Darwin’s Dirty Secret Lives On

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“In 1904, thousands of indigenous people were brought to the St. Louis World’s Fair to be put on public display. Scientists offered them as examples of lower stages of human evolution.” - CToday(link is external)

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Biochemistry Doesn’t Point to Common Ancestry

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“…philosopher of biology Paul Nelson, in a piece at Evolution News, called the paper ‘the most interesting biology paper of 2022 so far.’ Its findings are precisely the opposite of what we’d expect if life evolved from a common ancestor.” - Breakpoint(link is external)

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Darwin’s racism: How early evolutionary theory fueled discrimination

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“Race-based discrimination has multiple sources, many of which preceded Darwin, but evolutionary theory gave ‘a powerful push to a scientific version of racism that still impacts us today,’ said John West, vice president and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute.” - WORLD(link is external)

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Died: Phillip E. Johnson, Lawyer who Put Darwin on Trial

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“Johnson’s landmark book, Darwin on Trial, argued that Darwinian evolution didn’t have real evidence or good arguments, but was instead ‘another kind of fundamentalism.’ … Darwin on Trial galvanized a group of Christians who opposed the theory of evolution, but also wanted to distance themselves from Bible-based creationism, which could not be taught in public schools.” - (link is external)

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Organizations offer non-Darwinian education for young science students

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“The Discovery Institute, which emphasizes intelligent design and doesn’t say how long it took, has Education Days: Some 312 students and educators attended one in Seattle last year, and this year’s schedule includes Richmond and Dallas.” - World(link is external)

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1,000 Scientists Sign Up to Dissent from Darwin

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“Now it is important to understand that many of these scientists, while rejecting the idea that evolution is primarily powered by natural selection and mutations, still believe evolution—just a different form of it.” - AiG(link is external)

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