Zombie Science with Jonathan Wells

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

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🗓️ 11 January 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

We are all familiar with the term fake news. It’s time to become familiar with the term “fake science,” or Zombie Science, as Dr. Jonathan Wells calls it. Zombie Science is an extremely popular postempirical science — motivated by materialism. While zombies are make-believe, Zombie Science is real — and it threatens not just science but our whole culture. This Hank Unplugged podcast features a conversation between Hank Hanegraaff and Dr. Jonathan Wells on how to defeat this Zombie Science.

Topics discussed include: what is Zombie Science? (3:30); the price to pay for taking stands against the status quo of materialism and Darwinian evolution in the scientific arena (10:30); examining various icons of evolution like Darwin’s tree of life (17:30); why has the war on Intelligent Design become so ferocious? (31:30); the miracle of metamorphosis (36:20); the strong scientific commitment to materialism (41:00); what is the myth of junk DNA? (45:30); the unnecessary idolization of Charles Darwin (49:30); the problem with making DNA the answer to everything (51:30); examples of zombie science (54:00); the threat to religion presented when materialism is masquerading as empirical science (1:04:00).

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0:00.0	And welcome to another edition of Hank Unplugged, the podcast that's bringing to you some of the most interesting, inspirational, informative people on the planet.
0:33.9	And in this case, some of the funniest, or one of the funniest.
0:38.5	I mean, this is going to be a podcast that has some lines in it that are side-slapping, hilarious.
0:47.3	In fact, the book that I want to talk a little bit about during this podcast is a book
0:52.5	titled Zombie Science, More Icons of Evolution.
0:56.5	And the cover itself is side-slapping funny.
1:00.9	But a lot of other things we're going to talk about.
1:02.7	My podcast today is with Jonathan Wells, he's senior fellow with the Discovery Institute,
1:09.2	Center for Science and Culture in Seattle,
1:11.6	holds a PhD in molecular and cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley,
1:17.6	as well as a PhD in religious studies from Yale University.
1:21.8	His books include icons of evolution, one of my all-time favorite books.
1:27.4	I think this book is must reading for every
1:30.4	single person on the planet, and certainly for every single Christian on the planet. The
1:37.2	Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design, which came out in 2006,
1:42.6	the myth of junk DNA. But this book, this book, I read this book
1:47.3	last night. I had perused the book before. I'd never really read the book before. Zombie
1:52.5	Science, more icons of evolution, is a book that if you do not have this book, you've got to
1:58.0	get this book. And while you're at it, buy a bunch of copies
2:01.3	you can give away.
2:02.5	I've often said how one views their origins will ultimately determine how they live their
2:07.4	life.
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