Author: Michael Flannery
How Was Darwin’s Theory Accepted? The Curious History of a Secular Creation Myth, or, Darwin’s Cultural Armor, pt. 2
In a post on July 7th I suggested that Darwinian evolution was a “scientific pip-squeak and a suit of cultural armor”. Here I would like to examine exactly how that cultural armor was historically constructed. In so doing we will see the stuff of which Darwinism is truly made. It was Phillip E. Johnson who made the astute observation that “Darwinist evolution is an imaginative story about who we are and where we came from, which is to say it is a creation myth.” (Darwin on Trial, p. 163) Using this as a starting point for understanding Darwinism as the remarkably powerful and ubiquitous phenomenon that it is in present society, it is instructive to review and assess the history Read More ›
Darwinian Evolution: A Scientific Pip-Squeak in a Suit of Cultural Armor
It’s through the general captivation of a wide ranging intelligentsia that Darwinism has become dressed in a kind of suit of cultural armor.
The Role of Creation in Science: The Real Story, a Breath of Fresh Air
Whenever accuracy takes precedence over ideology it is a breath of fresh air and a real boon to education everywhere.
The “Coyne” of the Realm: Gresham’s Law in Action
In Why Evolution is True Jerry Coyne, the evolutionary geneticist who purveys a blog by the same presumptuous name and darling of the Darwinian lobby, invokes biogeography in support of his misleading title. This article will explain why Coyne’s argument is erroneous, his apologetic odd, and the entire effort altogether unfortunate.
New Book Sheds Light on the “Dark Age”: The Religion vs. Science Myth Exposed
The alleged “ignorance” of the medieval Church whose cherished dogmas included the belief in a flat earth, geocentric theory of the universe, and a hidebound biblical literalism is all challenged with insight and skill by this Oxford/Cambridge graduate and PhD in the history of science.