John Lennox: The Oxford Mathematics Professor Who Defends Christianity
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“In his view, religious belief is entirely compatible with the scientific quest.” - National Review
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“In his view, religious belief is entirely compatible with the scientific quest.” - National Review
“Jeanson entered Harvard with a burning desire to find a cure for cancer. He emerged with a determination to push back against evolution and help people struggling with science-religion tension find their way back to Biblical truth. Here are edited excerpts of our interview.” - World
“It takes omniscience and omnipotence to create a universe almost unimaginably huge, with billions and billions of stars.” - Stimulating simulations
“The Discovery Institute, which emphasizes intelligent design and doesn’t say how long it took, has Education Days: Some 312 students and educators attended one in Seattle last year, and this year’s schedule includes Richmond and Dallas.” - World
“[A]bout one-in-five U.S. adults reject the basic idea that life on Earth has evolved at all. And roughly half of the U.S. adult population accepts evolutionary theory, but only as an instrument of God’s will.” - Pew Forum
“In his most recent book, Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology, Moreland reminds readers that the Christian faith is a matter of knowledge, which has the support of reason and evidence; caricatures notwithstanding, faith isn’t mere emotion or opinion.” - TGC
“[H]ow did this unethical experiment happen? We generally permit “the scientists” in this sector to self-regulate through voluntary guidelines. We also smile at researchers treating nascent human life like potter’s clay–objects not subjects–as if that were of only passing moral concern.” - National Review
“The administration’s proposal ‘may sound controversial, but it is not,’ Andrew Walker of Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission wrote in an Oct. 23 commentary.” - BPNews
(Related: Nancy Pearcey - Science Wins: Trump Administration Proposes Transgender Policy Based on Biology)
“[S]urely genuine academic studies and inquiries about major issues facing today’s society must be welcome, right? An open letter by over 50 British academics hailing from fields ranging from philosophy to neuroscience suggests that’s not the case.” - Intellectual Takeout
“Rather than showing the ‘power of evolution,’ these Nobel winners show that intelligent design and directed effort was needed to accomplish anything beneficial to humanity.” - Ken Ham
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