When Christians in Science Embrace Scientific Materialism

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

Science, Philosophy, Astronomy, Society & Culture, Life Sciences

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🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What if American culture isn’t collapsing because of crusading secularists? What if it’s failing because leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers? Those are the provocative questions posed by Dr. John West's new book Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, which exposes how influential Christian leaders are siding with their anti-Christian cultural captors on everything from biblical authority and science to sex, race, and religious liberty. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid begins a two-part conversation with Dr. West unpacking examples of how Stockholm Syndrome Christianity is harming the scientific enterprise and what can be done to repair the damage. In Part 1, West explains how Francis Collins, one of the most celebrated evangelical Christian scientists in America, has fallen prey to Stockholm Syndrome Christianity. Source

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0:00.0	ID the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:11.7	Welcome to ID the Future. I'm your host, Andrew McDermott. Well, today, my guest is Dr. John West
0:17.8	to discuss what happens when Christians and science reject historic Christian
0:22.4	teachings and embrace the tenets of scientific materialism.
0:26.7	Dr. West is author of a new book called Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Why Christian
0:31.8	Leaders are Failing and What We Can Do About It.
0:34.9	West is vice president and a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute,
0:38.7	where he serves as managing director of the Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
0:43.5	His current research examines the impact of science and scientism on public policy and culture.
0:49.9	Dr. West has written or edited 12 other books, including Darwin Day in America,
0:55.0	How Our Politics and Culture have been dehumanized in the name of science,
0:59.4	The Magicians Twin, C.S. Lewis and Science, Scientism and Society, and Walt Disney and
1:05.1	Live Action. Dr. West has also directed and written several documentaries, exploring intelligent design and the debate over evolution.
1:13.7	Dr. West, welcome back to ID the Future.
1:16.0	Andrew, it's great to be here with you.
1:18.6	Well, what if American culture isn't collapsing because of crusading secularists?
1:23.7	What if it's failing because leading Christians identify more with secular elites than with their fellow believers?
1:29.3	Those are the provocative questions that you pose in your new book, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity,
1:35.3	which exposes how influential Christian leaders are citing with their anti-Christian cultural captors
1:41.3	on everything from biblical authority and science to sex, race, and religious
1:46.3	liberty.
1:47.9	Today we're going to unpack chapter two of your book, which you've titled Secularist Science,
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