How Stockholm Syndrome Christianity Hinders Scientific Progress

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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When Christians in science embrace scientific materialism over historical biblical teaching, they mislead their fellow believers and hinder scientific progress. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid concludes a two-part conversation about this problem with Dr. John West, author of the new book Stockholm Syndrome Christianity: Why Christian Leaders Are Failing and What We Can Do About It. In Part 2, Dr. West describes three biblical beliefs that have been corroded by theistic evolution. He discusses the flawed theology and troubled legacy of Dr. Francis Collins. He also stresses the importance of disagreement and open debate in science. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation. Source

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0:00.0	ID The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.6	Welcome to ID the Future. I'm your host, Andrew McDermott.
0:16.4	Well, today I'm back with Dr. John West to continue discussing what happens when Christians and
0:21.8	Science reject historic Christian teachings and embrace the tenets of scientific materialism.
0:28.3	Dr. West is author of a new book called Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Why Christian
0:33.0	Leaders are failing and what we can do about it. In case you don't know him, West is vice president
0:38.2	and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, where he serves as managing director of the
0:42.8	Institute's Center for Science and Culture. His current research examines the impact of
0:47.7	science and scientism on public policy and culture. He has written or edited 12 other books, including Darwin Day in America,
0:56.8	The Magicians Twin, and Walt Disney in Live Action. Dr. West has also directed and written
1:02.7	several documentaries exploring intelligent design and the debate over evolution. And chances are
1:08.5	you've seen one of his documentaries because he has made some
1:12.5	really awesome ones that capture the spirit of the argument for intelligent design and indeed
1:18.1	the argument against Darwinian evolution. Dr. West, welcome back. Andrew, it's great to be back
1:23.7	with you. Well, you know, we have this idea that what if American culture isn't
1:29.6	collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it's actually failing because leading Christians
1:35.3	identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers? Those are the questions
1:40.6	you're exploring in Stockholm Syndrome Christianity.
1:49.4	And we're talking about chapter two of your book, which you've titled Secularist Science,
1:54.0	Stockholm Syndrome Christians diminished role for God in creation.
1:56.5	And I want to jump right back into it. You know, in the last episode, we talked about Mr. Darwin coming on the scene. Despite a strong defense
2:02.4	of theism and God having a role in creation, Mr. Darwin came along in the 19th century
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