Dude, What Are We Thinking? Darwinian Religion Versus the Faith of Our Fathers
By Keith Simpson
You embrace faith and science. But you’re not sure how to sort out conflicting ideas churning in our culture. And you don’t know what to tell your kids. Strident Darwinian preachers tell us God is dead. Magazines report human beings are accidents of nature. And textbooks teach our kids that life is unguided and purposeless.
What’s going on here? Has science disproved God? Why do atheistic evangelists masquerade as scientists? Is Darwinism about biology, or is it an all-encompassing philosophy of life? If you grapple with these questions, don’t worry. You are not alone.
In Dude, What Are We Thinking? Keith Simpson shares his real-life discussions with Sam, a family friend and Darwinian believer. In an engaging way—and through completely different belief systems—their conversations provide perspective to Darwinian history, evidence, and culture.
What’s going on here? Has science disproved God? Why do atheistic evangelists masquerade as scientists? Is Darwinism about biology, or is it an all-encompassing philosophy of life? If you grapple with these questions, don’t worry. You are not alone.
In Dude, What Are We Thinking? Keith Simpson shares his real-life discussions with Sam, a family friend and Darwinian believer. In an engaging way—and through completely different belief systems—their conversations provide perspective to Darwinian history, evidence, and culture.
Praise for Keith Simpson's Work
"Having taught on all levels of academia I am convinced that it takes great wisdom to take complex and sophisticated issues and present them in a way that the non-expert can comprehend and evaluate. Keith has done a masterful job synthesizing these types of issues in an understandable and interesting way, while exposing, for our evaluation, embedded philosophies of Darwinism that intertwines our cultural thinking."
- David P. Ferreira, Ph.D.
The Cultural Shift
As the famous British writer and philosopher G.K. Chesterton wisely noted, “When man stops believing in God, it’s not that he believes in nothing; it’s that he will believe in anything.”
Some argue that this philosophical battle began in the 1700s with Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Hume, who initiated a modern conflict against Christianity. Others trace it to the 1800s with philosophers like Marx, Darwin, and Nietzsche, who rejected the spiritual foundation of human identity.
Still, some believe the roots dug deeper during the 1960s, amidst a cultural revolution characterized by psychedelic substances and a quest for pleasure, exemplified by figures like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison. As we navigate these complexities in 2025, join Keith Simpson on this enlightening journey to understand the ongoing struggle between faith and secularism.
Some argue that this philosophical battle began in the 1700s with Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Hume, who initiated a modern conflict against Christianity. Others trace it to the 1800s with philosophers like Marx, Darwin, and Nietzsche, who rejected the spiritual foundation of human identity.
Still, some believe the roots dug deeper during the 1960s, amidst a cultural revolution characterized by psychedelic substances and a quest for pleasure, exemplified by figures like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison. As we navigate these complexities in 2025, join Keith Simpson on this enlightening journey to understand the ongoing struggle between faith and secularism.
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