Tag: Darwin Day in America
The Relevance of Intelligent Design to Science and Society: A Primer
“ID is one of the foundational ideas in the history of civilization. It has deep roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions and among non-Christian thinkers.”
Slaying Leviathan Conference: John West on C. S. Lewis, Scientocracy, and More
On Saturday in Tacoma, he will also discuss what we can learn about the relationship between faith and politics from American history in the 1800s.
Darwinian Racism, Past and Present
John West discusses his experience visiting the Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin, Italy, and Cesare Lombroso’s racist ideas about evolution.
John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea
Darwin’s materialistic theory of evolution drained meaning from nature, undercut the idea of inherent human dignity, and fueled the rise of scientific racism.
In the Footsteps of Social Darwinist Cesare Lombroso
Lombroso’s ideas were quack science. But they were taken seriously by criminologists and public officials around the world until they were debunked.
