"In 1916, a survey of biologists found a mere 17 percent still believed in God, according to West, and in 2016, he and colleagues at the Discovery Institute conducted a public opinion survey that confirmed both the continued dominance of the evolutionary scientific materialism and the corrosive impact on Americans’ understanding of the nation’s fundamental founding principles and the relevance of those principles to contemporary governance."
Two things I have noticed 1. In high level (PHD) debates (on a level playing field) our Neo-Darwinist/Materialist friend do not come off looking good. 2. With layman I have found they are not so much Stupid as they are Ignorant. They don't know What we believe and Why we believe it. What IMO is worse no interest in finding out.
They tend to trust experts to know things they don't see as directly affecting their daily life. Which is efficient, until and unless they misjudge the category into which something (like this) falls.
Born and raised in an agnostic/atheistic milieu in NYC in the ‘50s I was taught evolution as scientific fact and never questioned it, until medical school in Belgium in the ‘70s. Studying the basic sciences led me to the concept of irreducible complexity, long before the Intelligent Design movement, and the complete rejection of Darwinian dogma, which is unfalsifiable, and therefore pseudoscientific at best.
Of course, natural selection (or animal husbandry) acting on genetic variability can lead to a large variety of different breeds of birds, dogs, horses, etc. But the spontaneous generation of living cells (never addressed by Darwin) is beyond implausible—it’s impossible. The same is true of vertical evolution with simple forms evolving into more complex organisms.
The acceptance of evolutionary theory as replacement for divine creation led to the collapse of Judeo-Christian morality, eugenics, and the proliferation of “isms;” materialism, scientism, Naziism, communism, and more recently transhumanism.
Darwinism is The Big Lie; I urge readers to examine it closely. The Discovery Institute is an excellent resource.
Great paper. I like the optimism at the end of the paper. I struggle with optimism in regards to mankind's future. Obviously, we do keep moving forward from a science and technology perspective, but less so from a man aligning with "God's rules" perspective. There is a great deal of misalignment. Huge segments, maybe majorities, of our world have utterly wicked beliefs and aligned actions (large and small). Crazy beliefs! Then, they gain power and implement those beliefs. Over and over. It is discouraging and a bit maddening. It often makes me advocate for the same anti-liberty techniques to be used to restore order. Basically because the way we do it is too slow and doesn't seem to work in a single presidential term, against rule/law breakers. By design. Fine. Move on. Ugh.
So, I find myself thinking and thinking about justification of "special circumstances" that allows for us to turn things around much faster, yet not break our rules. When the country's internal and external enemies break the rules over and over with near impunity, it is difficult to convict this sort of thinking. But, I understand we must follow the rules to enforce the rules. Again, UGH.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Something that rarely gets mentioned is the complete title.
You could also connect the dots between This book and the rise of Eugenics
It is a straight line. Darwin's thought was its foundation.
"In 1916, a survey of biologists found a mere 17 percent still believed in God, according to West, and in 2016, he and colleagues at the Discovery Institute conducted a public opinion survey that confirmed both the continued dominance of the evolutionary scientific materialism and the corrosive impact on Americans’ understanding of the nation’s fundamental founding principles and the relevance of those principles to contemporary governance."
Two things I have noticed 1. In high level (PHD) debates (on a level playing field) our Neo-Darwinist/Materialist friend do not come off looking good. 2. With layman I have found they are not so much Stupid as they are Ignorant. They don't know What we believe and Why we believe it. What IMO is worse no interest in finding out.
They tend to trust experts to know things they don't see as directly affecting their daily life. Which is efficient, until and unless they misjudge the category into which something (like this) falls.
Gettysburg movie
Confederate Evolution Debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFc3DDTPXXo
Born and raised in an agnostic/atheistic milieu in NYC in the ‘50s I was taught evolution as scientific fact and never questioned it, until medical school in Belgium in the ‘70s. Studying the basic sciences led me to the concept of irreducible complexity, long before the Intelligent Design movement, and the complete rejection of Darwinian dogma, which is unfalsifiable, and therefore pseudoscientific at best.
Of course, natural selection (or animal husbandry) acting on genetic variability can lead to a large variety of different breeds of birds, dogs, horses, etc. But the spontaneous generation of living cells (never addressed by Darwin) is beyond implausible—it’s impossible. The same is true of vertical evolution with simple forms evolving into more complex organisms.
The acceptance of evolutionary theory as replacement for divine creation led to the collapse of Judeo-Christian morality, eugenics, and the proliferation of “isms;” materialism, scientism, Naziism, communism, and more recently transhumanism.
Darwinism is The Big Lie; I urge readers to examine it closely. The Discovery Institute is an excellent resource.
Completely agree.
Great paper. I like the optimism at the end of the paper. I struggle with optimism in regards to mankind's future. Obviously, we do keep moving forward from a science and technology perspective, but less so from a man aligning with "God's rules" perspective. There is a great deal of misalignment. Huge segments, maybe majorities, of our world have utterly wicked beliefs and aligned actions (large and small). Crazy beliefs! Then, they gain power and implement those beliefs. Over and over. It is discouraging and a bit maddening. It often makes me advocate for the same anti-liberty techniques to be used to restore order. Basically because the way we do it is too slow and doesn't seem to work in a single presidential term, against rule/law breakers. By design. Fine. Move on. Ugh.
So, I find myself thinking and thinking about justification of "special circumstances" that allows for us to turn things around much faster, yet not break our rules. When the country's internal and external enemies break the rules over and over with near impunity, it is difficult to convict this sort of thinking. But, I understand we must follow the rules to enforce the rules. Again, UGH.
Praise the Lord God Almighty, amen. 🖐