Beloved for his Narnian tales for children and his books of Christian apologetics for adults, best-selling author C.S. Lewis also was a prophetic critic of the growing power of scientism in modern society, the misguided effort to apply science to areas outside its proper bounds. In this … » Go
Dr. John West argues that God’s creation of the world is not a secondary doctrine as theistic evolutionists would suggest. He argues from Irenaeus, the Nicene Creed, and the gospel of John that to deny the specific and intentional creation of the world by God is a blatant misreading of … » Go
Near the end of the film The Last Samurai, a forlorn but heroic group of Samurai mount a final desperate assault against opponents who have armed themselves with weapons produced by Western science and technology, especially the Gatling gun. The charge by the Samurai ends as one might expect, with … » Go
Even before the film Shadowlands, C. S. Lewis was probably the most widely recognized Christian thinker of the twentieth century. By the end of the 1980s, his books already had sold more than seventy million copies, an achievement that surely places Lewis among the best-selling authors of all … » Go
Is evolution compatible with faith in God? It’s a question that is receiving lots of attention of late. On the one hand, “new atheists” like biologist Richard Dawkins insist that Darwinian evolution makes “it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled … » Go
“Morality… is merely an adaptation put in place to further our reproductive ends… In an important sense, ethics as we understand it is an illusion fobbed off on us by our genes to get us to cooperate.”—Michael Ruse and E.O. Wilson, “The Evolution of Ethics.”1 The question … » Go
Scientists and political activists during the past century have drawn on Darwinian theory to promote one utopian crusade after another, including forced sterilization, scientific racism, euthanasia, and an ever-expanding government justified in the name of the “evolving Constitution.” The … » Go
Like many supporters of Darwin’s theory, political theorist Larry Arnhart attempts to disassociate Charles Darwin and his scientific theory from the utopian crusades of “Social Darwinism” such as eugenics. In Darwinian Conservatism, Arnhart claims that Darwin is unfairly blamed for eugenics … » Go
“Naturalistic evolution has clear consequences that Charles Darwin understood perfectly… human free will is nonexistent… Free will is a disastrous and mean social myth.”—William Provine, Professor of History of Biology, Cornell University.1 In The Descent of Man, Darwin … » Go
Many prominent theistic evolutionists repudiate the idea that human beings were created good and then fell into sin through a voluntary act of disobedience. Karl Giberson in Saving Darwin directly rejects the idea that “sin originates in a free act of the first humans” and that “God gave … » Go
As we’ve pointed out already, some in the Texas news media have really mangled their reporting about the revised science standards adopted last week by the State Board of Education. Reporters are suggesting (in contradiction to a Board member) that the Board killed off critical thinking about … » Go
Editor's note: December 15 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of filmmaker Walt Disney. Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John West is author of the new book Walt Disney and Live-Action, which explores the meaning and making of Walt Disney's live-action features. In this article, he … » Go
Editor's note: December 15 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of filmmaker Walt Disney. Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John West is author of the new book Walt Disney and Live-Action, which explores the meaning and making of Walt Disney's live-action features. In this article, he … » Go
Last month, pro-intelligent design scientists from around the world spoke publicly at a packed conference at Cambridge University organized by Discovery Institute and the UK's Centre for Intelligent Design. They highlighted the growing evidence for intelligent design throughout … » Go
Exactly twenty years ago, Dr. Stephen Meyer and I organized an event to publicly launch the Center for Science & Culture (CSC). The occasion was a conference at Seattle Pacific University. Speaking at the event that day, Saturday, August 10, 1996, was one of our first Fellows, a … » Go
Washington University biologist S. Joshua Swamidass has posted an interesting essay about human uniqueness that is worth reading. Swamidass makes the point that just because one accepts common ancestry for humans and apes doesn't mean one has to embrace the claims of those who debunk human … » Go
As those of us at Discovery Institute have emphasized <href="#questionsAboutIntelligentDesign">for a long time, intelligent design is not incompatible with the idea that living things share a common ancestor. In other words, one can believe that nature displays evidence of intentional … » Go
I recently reviewed the intriguing new play Disinherit the Wind, which explodes many of the stereotypes about the current debate over Darwin and design. As a follow-up, I thought it would be interesting to talk with actor and playwright Matt Chait (pictured above right) about what inspired him … » Go
Since February 12 is Abraham Lincoln's birthday as well as Charles Darwin's, I thought it would be timely to draw attention to my previously published essay about Lincoln's views on evolution and intelligent design. Image credit: Alexander Gardner , via Wikimedia … » Go
You probably know the basic plot of the tired old film and play Inherit the Wind. For teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in a small Southern town, freethinking biology teacher Bertram Cates gets prosecuted by Christian fundamentalists. Loosely based on the infamous Scopes trial, Inherit … » Go
