Category Archives: Faith and Science

Posts that discuss the interaction of science with faith.

The Right Thing

Posted on September 18, 2018 by thebookofworks

People talk about morality a lot. Some say there are moral facts, others that moral codes are subjective and depend on culture. I have read the argument that human moral instincts are the product of evolution, or simply the collective … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Gap

Posted on June 22, 2018 by thebookofworks

The phrase “God of the gaps” was invented by the 19th century theologian Henry Drummond. He was speaking of the things that science could not explain yet, and which, he said, some Christians treated as “gaps which they will fill … Continue reading →

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Intrinsic Biochemical Intelligence

Posted on May 9, 2018 by thebookofworks

Another rather interesting trait of slime molds and related organisms is that they are capable of rather impressive feats traditionally thought to be limited to “higher” animals. These include behaviors like problem-solving skills and the ability to learn. Amazingly, they … Continue reading →

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Judgment and Peer Review

Posted on March 9, 2018 by thebookofworks

Peer review is a critical process in modern science. Scientists with expertise in the right field judge the quality of a grant application or a manuscript submitted for publication in a journal. This judgment determines whether the grant will be … Continue reading →

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Some Wisdom from the Past

Posted on January 29, 2018 by thebookofworks

Arthur Thomson, also known as Lord Kelvin, was an English physicist (and Christian) who wrote a book titled “Progress of Science in the Century” published in 1901. The century referred to was the 19th.. I have a copy of it … Continue reading →

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Is God Imaginary?

Posted on January 14, 2018 by thebookofworks

There are many essential equations that describe the physical reality of the universe. Einstein’s E = mc2 is probably one of the most famous, and also the simplest. In the 1920s, physicist Erwin Schrödinger developed an equation that is of … Continue reading →

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The Other Universe

Posted on December 3, 2017 by thebookofworks

The nice thing about having a blog is that one can write and publish whatever one wants to, without having to go through peer reviewers, editors, or publishers. The bad part of that is that one can end up posting … Continue reading →

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Advice to a Reluctant Agnostic

Posted on November 15, 2017 by thebookofworks

The following is from the Biologos website. A reader posted  a poignant question about a month ago, which I (and others) answered. My answer seemed to be well liked by many of the Biologos Forum participants, and I thought I … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Modern Atheism is not about God

Posted on August 3, 2015 by thebookofworks

Is there a spiritual dimension of reality? Some time ago you could be an atheist and answer yes. But the New Atheists not only deny the existence of God, they also deny the reality of anything spiritual in human existence. … Continue reading →

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Do we need God?

Posted on July 27, 2015 by thebookofworks

The answer is no. I will elaborate. We don’t need to believe in God to be good people. I have known many good people who didn’t believe in God, including most of my relatives. We don’t need to know God … Continue reading →

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