Tag Archives: Nazism

How Wrong Is It To Suggest a Darwin-Hitler Link?

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Pennock, Monton, Matzke, Luskin

The estimable Nick Matzke has raised the issue here again whether we can appropriately draw any causal linkage from Darwin to Hitler or Nazism. He suggests that to make that connection is not only historically inaccurate but morally opprobrious. Some of what he has said is certainly exaggerated. Still, he has presented some new information …

February 26, 2009 – 8:48 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments (155)

TIME: Christians in Germany During World War II

The source of this quote is likely to surprise you, both the place (and time–be sure you notice that!) where it appeared, and also who said it: “Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in Germany, I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion …

December 5, 2008 – 6:11 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , | Comments (1)

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)

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)

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)

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)