Ann Gauger: A Scientist’s Circuitous Journey to Faith

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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

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🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On this ID the Future, host Eric Anderson sits down with biologist and intelligent design proponent Ann Gauger to hear her story of how she got into the intelligent design movement and how the evidence for design has shaped her life. It begins with a lonely girl on a Kansas military base who at one point loses her Christian faith but also discovers the wonders of nature, and friendship, when she is given a horse and begins taking it for long rides in the countryside. Her intellectual journey takes her to MIT, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University of Washington, and eventually into the Catholic church, where she explores becoming a nun until a conversation with echoes from the Read More ›

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0:00.0	I. D. The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:12.0	Follow the evidence where it leads. It seems like a simple statement and is
0:16.0	certainly something we aspire to but in practice it can be challenging, even
0:20.0	risky if following the evidence conflicts with prevailing scientific consensus.
0:24.0	Hello, I'm Eric Anderson and I'm honored to bring you a new occasional series on ID the future.
0:29.0	Over the next several months, I'll be talking with some members of the intelligent design community about their stories, their backgrounds and experiences, why they're involved with intelligent design, the challenges and importance of following the evidence where it leads. In short, why it matters.
0:44.8	Some are well known publicly and have been the tip of the spear in getting the
0:47.9	message of intelligent design out to the world. Others work more quietly, but just as tirelessly behind the scenes.
0:54.0	Some have been attacked for their views and even had their careers threatened due to
0:58.0	their support of intelligent design.
1:00.0	Others have made the decision to pursue intelligent design even though it means less professional support or prestige than they might have otherwise enjoyed.
1:07.0	In all cases, they've made a decision to keep at it in spite of the challenges.
1:11.0	I hope you enjoy getting to know these individuals a little bit better and are inspired
1:15.2	as I have been by their stories.
1:17.2	I'm delighted to welcome today our first guest, Ann Gager, who to me has been not just
1:21.8	an example, but a mentor and a personal friend.
1:24.5	Welcome Ann.
1:25.5	I'm glad to be here Eric.
1:27.5	So Ann, normally we start these podcasts with a list of our guests, degrees, and
1:32.2	qualifications and impressive accomplishments.
1:34.3	But we'll talk about those a little bit later today.
1:36.5	I'd like to do something a little different at the start this time.
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