Rabbi Moshe Averick Takes on Stephen Hawking’s Nonsense of a High Order

_{Moshe Averick

January 7, 2019

Uncategorized}

On this episode of ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz interviews Rabbi Moshe Averick, author of Nonsense of a High Order: The Confused World of Modern Atheism, about Stephen Hawking’s comments on God and religion in Hawking’s posthumously published Brief Answers to the Big Questions. Averick describes the work as “superficial,” “convenient” and marked by “a glaring lack of profundity.” Or as the rabbi puts it, “If he did physics that way his university would have fired him.” Listen in to hear why Averick has such a problem with the new book.

Why Aquinas and Darwin Don’t Mix

_{Michael Chaberek

August 27, 2018

Uncategorized}

On this episode of ID the Future, host Jay Richards talks with Fr. Michael Chaberek about Charles Darwin and medieval scholar Thomas Aquinas, one of the most influential of all Western philosophers, and especially central in Roman Catholic thinking. Many Catholic scholars support neo-Darwinism and insist that Aquinas’s work nicely harmonizes with neo-Darwinism. Chaberek, author of the recent book Aquinas and Evolution, and creator of the new website Aquinas.design, offers several reasons to conclude otherwise.

A Critique of Evolutionist Kenneth Miller’s New Book The Human Instinct

_{Michael Flannery

July 16, 2018

Uncategorized}

On this episode of ID the Future, host Mike Keas interviews Professor Emeritus Michael Flannery (U of Alabama-Birmingham) on evolutionist Kenneth Miller’s new book The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will. Miller is prominent as a science educator and supporter of Neo-Darwinian theistic evolution. Flannery, a historian of science, argues that Miller’s attempt to defend human exceptionalism on Neo-Darwinian grounds runs into fatal difficulties, as have similar attempts before. Please consider donating to support the IDTF Podcast.

^{Type
post

Author
John G. West

Date
June 20, 2011

Tagged
__edited, __video-only, Ethics, Evolution, God, moral reasoning}

Darwinian Evolution, God, and Morality

_{John G. West

June 20, 2011

Uncategorized}

On this video episode of ID the Future, God and Evolution contributor John West discusses the implications of Darwin’s theory for belief in God and for the understanding of ethics. Is there a logical connection between unguided Darwinism and atheism? Does Darwinism affect our moral reasoning? Watch the video to find out.