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Christian Darwinism

New book announcement: William A. Dembski and Denyse O’Leary slam “Christian Darwinism” in forthcoming book

In Christian Darwinism: Why Theistic Evolution Fails As Science and Theology (Broadman and Holman, November 2011), mathematician Dembski and journalist O’Leary address a powerful new trend to accommodate Christianity with atheist materialism, via acceptance of Darwinian (“survival of the fittest”) evolution. This trend includes “Evolution Sundays” at churches and endorsements by high administration officials like Francis Collins. Dembski and O’Leary say it all just doesn’t work. How can we accommodate self-sacrifice as the imitation of Christ with “altruism is just another way you spread your selfish genes!” How can we accommodate monogamy as the image of Christ and his church – for which he gave himself up – with “The human animal was never meant to be monogamous!”? In the Read More ›