John West – Apologetics Ministry

07Jan 2021 by Post

Bright Idea: Put Scientists in Charge Instead?

anti-science, Culture & Ethics, Discovery Institute, ethics, experts, John West, morals, Nuremberg Code, observation, Politicians, progress, religious beliefs, scientists, technocracy, The Magician’s Twin, Wesley Smith, Worldview

Could scientists and advocates of scientism really make a worse hash of things than the politicians? Source

04Jan 2021 by Post

Who’s the Father of Intelligent Design? Find Out on Friday

Alfred Russel Wallace, birthday, birthday party, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Darwin’s Heretic, Discovery Institute, Evolution, Intelligent Design, intelligent evolution, John West, Michael Flannery, natural selection, naturalists

One of the greatest naturalists of the 19th century, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) co-discovered evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin. Source

15Dec 2020 by Post

Meyer: For the Scientific God Hypothesis, Next Year Will Be Pivotal

Bronx, censorship, Center for Science & Culture, churches, Darwin’s Three Big Ideas that Impacted Humanity, essential businesses, Evolution News, faith, Faith & Science, ID 3.0 research project, ID The Future, John West, Long Story Short, Matthew Hennessey, media, providence, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, Science Uprising, Secularism, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, synagogues, Wall Street Journal, worship

Conceding that churches and synagogues aren’t “essential businesses” was a devastating admission for many professional religious leaders to make. Source

24Nov 2020 by Post

Behe’s New “Mousetrap” Book — The Fragility of Darwinism

A Mousetrap for Darwin, biochemistry, career pressures, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Evolution, groupthink, John West, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Science (journal), sociology, Star Trek, The Borg

The idea of the book is not merely to dunk on the critics. Michael Behe, to be frank, doesn’t find of any their criticisms very meaningful. Source

16Oct 2020 by Post

A Darwinist Recognizes (Some of) the Stakes in the Intelligent Design Debate

Alex Rosenberg, Areo, Atheism, Darwinism, divine image, equality, eugenics, Evolution, evolution debate, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, human dignity, Human Zoos, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Intelligent Design, Jamie Milton Freestone, John West, Michael Behe, neo-Nazis, neo-Nazism, nihilism, non-overlapping magisteria, pseudoscientific racism, Racism, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientific racism, skin color, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, University of Queensland, vitalism

I would be curious to hear how Darwinists like Dr. Freestone reconcile their evolutionism not just with religion but with their commitment to human equality. Source

14Sep 2020 by Post

Why Should a Baby Live?

abortion, Alberto Giubilini, babies, Caenorhabditis elegans, Culture & Ethics, Danio rerio, Darwin Day in America, developmental biology, Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila simulans, embryonic age, empirical science, fallopian tube, fertilization, fetus, Francesca Minerva, gastrulation, Haeckel’s embryos, Homo sapiens, human being, humans, identical twins, John West, last menstrual period, Lewis Wolpert, materialistic philosophy, materialistic science, Medicine, monozygotic twins, mother, ovulation, pain, phylotypic stage, Roman Catholicism, zygote

My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Source

30Aug 2020 by Post

C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

C.S. Lewis, ethics, Faith & Science, ID The Future, John West, knowledge, morality, public policy, scientism, scientists, That Hideous Strength, The Magician’s Twin, totalitarianism

According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Source

29Aug 2020 by Post

C. S. Lewis Criticized Scientism, Not Science

Angus Menuge, C.S. Lewis, Faith & Science, Jay Richards, John West, magic, Michael Aeschliman, science fiction, scientism, That Hideous Strength, The Magician’s Twin, Victor Reppert

Scientism is the idea that science is the ultimate path to knowledge and wisdom — the only sure path — and that the spiritual realm is a mirage. Source

28Aug 2020 by Post