Category Archives: Sciences

An article well worth 10-15 minutes of your reading time: Theology, science and naturalism by Conor Cunningham

Posted on 24/05/2012 by

The bluey-green text on the bright bluish-white background is needlessly hard to read, but it’s well worth the effort: Theology must save science from naturalism by Conor Cunningham

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Empirical data the New Atheists will ignore (as usual): Attending religious services leads to better health

Posted on 23/05/2012 by

Attending religious services linked to better health People who attend religious services regularly are less likely than others in this country to develop diabetes or high blood pressure, a new study suggests, adding a Canadian dimension to the growing but … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Albert Einstein on the meaning of life and being religious

Posted on 21/05/2012 by

‘To know and to answer to the question, ‘What is the meaning of human life?’ is to be religious.’ ~ Albert Einstein

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Quote of the day: Jonathan Sacks on science and religion

Posted on 20/05/2012 by

‘Science takes things apart to see how they work; religion puts things together to see what they mean.’ ~ Jonathan Sacks

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Edward Feser reviews another very bad book: Lawrence M. Krauss’ ‘A Universe From Nothing’

Posted on 16/05/2012 by

Not Understanding Nothing: A review of Lawrence M. Krauss’ A Universe from Nothing by Edward Feser Excerpt: For Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, for example, things in the world can change only if there is something that changes or actualizes everything … Continue reading →

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Empirical facts shoot down one of the most enduring abortion myths: the health and safety of the mother

Posted on 09/05/2012 by

Chile study challenges the “safe abortion” myth: Contrary to claims, a ban on abortion is consistent with one of the world’s lowest maternal mortality rates Research from Chile published a few days ago shows that, when therapeutic abortion was banned … Continue reading →

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Peter Harrison on Christianity and the rise of Western science

Posted on 08/05/2012 by

‘Could modern science have arisen outside the theological matrix of Western Christendom?  It is difficult to say.  What can be said for certain is that it did arise in that environment, and that theological ideas underpinned some of its central … Continue reading →

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Great cat heroes: Bob the Busker

Posted on 28/04/2012 by

Recovering drug addict James Bowen’s life was at a low ebb in the spring of 2007.  On methadone as part of a programme to wean him off heroin, he was barely scraping an existence busking in London’s Covent Garden, when … Continue reading →

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Pic of the day: Chinese sewer transformed into a sea of colour after dumping of millions of pill capsules

Posted on 26/04/2012 by

Environmental officials in China have been left baffled by the mysterious dumping of millions of pill capsules which has left a sewer awash with colour. The bizarre sight along Zhengshang Road in Zhengzhou, China, has seen a 900 ft. ditch transformed into … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Global warming guru James Lovelock on why he was alarmist and wrong

Posted on 24/04/2012 by

‘I made a mistake.  The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing.  We thought we knew 20 years ago.  That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear cut, but it hasn’t happened.  The … Continue reading →

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Today’s false prophets: Environmental scaremongers

Posted on 23/04/2012 by

A few examples of false prophets falsely prophesying in 1970, the inaugural year of ‘Earth Day’: ‘Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.’ – Biologist George Wald, Harvard University, April 19, … Continue reading →

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Who’s really at the forefront of scientific enquiry, evangelical Francis Collins or the New Atheist loudmouths?

Posted on 16/04/2012 by

Find out here.  But I’ll supply a big visual clue: Scientific papers published: a comparison

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The United States of America’s views on evolution and Creationism: a useful infographic

Posted on 04/04/2012 by

From BioLogos: Click on the image (twice) to enlarge it.

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Quote of the day: Iris Murdoch on why William Shakespeare will always be more important than Richard Dawkins

Posted on 29/03/2012 by

‘We are men and we are moral agents before we are scientists, and the place of science in human life must be discussed in words.  This is why it is and always will be more important to know about Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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Barrie Schwortz, a Jewish expert on the Turin Shroud, explains why he is convinced that it is authentic

Posted on 23/03/2012 by

Barrie Schwortz, a Jewish man who was part of a team that conducted the first in-depth scientific examination of the Turin Shroud, explains why he is convinced that the cloth is authentic At the very beginning of my involvement with … Continue reading →

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Interview with Br. Guy Consolmagno, astronomer and meteorite curator at the Vatican Observatory

Posted on 17/03/2012 by
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Hitchens on Albert Einstein and atheism

Posted on 02/02/2012 by

Einstein versus the Atheists There remains a sort of belief among the less well-educated atheists that ‘science’ is incompatible with religious belief.  I don’t think Albert Einstein thought it was.  The Revd Dr. John Polkinghorne, former Professor of Mathematical Physics … Continue reading →

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‘Science and Religion: Where the Conflict Really Lies’ by Alvin Plantinga

Posted on 13/01/2012 by

Well worth your time:

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Pic of the day: Cassini spacecraft’s stunning image of Saturn’s rings and moon

Posted on 10/01/2012 by

Cassini captured this image of Tethys — the smaller moon, just 660 miles across — that appears to be floating under Saturn’s rings in front of the planet.

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Alister McGrath on Higgs boson: the particle of faith

Posted on 15/12/2011 by

‘Some tell us that science is about what can be proved.  The wise tell us it is really about offering the best explanations of what we see, realising that these explanations often cannot be proved, and may sometimes lie beyond proof.  Science … Continue reading →

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Sir John Polkinghorne on scientific discovery, the development of doctrine and reasons for Christian belief

Posted on 08/12/2011 by

‘I think that discoveries of new truth in science and beyond science are always in some continuing relationship to the truth that has been there before.  When Einstein came along and discovered general relativity he didn’t throw Newton away.  He … Continue reading →

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Scott McLemee on American evangelical scientist Francis Collins

Posted on 24/11/2011 by

‘It’s worth stressing two things about the case of Francis Collins [the director of the National Institutes of Health, who spent a decade heading the Human Genome Project].  One is that, while being completely orthodox with respect to evangelical doctrine, he played an … Continue reading →

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Vatican signs deal to collaborate on adult stem cell research

Posted on 20/10/2011 by

Vatican signs deal to collaborate on adult stem cell research The Vatican is “taking a constructive role in one of the most promising areas of medical research”. As chairman and chief executive of her own company, Dr. Robin Smith is … Continue reading →

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Peter Hitchens on William Lane Craig, Richard Dawkins, and a debate that won’t take place

Posted on 08/10/2011 by

‘Does Richard Dawkins exist?  The noted foe of religion seems set to be absent (despite many requests that he take part) from a planned debate with William Lane Craig, a leading American Christian philosopher (a number of other anti-God blowhards … Continue reading →

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The writing life of science and theology author Sir John Polkinghorne

Posted on 08/10/2011 by

‘He is usually in his study by eight a.m., a room packed floor to ceiling with more books than are found in many science or theology libraries.  On one table are stacks of paper — manuscripts he’s agreed to review, chapters … Continue reading →

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