HIST 3690 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Issue, Intelligent Design, Old Earth Creationism
20 Apr 2016
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Darwinian response: natural selection is the answer. Lamarckian response: there is a natural reason, but it isn"t natural selection (i. e. order) Other response: there is no natural response, but a supernatural/design explanation. Huxley"s evolutionary naturalism": one end of the spectrum. Reaction to catholic biologist st. george mivart church and evolution are not. Huxley did not believe in compatibility: no one can be a true son of the church and a mutually exclusive loyal soldier of science . Timeline: religious opposition, development of creation science in 1970s, neo-creationism & intelligent design (1990s) Strategies: ban evolution in schools, present evolution on an equal footing with creation science . Biblical defense scientific defense (i. e. beat the scientists at their own game) Why did u. s. anti-evolution movement begin when it did: growth in secondary education fear of exposure. 1890: only 3. 8% of children aged 14-17 in u. s. attended school (~200,000)
