Faith & Science – Page 24 – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

06Apr 2022 by Post

Event Report: Design and the Designer

biology, Biomimetics, COVID-19, Daniel Reeves, design triangulation, Emily Reeves, Eric Metaxas, faith, Faith & Science, history of science, human foot, intellectuals, Intelligent Design, International Space Station, John West, Michael Keas, Olympics, Philadelphia, Physics, Earth & Space, Return of the God Hypothesis, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, Systems Biology, theology, Westminster Conference on Science and Faith

There were 16 different talks, ranging from the history of science and faith to more technical topics like systems biology and design triangulation. Source

01Apr 2022 by Post

Luskin: Adam and Eve and the Evolving Scientific Consensus

Adam and Eve, Casey Luskin, Christianity, consensus, dogma, Evangelical Christians, Faith & Science, Geology, Hank Hanegraaff, Hank Unplugged, Hebrew Bible, Human Origins, plate tectonics

Scientists have become much more reticent about saying the first couple must be no more than a product of the ancient Hebrew imagination. Source

12Mar 2022 by Post

Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason

atheists, Christianity, evolutionary biologists, existence, Fact, faith, Faith & Science, Faith vs. Fact, Jerry Coyne, knowledge, logic, Neuroscience & Mind, non-contradiction, reason, René Descartes, skepticism, theists, thinking, Thomas Aquinas, truth

Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason. Source

06Mar 2022 by Post

Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking

ancient Greeks, Argument from Pique, Aristotelian tradition, atomists, automatism, Baruch Spinoza, bio-logic, Charles Darwin, Christian de Duve, Christianity, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Darwin’s Unfinished Business, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, Faith & Science, freethinking, Life Sciences, logos, magical thinking, moral sensibility, nous, philosophers, Simon Powell, supernatural, Thomas Malthus

Charles Darwin himself exemplified the Argument from Pique, alluded to in past entries in this series, to a tee. Source

05Mar 2022 by Post

Darwin and the Swinging 1860s

Algernon Charles Swinburne, Charles Darwin, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Evolution, faith, Faith & Science, First Cause, First Vatican Council, Flower Power, Germany, Higher Criticism, information, Kulturkampf, Otto von Bismarck, Pope Pius IX, Roman Catholic Church, Secularism, Victorian England

The threat which such thinking posed to theistic beliefs was not lost on the Roman Catholic Church when Pope Pius IX convened the First Vatican Council of 1869. Source

05Feb 2022 by Post

Neil Thomas Takes on Epicurus and the Logical Positivists

agnosticism, Christianity, cosmic fine-tuning, Darwinism, Epicurus, Evolution, Faith & Science, Hank Hanegraaff, history, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, logical positivism, Neil Thomas, nihilism, Orthodox Christians, philosophy, Podcast, rationalists, Richard Dawkins, Taking Leave of Darwin, theism

Hanegraaff and Thomas provide a model of how two men with differing positions on Christianity can challenge each other while remaining cordial. Source

01Feb 2022 by Post

John Bloom on the Match that Lit the Scientific Revolution

alchemy, Ancient Near East, astrology, astronomy, Casey Luskin, Chemistry, Christianity, Faith & Science, Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, ID The Future, Johannes Kepler, John Bloom, Judeo-Christian tradition, Nicolaus Copernicus, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith

Babylonians and Greeks contributed some discoveries and insights that would eventually play into the rise of science. Source

24Jan 2022 by Post

Theists vs. Atheists: Who Has the Burden of Proof?

atheists, debate, Divine Hiddenness argument, Evidence, faith, Faith & Science, ground of existence, ignorance, immunity idol, logic, Matt Dillahunty, nature, Neuroscience & Mind, theists, tribal immunity

Because Dillahunty refuses to debate me again, I’ll address his claim that atheists have no burden of proof in the debate over God’s existence in this post. Source

14Jan 2022 by Post