{"id":39422,"date":"2021-02-19T14:15:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=39422"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T19:59:25","slug":"1419","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1419\/","title":{"rendered":"The Making of a Darwin- Dissenting Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this <strong>ID The Future <\/strong>from the vault, Casey Luskin interviews CSC fellow and physician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/p\/simmons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geoffrey Simmons<\/a>\u00a0on what led him from card-carrying Darwinist to Darwin skeptic. Simmons has a BS in biology; coursework completed for an MS in microbiology, University of Illinois; an M.D., University of Illinois Medical School; Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, LAC-USC Medical Center; Boarded in Internal Medicine since 1974. He is the author of several books, including\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Darwin-Didnt-Know-Evolution\/dp\/0736913130\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Darwin Didn\u2019t Know<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2004),\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Billions-Missing-Links-Mysteries-Evolution\/dp\/0736917462\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billions of Missing Links\u00a0<\/a><\/em>(2007), and <em><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/ARE-HERE-RE-CREATE-OURSELVES-Convergence\/dp\/1695012933\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?: The Convergence of Designs<\/a><\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this ID The Future from the vault, Casey Luskin interviews CSC fellow and physician Geoffrey Simmons\u00a0on what led him from card-carrying Darwinist to Darwin skeptic. Simmons has a BS in biology; coursework completed for an MS in microbiology, University of Illinois; an M.D., University of Illinois Medical School; Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, LAC-USC Medical Center; Boarded in Internal Medicine since 1974. He is the author of several books, including\u00a0What Darwin Didn\u2019t Know\u00a0(2004),\u00a0Billions of Missing Links\u00a0(2007), and Are We Here to Re-Create Ourselves?: The Convergence of Designs (2019).","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":39425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","sync_status":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/IDTF-1419-GeoffreySimmons-Darwin-Dissenter.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"394177","podmotor_episode_id":"364388","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:12:31","filesize":"11.5 mb","filesize_raw":"12029700","date_recorded":"2021-02-19","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1419","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2368,3615,2629,4006,410,4004,521,562,4002,811,826,4003,3446,1083,4005,4001,1636],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-39422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-__repeat","tag-__repost","tag-bacterial-flagellum","tag-darwin-dissenter","tag-darwinism","tag-embryogenesis","tag-embryology","tag-evolution","tag-human-body","tag-intelligent-design","tag-irreducible-complexity","tag-mcat","tag-michael-behe","tag-neo-darwinism","tag-ontogenesis","tag-the-neck-of-the-giraffe","tag-william-dembski","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Geoffrey Simmons"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/stethoscope-book-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/39422\/1419.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39422\/1419.mp3","audio_player":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39422-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39422\/1419.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39422\/1419.mp3\">https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39422\/1419.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8vxmkmcyJA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1419\/\">The Making of a Darwin- Dissenting Doctor<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1419\/embed\/#?secret=8vxmkmcyJA\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;The Making of a Darwin- Dissenting Doctor&#8221; &#8212; ID the Future\" data-secret=\"8vxmkmcyJA\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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