Expelled: The Hot Topic

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Darwin to Hitler?

Two articles of mine posted on other websites today: On BreakPoint.com: Handling a Hot Topic (how Christians ought to engage in controversies like the one over Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed). And on the website for the Center for a Just Society, the first of two articles on the whether there was some connection between Darwinism …

April 17, 2008 – 9:39 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, New Atheism | Tagged , , , | Comments (25)

Why the Darwin-Hitler Link Is So Sensitive

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Darwin to Hitler?

Dembski asked this question rhetorically. It would help to consider some actual answers anyway. I propose four of them here.

April 19, 2008 – 7:56 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (48)

Darwin-Nazi Link: Fundamentally Wrongheaded?

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Darwin to Hitler?

A few days ago Tony Hoffman suggested, Expelled’s charge and the constant revival of this aspersion on this website — that Darwin leads to Hitler — seems fundamentally wrongheaded…. Tom, you keep saying that although you concede that there is no philosophical link from Darwin to Hitler there is in fact a historical one. While …

April 29, 2008 – 10:23 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments (73)

The Darwin-Hitler Question: Reflecting on the Process

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Darwin to Hitler?

Before now, the one topic that has drawn forth the most anger on this blog has been homosexuality. Not any more. About 2 1/2 weeks ago I wrote about why the Darwin-Hitler link is so sensitive. I’ve been learning, since then, just how sensitive it really is. But that’s not all I’ve been learning. Today’s …

May 8, 2008 – 7:59 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)