Evangelizing For Darwin: Dr. John West Reads From Stockholm Syndrome Christianity

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🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Why do so many evangelical Christians reinvent their theology to make it consistent with undirected Darwinism? On this ID The Future, Dr. John West reads an excerpt from his new book Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why Christian Leaders Are Failing And What We Can Do About It. As Exhibit A of an influential evangelical Christian that has been captivated by scientific materialism, West unpacks the work and troubled legacy of Dr. Francis Collins. During his tenure as director of the National Institutes of Health, Collins has led a years-long crusade to de-legitimize fellow Christian scientists, scholars, and laypeople who are supportive of intelligent design or skeptical of Darwinian evolution. This effort to reduce the range of voices allowed to pursue truth in science has confused many people and retarded scientific progress at precisely the time America should be taking the lead in scientific research and discovery. Listen to this compelling excerpt and then read the book! Source

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0:00.0	ID, The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:10.0	Why do so many evangelical Christians evangelize for Darwin?
0:17.0	Stay tuned.
0:19.0	This is John West.
0:20.0	I'm Vice President of Discovery Institute and managing director
0:23.0	of its Center for Science and Culture, which I co-founded with Steve Meyer back in 1996.
0:29.3	I have a new book out titled Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Why Christian Leaders Are Failing,
0:36.1	and What We Can do about it.
0:38.1	My book isn't just focused on science, but the misuse of science is certainly a key theme.
0:44.5	I cover how science has been misused in such areas as sex, race, COVID, and yes, debates over Darwin and intelligent design.
0:53.5	Chapter two of my book is titled Secularist Science.
0:58.0	Today I want to read you a section from that chapter, subtitled Evangelizing for Darwin.
1:04.0	This section discusses why evangelicals like scientist Francis Collins seem so eager to defend Darwin and criticize those who think
1:13.6	biology supplies evidence of intelligent design.
1:17.6	Evangelizing for Darwin
1:20.6	Why has Francis Collins been so insistent in trying to convince his fellow Christians to embrace Darwin. Why not simply
1:29.4	accept the differences of opinion among Christians and focus more on reaching agnostics and atheists
1:35.2	for Christ? Or why not simply focus on the positive role Christianity has played in the
1:41.2	origin and development of science? I think I understand why.
1:46.0	For Christians who place a high value on cultural acceptance,
1:50.0	the Darwin holdouts in their midst are a continuing embarrassment.
1:55.0	Being confused for one of them can taint your reputation or derail your career.
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