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Vor 5 Tagen · Understanding why individuals are more confident of the existence of invisible scientific phenomena (e.g., oxygen) than invisible religious phenomena (e.g., God) remains a puzzle. Departing from conventional explanations linking ontological beliefs to direct experience, we introduce a model positing that testimony predominantly shapes beliefs in both scientific and religious domains ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The value of science. Science, by its very nature, is methodical and ever-questioning. Its currency is evidence, not faith. It builds and rebuilds its theories upon the solid bedrock of observable, testable phenomena. When science speaks of the cosmos, of genetics, of physics, it speaks with the authority of investigation and proof.
Vor einem Tag · Science and religion in the past often synergistically worked together; science actually was once thought to be a clear supporter of religion. This was the age and field of physicotheology, which is a discipline that attempts to use the physical world and the scientific exploration of nature as ways to understand and interpret the nature of God. This discipline emerged during the seventeenth ...
Vor 5 Tagen · The current debates over the beginnings and ends of life continue to fill the gaps in our scientific “knowledge” with religious belief.
Vor einem Tag · A degree of concord between science and religion can be seen in religious belief and empirical science. The belief that God created the world and therefore humans, can lead to the view that he arranged for humans to know the world. This is underwritten by the doctrine of imago dei.
Vor 4 Tagen · We still believe the claim of the gospel that God is love and, to again quote Greg, “ [humans] are created for love.”. We expect there to be evidence of this in the brain. Maybe it’s oxytocin but maybe not. It’s not the first time we have brought an unsettled scientific assertion alongside core Christian claims.
Vor 5 Tagen · In a special live interview, Dave talks with Francis about his journey from skeptic to believer, why he thinks science and religion aren’t incompatible, what New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker get wrong in their battles against religion, and the ways in which religion can help (e.g. reducing suffering) or hinder (e.g. resistance to COVID vaccines) people’s health. For much ...
