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14Sep 2020 by Post

Why Should a Baby Live?

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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

Journalist Finds a “Cover-Up” by the Bronx Zoo

apology, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, cover-up, Cristián Samper, Culture & Ethics, Darwinian theory, eugenics, Evolution, George Floyd, Human Zoos, John West, National Zoo, New York Times, News Media, newspapers, Ota Benga, Pamela Newkirk, pseudoscientific racism, Racism, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga, stonewalling, The Gathering of Animals, Wildlife Conservation Society, William Bridges, William Hornaday

It wasn’t until they were forced by events that the Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society admitted this black life mattered. Source

19Aug 2020 by Post

Watch: C. S. Lewis on Demonic Scientific Planning

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Here, Professor C. John Collins of Covenant Theological Seminary explains Lewis's critique of scientific planning. Source

31Jul 2020 by Post

Something Is Missing from Bronx Zoo’s Apology

African-American history, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, American Eugenics Society, Black Lives Matter, Bronx Zoo, Civic Biology, Cristián Samper, Culture & Ethics, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, eugenics, Evolution, evolutionary science, Fox News, George Floyd, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Human Zoos, Igorot, John West, Madison Grant, Monkey Zoo, multiplication table, New York Times, Ota Benga, Philippines, pseudoscientific racism, pygmy, Robin DiAngelo, Seattle, The Passing of the Great Race, University of Washington, White Fragility, Wildlife Conservation Society

The truth is that placing a man in the Monkey House was intended as an education for the public in Darwinian evolution. Source

21Jul 2020 by Post

Memory Purge: Eugenicist Margaret Sanger Gets Canceled by Planned Parenthood

Ben Carson, Black Lives Matter, black neighborhoods, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, civil rights, Culture & Ethics, Darwinism, eugenics, Evolution, Fox News, Human Zoos, John West, Karen Seltzer, Margaret Sanger, Margaret Sanger Square, New York City, Planned Parenthood, scientific racism, The Stream, Washington Times

Planned Parenthood seeks a way to quiet a controversy without searching its own soul. Source

14Jul 2020 by Post

Why C. S. Lewis Rejected the “Argument from Undesign”

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One contribution Lewis made to the intelligent design project wasn’t a specific argument but the example he set. Source

11Jul 2020 by Post

Nightmare at the Museum

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This week we've been taking a look behind the scenes at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Source

10Jul 2020 by Post

Cancel Caribou? Another Questionable Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History

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The role of science in justifying racism and eugenics is a subject that needs to be opened up wide, not decorously ignored any longer. Source

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