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What Really Happened at the Huxley-Wilberforce Debate?
The stereotype portraying Wilberforce as the pompous bishop rejecting Darwin on theological grounds is easily dispelled.
Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley
This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today.
Origins of a Dictum
“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It’s almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents.
Listen: Nancy Pearcey on How Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley
One historian says Darwin’s naturalism came first, and “only later did he find a theory to validate his convictions.”