01Jun 2026 by Post

We Are Not Alone? No, We Never Were

Age of Disclosure, aliens, Bible, Budd Hopkins, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, demonology, Department of Defense, Disclosure Day, Eddy Weiss, extraterrestrial life, Ezekiel, Faith & Science, filmmakers, fundamentalism, Genesis, Lee Roy Gaitan, Luis Elizondo, Michael Heiser, Perelandra, Planetology, Ransom Trilogy, religion, Sheldon Vanauken, Space Trilogy, Steven Spielberg, Supreme Being, Texas, theology, trauma, UFOlogy, Venus
C. S. Lewis was always game for a chat about God and aliens, as recalled by his protégé Sheldon Vanauken. Source
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02Apr 2026 by Post

Before Darwin, How Maxwell’s Intelligent Design Argument Forecast Modern ID

Alvin Plantinga, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, Douglast Axe, evolutionary literature, G. K. Chesterton, history of science, Intelligent Design, James C. Rautio, James Clerk Maxwell, Katherine Dewar, Lewis Campbell, Matthew Stanley, Michael Flannery, natural theologians, naturalism, Origin of Species, poems, Select Essay Club, Stephen Meyer, The Life of James Clerk Maxwell
He was well versed in the evolutionary literature as well as in design arguments from antiquity to his day. Source
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07Jul 2025 by Post

Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

American Birth Control League, American Crisis, Apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, Culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Eugene Debs, Eugenics Education Society, Evolution, Francis Galton, fundamentalist Christianity, H. L. Mencken, history of science, Hollywood, Human Origins and Anthropology, Industrial Workers of the World, Inherit the Wind, Jefrey Breshears, John Scopes, John West, Only Yesterday, Origin of Species, religion, Roaring Twenties, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Areopagus, The Descent of Man, The Magician’s Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists
Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Source
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21Feb 2025 by Post

Dawkins and Picard Win This Year’s Trotter Prize

affective computing, American Humanist Association, C.S. Lewis, Charlie Townes, clash, Culture & Ethics, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, debates, Denis Noble, Denyse O'Leary, Faith & Science, Francis Collins, Francis Crick, Ide P. Trotter Sr., Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, Mendelian genetics, Micah Green, Michael Egnor, Miracles (book), MIT, Old Testament, qualia, Richard Dawkins, Roger Penrose, Rosalind Picard, Rudder Theatre, Santa Fe, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker, Steven Weinberg, Stuart Kauffman, Texas A&M University, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Blind Watchmaker, The End of Christianity, The Third Way of Evolution, Trotter Prize, Tufts University, violence, Zeitgeist
A reflection on the 2025 Trotter Prize Lecture delivered by Oxford's Richard Dawkins and MIT's Rosalind Picard. Source
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17Jul 2024 by Post

The Magician’s Twin: A Conversation with Stephen Meyer, James Orr, and David Berlinski

C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, causation, coding, David Berlinski, Faith & Science, Godlessness of the Gaps, Hoover Institution, information, Intelligent Design, Isaac Newton, James Orr, John West, laws of nature, materialism, mathematics, nature, Newton’s Gift, Peter Robinson, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Repentance, Richard Dawkins, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, The Magician’s Twin, universe
Citing C. S. Lewis, Dr. Meyer calls the drama of materialism’s unravelling a kind “repentance.” Source
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24Jun 2024 by Post

To Address the Problem of Evil, Intelligent Design Is Better Situated than Darwinism

atoms, C.S. Lewis, cancer, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinists, David Klinghoffer, Edward O. Wilson, evil, Evolution, Faith & Science, Ferrari, Frans de Waal, Guillermo Gonzalez, https://returnofthegodhypothesis.com, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan Witt, laws of nature, Lord of the Flies, molecules, morality, natural evil, Nicholas Wade, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Hill, Stephen Meyer, Tacoma Narrows bridge, The C. S. Lewis Readers’ Encyclopedia, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, The Problem of Pain, trade-offs, William Golding
The questions I see coming into the Center for Science and Culture from our readers, friends, and supporters are thought-provoking. Source
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12Jun 2024 by Post

Only Thick Darwinism Served Here

André Ariew, Burger King, C.S. Lewis, capitalists, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinism, David Berlinski, eugenics, Evolution, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Francis Galton, Freudianism, Hugh Desmond, Intelligent Design, J.P. Moreland, Liliana M. Dávalos, Marxism, Marxists, Nancy Pearcey, Nazism, Neil Thomas, Philippe Huneman, Quarterly Review of Biology, Thomas Reydon, Yoda complex
Want your Darwinism thick or thin? Sorry; if these four scientists argue correctly, you only get the thick slice with some rather unsavory seasonings mixed in. Source
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12Apr 2024 by Post

Mind, Matter, and Intelligent Design

agency, Albert Einstein, Angels, atoms, brain injury, brains, building, C.S. Lewis, cell-assembly location, Energy, Faith & Science, faith and science, home, human beings, immaterial mind, Intelligent Design, intelligent designer, laws of nature, life, light, miracles, origin of life, oscillations, singing, spirit, substance, universe
Let’s extend our speculations about the nature of spirit and its interactive ability with this material universe to considerations on the origin of life. Source
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