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Evolution Is Going According to God’s Plan

In the new book Purpose, a Yale psychiatrist argues Darwinian forces are divinely guided. The post Evolution Is Going According to God’s Plan appeared first on Nautilus.

hen Samuel T. Wilkinson arrived at John Hopkins Medical School, in the late aughts, it was a bit of a culture shock. As a devout Mormon who had spent his undergraduate years at Brigham Young University, he found the secularism of his new fellow students off-putting. His coursework also required him to seriously consider , something that for many presents a challenge to religious faith. And yet, Wilkinson remained steadfast in his beliefs, even serving as an assistant to the local Mormon bishop while he completed his medical degree. Now a professor of psychiatry at Yale University, where he focuses on depression and suicide prevention, his faith

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