Tag: Thomas Jefferson
At the Foundations of Science: Respect and Seeking to Understand
I’ve been reading the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — with its interesting argument by Jefferson for design in nature as a scientific inference.
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident
On Independence Day, it’s appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens.
Fordham Institute and Discovery Institute Agree: Texas High School Evolution Standards Are Good for Students
What? Did Dr. Lawrence Lerner forget to have his coffee one morning and miss something?
Try to Imagine Our Country’s Founding if the Founders Had Not Been Advocates of Intelligent Design
In the absence of a common designer, the presumption of human dignity and quality has no anchor — it’s just wishful thinking.
Thomas Jefferson: Intelligent Design Not Based on Religion
Click here to listen. Next time someone tells you intelligent design is “based on religion,” you might point him to American Founder Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence. As I explain in a special July 4th edition of ID the Future, Jefferson not only believed in intelligent design, he insisted it was based on the plain evidence of nature, not religion. Ironically, the critics of intelligent design often think they are defending the principles of Jefferson. The National Council for the Social Studies, for example, claims that intelligent design is religion and then cites Jefferson’s famous Letter to the Danbury Baptists calling for a “wall of separation” between church and state. The clear implication is that Thomas Jefferson Read More ›