Nancy Pearcey Explains the Surprising Early History of Darwinism

Episode 1224 June 05, 2019 00:18:12
Nancy Pearcey Explains the Surprising Early History of Darwinism
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Nancy Pearcey Explains the Surprising Early History of Darwinism

Jun 05 2019 | 00:18:12

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, Nancy Pearcey, author of numerous books, including Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality, challenges the common belief that Darwin's leading early supporters were convinced of the main pillars of his theory.

The 19th century was ready to accept a theory of evolution, but not necessarily by natural selection. Some of his chief supporters believed in God or a "vital force" guiding evolution. But Darwin would have none of it. And what do evolutionary scientists say today? In private, among themselves? The controversies still are not over.

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