Evolving Rights? Darwinism’s Impact on American Life and Government

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Darwinism on American life and government, focusing on the recovery of founding principles.

The Declaration of Independence is our nation’s founding creed, reminding us time and again that “we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights.” But for too long now, science has been misused to overturn the ideas found in our nation’s founding principles. Is there hope for recovering these truths anew? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid is joined again by Dr. John West to conclude a discussion about West's latest book Endowed By Our Creator: The Bible, Science, and the Battle for America’s Soul. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Source

People in this episode

Host: Andrew McDiarmid

Guest: Dr. John West

Topics covered

• Darwinism
• American life
• government
• unalienable rights
• science and religion
• founding principles

Keywords

• Darwinism
• unalienable rights
• science
• American government
• founding principles
• Andrew McDiarmid
• Dr. John West

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Discovery Institute

Books & works: Endowed By Our Creator: The Bible, Science, and the Battle for America’s Soul

Places: America

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