{"id":40261,"date":"2022-01-26T14:16:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=40261"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:01:11","slug":"1556","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1556\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Thomas Talks Darwin, Aquinas, OOL and \u2026 Young Frankenstein"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this <strong>ID the Future,<\/strong> <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1637120036\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taking Leave of Darwin<\/a><\/em> author Neil Thomas continues a lively conversation with radio host Hank Hanegraaff. In this second in a three-part series, the two touch on the fossil record\u2019s challenge to Darwinism, Gould and Eldredge\u2019s rescue attempt, the question of whether Darwin\u2019s best known contemporary defender is dishonest or merely self-deluded, the wishful thinking surrounding origin-of-life studies, the failed attempts to reduce the mind to mere brain chemistry, and the morally repugnant pro-eugenics ideas rooted in Darwinism and touted in the textbook at the heart of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. The conversation is posted here by permission of Hank Hanegraaff. Get Neil Thomas\u2019s book <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1637120036\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this ID the Future, Taking Leave of Darwin author Neil Thomas continues a lively conversation with radio host Hank Hanegraaff. 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