13Oct 2025 by Post

From John West, a Concise Explanation of Evolution’s Toxicity

conciseness, concision, creator, Darwinian evolution, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Framework Leadership, human exceptionalism, human life, image of God, John West, Kent Ingle, mass death, natural selection, Podcast, purposelessness, religious sources, sculptor, toxicity
At a dinner at my home, a guest launched into a lengthy explanation of why, as a religious person, neither he nor anyone should be bothered by “evolution.” Source
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01Sep 2025 by Post

In Connecticut, Horrors of AI Finally Come into View

advisors, Artificial Intelligence, Bobby Zenith, California, ChatGPT, companionship, Computational Sciences, confidants, Connecticut, counselors, delusions, editing, emotional intelligence, empathy, employees, friends, guardrails, intimacy, John West, journalists, kindness, kitchen tips, liability, memory, mental health, mental illnesss, Microsoft, Microsoft AI, Microsoft Copilot, misconduct, murder-suicide, Mustafa Suleyman, New York City, Old Greenwich, OpenAI, recipes, Stein-Erik Soelberg, suicide, tech companies, Technology, Wall Street Journal, writing
A 56-year-old man, living with his mother in a wealthy New York suburb, developed a “friendship” with ChatGPT. Source
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07Jul 2025 by Post

Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

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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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06May 2025 by Post

“Recant!” A Sternberg Story that (Almost) Got Away

bullying, bureaucracy, Cambrian Explosion, Center for Science and Culture, Emily Sandico, Evolution, Federal Government, free speech, Greece, Greek Orthodox Church, Heresy, immaterial genome, Intelligent Design, John West, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, National Museum of Natural History, Ottoman Empire, parishioners, Plato's Revenge, priests, Redmond, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity
The priest cited to Sternberg the experience of Greeks when they lived under harsh Turkish rule. Source
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29Mar 2025 by Post

Congratulations to Jay Bhattacharya, Replacing Francis Collins at NIH!

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How can our country get more Bhattacharyas and fewer Collinses? That is one way of phrasing the question that Dr. West sets out to answer. Source
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25Mar 2025 by Post

West: Why We Can’t “Just Make Peace with Darwin”

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Watch this and then ask a Darwinist friend if he or she can think of one way that the evolutionary perspective has ennobled or uplifted anyone. Source
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14Feb 2025 by Post

How Evolutionists Overlook Signatures of Design — The Case of Koalas

botany, Center for Science and Culture, convergence, Darwinian theory, Darwinians, David Klinghoffer, earth, embryology, Evolution, Evolution News, fingerprints, genetics, Günter Bechly, humans, Intelligent Design, Jay Mathers Savage, John West, koalas, mountain ranges, non-primates, philosophy, Richard Dawkins, state universities, sun, zoology
I note and discuss an astounding case of convergence between humans and koalas, “the only non-primates with fingerprints.” Source
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07Feb 2025 by Post

How Stockholm Syndrome Christianity Hinders Scientific Progress

Bible, BioLogos Foundation, Charles Darwin, debate, disagreement, Evangelical Christians, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Francis Collins, free speech, ID The Future, ideology, John West, Podcast, scientific enterprise, scientific materialism, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, The Language of God, theistic evolution, theology, United States
In a nutshell, theistic evolution is the attempt to reconcile belief in God with the standard evolutionary account of life’s origins. Source
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01Feb 2025 by Post

One Week from Today! 2025 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

All Creatures Great & Small, body plans, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, eric hedin, Events, Faith & Science, George Montañez, habitat, honeybees, Intelligent Design, John West, Metamorphosis, Michael Egnor, music, Paul Nelson, Ray Bohlin, Richard Sternberg, science and faith, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer
From the smallest honeybee to the greatest whale, planet Earth is swarming with creatures of all shapes and sizes — each designed for their habitat. Source
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