Culture & Ethics – Apologetics Ministry

17Apr 2021 by Post

Scientists Make Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryos

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They said they wouldn’t do it, but of course they did. Scientists working in China — where else? — have constructed embryos that are part human and part monkey. Source

14Apr 2021 by Post

Webinar with John West: “Darwin’s Three Big Ideas That Impacted Humanity”

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Darwinian theory is a more than just an idea about origins. The reasons it arouses the passion it does go beyond science. Source

20Mar 2021 by Post

Now, It’s the “Rights of the Moon”

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It is easy to mock this movement and to not take it seriously. That’s how it will win. Source

13Feb 2021 by Post

Charles Darwin in Light of Black History Month

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Was Darwin’s racism purely a function of his time and place, Victorian England? Historian Michael Flannery says no. Source

10Feb 2021 by Post

Darwin and Race: Three Strikes, He’s Out

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February is Black History Month, and this week, Friday, February 12, is Darwin Day — the birthday of Charles Darwin. Source

27Jan 2021 by Post

Now Another State Wants Non–Physician-Assisted Suicide

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Hot on the heels of Washington State, it’s Hawaii. A bill has been filed to allow nurse practitioners to lethally prescribe. Source

26Jan 2021 by Post

Darwinism and Critical Theory — The Connection

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"Strange that it may seem, Darwin plays a central role in this drama. Karl Marx himself credited Darwin with much of his basic insight into human history." Source

25Jan 2021 by Post

The Arrogant Mistake that Is Scientism

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The tweet reads, “Imagine a world is ruled by scientists, not by politicians.” The drift of the tweet appeared to be, wouldn’t that be wonderful! Source

16Jan 2021 by Post

To Say the Lease, Altruism Is Not an Easy Fit with Darwinism

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Evolutionists have made some progress (they think) explaining such things with theories of group selection or kin selection. Source

15Jan 2021 by Post

When Darwinism Reigns, “The Pyramid Is the Point”

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The Darwinian view encourages a way of interacting with others where the aim is to “humiliate [one’s] lesser brethren, just to remind them who’s boss.” Source