Darwin's Corrosive Idea: The Case of Stephen Matheson

Our recent report of survey data, "Darwin's Corrosive Idea," by CSC associate director John West, documents the impact of materialist ideas about origins on religious faith, as well as on ethics and the belief in human uniqueness. The report is meticulous, objective, and highly detailed. A painful personal story that came to my attention may serve as an illustration of the phenomena Dr. West reports.

Biologist Stephen Matheson is a longtime critic of the theory of intelligent design. His ext...