Social Darwinism When people hear the term social Darwinism, they often think of ruthless competition and the idea that society should leave the weak behind. But this is only half the story. There exists another tradition—less discussed, but more influential today—that uses evolutionary thinking to justify not less control, but more. As is well known,…
Many of us in the contemporary West live in post-Christian societies. Beyond declining church attendance, the hallmark of these societies is the loss of Christianity as the source of moral, intellectual and cultural authority. Christian teachings about human nature are now held in derision. Institutions once shaped by Christian convictions now eschew those same beliefs….
In 2024, British Member of Parliament Neil O’Brien published an article to his substack titled The End of Mainstream Christianity in Britain … . O’Brien shared a number of stories and statistics that point to the decline of Christianity in the UK, a trend that he was not comfortable with: Even as an atheist I…
In A Universe from Nothing (2012), physicist Lawrence Krauss makes a striking claim about theology: I have challenged several theologians to provide evidence contradicting the premise that theology has made no contribution to knowledge in the past five hundred years at least, since the dawn of science. So far no one has provided a counterexample….
Geoff and I have just finalised and published Origin. Needless to say, the long months of editing resulted in a fair bit of material floating down to the cutting room floor. Much of it was passably interesting, we felt, even if slightly off-topic, and eventually an oft-heard refrain accompanying the excision of otherwise useful prose…
