Faith Seeking Understanding, Intellectual Witness and Spiritual Renewal
Series: Fine-tuning of the Universe and Intelligent Design
Question: What about string theory?
Discussants: Dr. Ng Kam Weng and Dr. Rodney Toh.
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What about string theory?
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Part 8. Many scientists reject the idea of multiverse. Why?
Series: Fine-tuning of the Universe and Intelligent Design
Question: The multiverse theory suggests that there are many universes beyond what we can observe, thus increasing the chances of finding a universe with just the right conditions for life to emerge. However, many scientists reject the idea of multiverse. Why?
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7. Why is the fine-tuning of the universe not by chance
Series: Fine-tuning of the Universe and Intelligent Design
Question: The discovery of fine-tuning of the universe which makes life possible has led many scientists to think that this cannot be mere coincidence. Explain what is meant by fine-tuning of the universe and why this discovery is important for Christianity.
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Part 6: Historical Precursors of Argument from Fine-Tuning and Intelligent Design
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Part 5: Young Earth Creation vs Old Earth Creation
Question: Does the evidence from the bible and science support young earth creation or old earth creation?
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Part 5: Young Earth Creation vs Old Earth Creation
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Faith and Integration of Knowledge
Christian Foundation of Modern Empirical Science
Part 4. Question: Christians have argued that the emergence of modern science is premised on presuppositions of the Christian worldview. What are some of these unique features in the Christian worldview that contribute to the emergence of modern empirical science?
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Part 4. Christian Foundation of Modern Empirical Science
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Faith and Integration of Knowledge
Part 3. Question: How do we integrate science and Christianity?
Discussants: Dr. Ng Kam Weng and Dr. Rodney Toh.
There are six ways to relate science and Christianity: conflict, independence, complementation, dialogue, integration and transformation.
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Part 3. Question: How do we integrate science and Christianity?
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Question: If there is no conflict between Christianity and science, does this mean that the Bible is scientifically reliable? What is the relationship between the Bible and science?
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What is the Relationship Between the Bible and science?
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Part 1. Alleged Conflict between Science & Christianity
Question: If Christianity is based on faith in the supernatural world, whereas science is based on facts in the natural world, then they are incompatible. To what extent is this correct?
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Alleged Conflict between Science & Christianity
Bertrand Russell: Unyielding Grimace Against a Pointless Universe
Such, in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which Science presents for our belief. Amid such a world, if anywhere, our ideals henceforward must find a home. That Man is the product of causes which had no provision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man’s achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins—all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand. Only within the scaffolding of these truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding despair, can the soul’s habitation henceforth be safely built (p. 39). Continue reading “Bertrand Russell’s Pointless Universe versus John Calvin’s Purposeful Providence”
I. Introduction
James Orr, in The Christian View of God and the World, maintains that the Christian worldview is compelling because it provides a coherent and unified view of life. Christianity as an integrated worldview embraces all disciplines of knowledge and provides stability of thought and directions to Christians seeking to navigate through new intellectual challenges posed by advancement of knowledge in the modern world.
Christian integration of faith and knowledge is based on the following premises: Continue reading “Integrating Faith and Knowledge”