defining terms

Francis J. Beckwith
May 14, 2006
Intelligent Design

Law, Darwinism, and Public Education

Francis J. Beckwith
May 14, 2006
Intelligent Design

Legal scholar and former Discovery Fellow Francis J. Beckwith recounts the legal history of court battles over the teaching of biological origins. Though many thought that the landmark Supreme Court case Edwards v. Aguillard would permanently settle these questions by ruling creationism unconstitutional, Beckwith observes that intelligent design poses a new challenge to legal scholars. Beckwith, who has published about Read More ›

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Stephen C. Meyer
November 13, 2005
Intelligent Design

The Scientific Status of Intelligent Design

Stephen C. Meyer
November 13, 2005
Intelligent Design
Underlying Darwin's repudiation of creationist legitimacy lay an entirely different conception of science than had prevailed among earlier naturalists. Darwin's attacks on his creationist and idealist opponents in part expressed and in part established an emerging positivistic "episteme" in which the mere mention of unverifiable "acts of Divine will" or "the plan of creation" would increasingly serve to disqualify theories from consideration as science qua science. Read More ›
Words
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Discovery Institute
October 6, 2005
Intelligent Design

Dover Trial Witness Plays Misleading Word Games In Effort to Redefine Intelligent Design

Discovery Institute
October 6, 2005
Intelligent Design

Seattle, Oct. 6 – “Forrest is playing word games, without looking at the meaning of the words,” said Casey Luskin, program officer for public policy and legal affairs at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture, in response to an intelligent design opponent’s testimony. Plaintiff’s witness, Dr. Barbara Forrest, pointed to the word “creation” in early drafts of the supplemental textbook Read More ›

Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1992
Intelligent Design

What Is Darwinism?

Phillip E. Johnson
November 1, 1992
Intelligent Design
The debate between creationism and Darwinism is often depicted as a dispute between naive biblical literalists, who ignore the overwhelming evidence for evolution, and scientifically enlightened intellectuals. But this is a caricature that serves the purpose of helping to perpetuate a world view hostile to Christian faith: atheistic naturalism. The debate hinges on five key terms: creationism, evolution, science, religion, and truth. Instead of trying to Christianize evolution we ought instead to challenge the assumption that atheistic naturalism is true. Read More ›