| Charles B. Thaxton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939 USA |
| Occupation | Author |
| Title | Co-founder of KONOS Connection |
| Religion | Evangelical Christian |
| Spouse | Carole Thaxton (married in 1971) |
| Website | |
| http://www.konos.org | |
Charles B. Thaxton is an intelligent design author and Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.
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Thaxton earned a doctorate in physical chemistry from Iowa State University. He went on to complete post-doctorate programs in the history of science at Harvard University and the molecular biology laboratories of Brandeis University.[1]
Thaxton has co-authored several books, including The Mystery of Life's Origin and The Soul of Science.[2] In The Mystery of Life's Origin, Thaxton argues for "Special Creation by a Creator beyond the Cosmos", and asserts that Special Creation holds "that the source that produced life was intelligent".[3]
He was the editor of the first edition of the controversial Intelligent Design textbook, Of Pandas and People.[2] The book was featured prominently in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District and the sequence of drafts that show the transition between the terms "creation" and "creator" to "design", "designer", and "intelligent design", proved important in the judge's decision.[4]
Thaxton stated that he preferred intelligent design to creationism because he "wasn’t comfortable with the typical vocabulary that for the most part creationists were using because it didn’t express what I was trying to do. They were wanting to bring God into the discussion, and I was wanting to stay within the empirical domain and do what you can do legitimately there."[5]
Thaxton and his wife, Carole Thaxton, run the "KONOS Connection," which is a non-profit educational Christian organization in Fayetteville, GA.[6] He also teaches at Charles University.[6]