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26Jan 2024 by Post

C. S. Lewis on Science Abuse: Join Eric Metaxas and John West for Socrates in the City, Feb. 8 in Seattle

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Lewis was a critic of the growing power of scientism, the effort to apply science to areas outside its bounds. His writing on this couldn't be timelier. Source

29Nov 2023 by Post

Thus Saith the Science: Recalling the Wisdom of C. S. Lewis on His 125th Birthday

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Here, I conclude a conversation with Dr. John West about Lewis’s prophetic warnings to us about science and scientism. Source

22Nov 2023 by Post

C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism

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As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against. Source

22Aug 2023 by Post

“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists

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It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend. Source

03Aug 2023 by Post

Mind, Brain, Soul: What’s the Difference? Find Out at the 2023 Westminster Conference

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Sam Harris has said that “You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.” Source

12May 2023 by Post

Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

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Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Source

19Feb 2023 by Post

Two Nigerian Authors and Darwin’s African Legacy

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Missing from Chinua Achebe’s account is the role played by scientific racism in driving British imperialist policy in the country. Source

26Jan 2023 by Post

Another Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist for Intelligent Design

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Compton joins fellow Nobel Prize-winning physicists Charles Townes (UC Berkeley) and Brian Josephson (Cambridge University) who have likewise come out for ID. Source

17Dec 2022 by Post