Welcome to ID the Future, a podcast about intelligent design and evolution.

Hello, I'm Andrew McDermott. Today my guest is Nancy Piercy, professor and scholar

in residence at Houston Baptist University, and a fellow

of the Discovery Institute. She is author of books such as Total Truth, Saving Leonardo,

and Love Thy Body. Over a series of four episodes, I'm speaking with Nancy about a chapter

she wrote for a book called Mere Creation, Science, Faith, and Intelligent Design that was

recently highlighted in four parts on the blog More Than Cake. It's called You Guys Lost. Is design a

closed issue? Although many hold that Darwin conquered the design argument over 150 years ago,

Nancy shows us there are good reasons for returning to that side of battle and asking whether it was one fair and square.

Nancy, thanks for joining us today.

Thank you for having me.

Well, I'm so glad we can finish this conversation together.

This is the third episode in a series of four.

Just looking at some of these interesting ideas you've written on about

this moment in history when Darwin came up with his theory and just how people reacted to that.

So before we begin, a quick review for listeners who are just coming into this, may not have

heard the previous discussions.

In the first episode, you addressed Nancy the question

of why Darwin became the focal point of debate in the 19th century, even for many who did not

accept his theory. In part two, you recount your examination of the writings of Darwin's core

supporters during that time to get a more accurate picture of Darwin's chief allies.

And then in today's episode, you're going to review with us the most important strategies Darwin and his supporters used to discredit design.

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