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 Christian tradition.
Read More ›Dr. John West discusses God, Darwin, and morality. He says no apparent connection exists between Darwin and Atheism even though 94% of biologist would call themselves atheists or agnostics. He notes that to hold to Darwinian evolution and morality contradicts each other at a fundamental level which is to the credit of the atheist darwinianists for not making the contradiction of believing in both evolution and a morally imposing creator.
You can read about the Discovery Institute Press book God and Evolution here.
Today, most scientists and philosophers claim that Earth is an ordinary speck of dust adrift, without purpose or significance, in a vast cosmic sea. This idea (popularized by the late astronomer, Carl Sagan) is an outgrowth of the naturalistic philosophy that has dominated science for the past 150 years. Yet, remarkable evidence–unveiled by contemporary astronomy and physics-may now tell a Read More ›
Discovery Institute Fellow Claire Berlinski is featured this week on National Review’s Uncommon Knowledge. Check back to National Review’s website daily to catch each segment. The program’s website is linked below. http://tv.nationalreview.com/uncommonknowledge/
It’s baa-ack! Just when you thought the political fight over federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research (ESCR) was over, United States District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled that President Obama’s ESCR policy violates the “Dickey-Wicker Amendment,” a federal law barring federal funding of “the creation of a human embryo . . . for research purposes” and “research in which a Read More ›
This article, published by KGMI, contains a quote from an interview with Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “Back in 2005, there was a similar study that indicated that additional commuter-type service between Everett and Bellingham was feasible to connect to the Sounder commuter train in Everett and supplement the Amtrak Cascades service between Seattle and Vancouver,” said Bruce Agnew with Read More ›
This article, published by The Statesman Journal, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: There will be three speakers and several panelists. Among them are Bruce Agnew, from the Cascadia Center for Regional Development at the Discovery Institute in Seattle; … The rest of the article can be found here.
Those of us who love the sport insist that baseball’s status as our distinctive “national pastime” means that a visit to any major league game can help place America’s present predicament in proper perspective. That’s particularly true if your favorite team has been going through a lousy season that mirrors the nation’s own recent economic and political struggles. My hometown Seattle Read More ›