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02Feb 2022 by Post

Whoopi Goldberg: Ignorant about Darwinian Racism; But of Course She Shouldn’t Be Fired

ABC, Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitism, Culture & Ethics, Darwinian racism, Darwinism, eugenics, Evolution, history, Holocaust, Jews, New York Post, pseudoscience, Race, Racism, Richard Weikart, skin color, Stephen Colbert, white nationalism, Whoopi Goldberg

Hitler was clear that he deplored the mistake of basing anti-Semitism on “religious ideas instead of racial knowledge.” Source

09Jan 2022 by Post

The Legacy of Erasmus Darwin

abiogenesis, biology, Britannia, Charles Darwin, divine image, eagle, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, history, Life Sciences, lion, microscope, natural selection, Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention? (series), Origin of Species, Samuel Wilberforce, The Temple of Nature, whale

Erasmus even touched on the theory of natural selection when he concluded that the strongest and most active animals would propagate the species. Source

11Dec 2021 by Post

Listen: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Evolution, history, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, intelligent evolution, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Overruling Intelligence, Podcast, Quarterly Review, The Universe Next Door, Tom Woodward

How did Charles Darwin react to Wallace’s argument for design? Historian Michael Flannery joins Tom Woodward to explain. Source

06Oct 2021 by Post

Extrabiblical Evidence for the Veracity of the Gospel History

4. Is the NT True?, Apologetics, Bible, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Extrabiblical Evidence for the Gospel, Gospel, Historical documents, history, Jonathan McLatchie, New Testament, Skeptics, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics

In a previous article, I reviewed several arguments that are typically raised in support of the historicity of Jesus but, upon closer inspection, turn out to be of extremely limited evidential value. In this article, I will discuss an approach to arguing from extrabiblical sources that I consider to be much more robust. Whereas in the previous article, I critiqued appeals to direct testimony to the historicity of Jesus (which, at best, only attest to the broad outlines of the gospel story), in this article I will consider incidental allusions in the gospels that are indirectly and undesignedly confirmed by extrabiblical secular sources. The data surveyed in the ensuing discussion are of varying evidential weights, though all are (in my assessment) significantly more probable on the hypothesis of historical reportage than on its falsehood. The case for…

28Sep 2021 by Post

Who is the Leading Person of Interest?

A Person of Interest, Apologetics, Christianity, Christians, Frank Turek, history, J. Warner Wallace, Jesus, Jesus between other religions, Jesus Christ, Jesus Is God, Religions, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Why Jesus still matters today, Why to believe in Jesus

Why are murders so interesting to us? Some of the most popular podcasts, videos, and news headlines are about high-profile homicides. We are often consumed with the primary suspect the cops often call “the person of interest.” Right now, the headlines are obsessed with Brian Laundrie? Where is he? Did he do it? If so, why? And will he get justice? Unfortunately, over the long run, the person of interest is usually remembered much more than his victims. We remember names like Charles Manson, Jeffery Dahmer, and Ted Bundy, but we usually forget those they killed. But what if there is one huge exception to that typical outcome? What if the most remembered and influential name in human history isn’t a villain but actually a murder victim himself? Cold-Case Homicide…

28Jul 2021 by Post