Tag: history
Walt Disney and Evolution: A Study in Ambiguity
Like many artists and intellectuals of his era, Walt Disney was smitten by the theory of evolution.
What the Piltdown Hoax Tells Us, 104 Years Later
A curious anniversary falls this weekend.
United Methodist Theologian Thomas Oden Understood the Importance of Intelligent Design
This year the United Methodist Church denied Discovery Institute’s application simply to have a table with information about ID at their General Conference.
Fifty Years Later, Recalling Walt Disney and Scientism
Someone once quipped that Disney harbored “19th-century emotions in conflict with a 21st-century brain.”
Post-Darwin, James Clerk Maxwell’s Views Presaged Modern Arguments for Intelligent Design
One design inference Maxwell made in this period concerns his famous thought experiment, “Maxwell’s demon.”