Written by Steven Barto, B.S. Psy., M.A. Theology The relationship between science and religion has always been complicated. The scientific revolution featured tension and collaboration between religious viewpoints and innovative scientific theories. ALISTER McGRATH SAID, "HISTORICALLY, the most significant understanding of the relation between science and religion is that of 'conflict,' or perhaps even 'warfare'" …
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Written by Steven Barto, B.S., Psych. Dan Egeler writes in the Forward to J.P. Moreland's book Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology, “As the ideas that constitute scientism have become more pervasive in our culture, the Western world has turned increasingly secular and the centers of culture (the universities, the media …
Can Science Explain Everything?
The current sentiment regarding science versus God is, "Surely, you can't be a scientist and believe in God these days!" It's a viewpoint expressed by many people over the years. Others don't even bother asking the question, stopped by their own doubts. After all, they say, science has given us such marvelous explanations for the …
God, Science or Both?
WHEN YOU PONDER THE vastness of the universe, the wonder of the natural world, or the mysteries of the human mind, what do you think? Some of us see nothing but a material world, machinations of which we believe are best explained by the logical reasoning of science. One of the world's most famous and …