Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
I was reading Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction and I came across this quote by Susan Blackmore: If each person has a spirit or soul, as well as a brain, then science ought to be able to detect it, but so far it has not. This is not to say that it never will, but … Read More “Science and the Soul” »
This is the second instalment in the series of blog post by Canadian bloggers. Except that today’s blogger is not Canadian. Andy Bannister is from the UK but is the Canadian director for RZIM. Not only is Andy doing great apologetics work in Canada, he is also pretty good at puns. Make sure to check … Read More “The Limits of Science” »
Science and religion are enemies. Or at least that is what some people would like us to think. One of the battlegrounds of this idea is the proposal to teach intelligent design as an alternative to evolution. ID proponents have not asked that evolution be removed from the schools, only that ID could be talked … Read More “Science vs Religion” »
I risk offending both young earth creationists (YEC) and Jesus mythicists (JM) with this post, but I have been thinking about the similarity between the two. Let me say at the beginning that I have many friends who are YEC and I was once one myself, so I am not trying to insult them. This … Read More “Young Earth Creationists and Jesus Mythicists” »
I recently finished David Berlinski’s The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions. This is not your typical evangelical Christian response to the new atheism. David Berlinski is a secular Jew who writes as a scientist. His purpose is not to prove evangelical Christianity or even Judaism as the correct religion. His purpose is to … Read More “The Devil’s Delusion” »
