworthy.

Sickening: Darwinian Racism Alive and Well in California

_{John G. West
September 9, 2021}

The vile trope that blacks are somehow closer to apes than other races has deep roots in Darwinian biology and social theory.

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
August 10, 2021}

Dr. King was critical of the misuse of science to promote racial discrimination, and he spoke against the idea that humans are the products of a blind process.

African Genocide: The Horror of Scientific Racism

_{John G. West
July 20, 2021}

My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and only a part of the story of Social Darwinism's influence on Western imperialism.

American Museum of Natural History Cancels Teddy Roosevelt; Keeps Bust of Racist Director?

_{John G. West
July 19, 2021}

Henry Fairfield Osborn was also a scientific racist who championed eugenics, the horrific crusade to breed a superior human race based on Darwinian biology.

Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”

_{John G. West
July 16, 2021}

Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority.

Critical Race Theory and Intelligent Design: The Mixed-Up Comparison of Sarah Jones

_{John G. West
July 15, 2021}

Sarah Jones essentially argues that worries about critical race theory have been ginned up by conservative provocateurs.

Michael Behe Needs Some Angelic Help

_{John G. West
July 13, 2021}

Become a movie producer and help bring the evidence of intelligent design to millions of people in the next year.

You’ll Never Guess What Just Collapsed

_{John G. West
June 16, 2021}

Neil Thomas, a professor and member of the British Rationalist Association, was a committed Darwinist and agnostic.

The Return of Casey Luskin

_{John G. West
January 20, 2021}

As I began writing this, I read one of the comments recently posted on our main YouTube channel: “I love Discovery Institute. You guys are changing the world!”

Martin Luther King’s Powerful Critique of Scientific Racism, Scientific Materialism

_{John G. West
January 17, 2021}

I have no idea what King would have thought of the modern theory of intelligent design, but many of the ideas he expressed are certainly friendly to ID.