The Latest Scientific Evidence of God and the Soul

In The Beginning...Are religion and science at war?

Scientism (see the Magician's Twin)has caused many people to lose their faith.  Faith and reason cannot be opposed as they flow from the same truth, aka God.  Are Christianity and science at war with each other?  Are we now in the real "Dark Ages"?  Salvo takes this on:

In the Beginning

Episodes in the Origin & Development of Science

"Not according to leading historians. "The greatest myth in the history of science and religion holds that they have been in a state of constant conflict," wrote historian of science Ronald Numbers in 2009.¹ Even though he and other historians of science have documented this conclusion thoroughly, many myths about the alleged warfare between science and theistic religion continue to be promulgated in popular literature and textbooks."

"This distinction is especially helpful when encountering statements from scientists that purport to be scientific but, on closer examination, prove actually to be theological, and thus outside the domain of science. Take the following statement by Stephen Hawking, for example, which appeared in his bestselling, co-authored book The Grand Design: "Because there is a law like gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing."²

Some heavyweight Oxford professors discuss and refute new atheist claims

This is worth watching - it is broken up into several parts. "Let's look at the big questions". Philosophy and the God debate Philosophy, Science and the God Debate: 'Science disproves the existence of God'. Scientists and philosophers interviewed: Alister McGrath (The Dawkins Delusion), Keith Ward (Why There Almost Certainly Is a God) and John Lennox (Gunning for God). This documentary shows Oxford professors responding and refuting the New Atheists, like Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), Christopher Hitchens (God is not Great), Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation) and Daniel Dennett (Breaking the Spell).

The Origin of Life - Professor John Walton demonstates the odds against a random start

Professor Walton takes us through the chemistry and shows us the RNA world scenario is impossible.  Life was complex at the earliest times. 

The Origin of Life


Conclusions:

• Statistically, the chance of forming even one “useful” RNA sequence can be shown to be essentially zero in the lifetime of the earth.
• The complexity of the first self-replicating system, and the information needed to build it, imply intelligent design.
• Hope of beating the colossal odds against random formation of replicating RNA is based on ideology rather than science.
• As lab experiments on model replicators become more complex they demonstrate the need for input from intelligent mind(s).
• Acceptance of an early earth atmosphere free of oxygen atoms strains belief beyond breaking point!
• No chemically or geologically plausible routes to nucleotides or RNA strands have been developed.
• Geological field work shows no support for a “prebiotic soup.” It favors little change in the atmosphere over time. Living things have been present since the first crustal rocks.
• After over 50 years of sterile origin of life research it is time to give intelligent design a fair hearing.

Same Evidence, Different Conclusions: Is "Objective Belief" an Oxymoron?

 An excellent video.

 Same Evidence, Different Conclusions: Is "Objective Belief" an Oxymoron?

Science claims to be one of the few objective ways of understanding the world.  But science itself is deeply affected by our pre-existing beliefs and these a priori commitments color the way we assess the so-called 'evidence' for or against theism.  Come and hear Dr. Lennox discuss how it is possible for two people to examine the same data and come up with vastly different interpretations.  The lecture will be followed by an audience Q and A.