Adam Cenian,
Andrzej Myc,
behavior,
biology,
creationism,
Darwin on Trial,
Darwin's Black Box,
Darwinism,
Discovery Institute,
En Arche Foundation,
eugenics,
Evolution,
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis,
Fundacja En Arche,
Grzegorz Malec,
Icons of Evolution,
Intelligent Design,
marriage,
Marxism,
Michael Behe,
Michael Denton,
morals,
Phillip E. Johnson,
Poland,
Polish,
relationships,
restaurants,
Signature in the Cell,
slavery,
steak tartare,
Stephen Meyer,
University of Warsaw,
vodka,
Vodka (restaurant),
Warsaw,
World War II
On January 29, 2020, I arrived in Warsaw, Poland, in the middle of a blizzard. Fortunately, most of the snow had cleared away by January 31, when I lectured at an event celebrating the release of a new Polish translation of my book, Icons of Evolution. The event was organized by Fundacja En Arche (the En Arche Foundation, or roughly, the Origins Foundation). Although its critics call it a “creationist” organization, Fundacja En Arche is not about biblical creationism (whether young Earth or old Earth). Instead, it focuses on the scientific and philosophical issues of Darwinism and intelligent design. I told the staff that the foundation reminded me of Discovery Institute twenty years ago. A major part of En Arche’s work so far has been translating into Polish books such…