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By Rich Deem Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Galileo is often remembered for his conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. His controversial work on the solar system was published in 1633. It had no proofs of a sun-centered system (Galileo’s telescope discoveries did not indicate a moving earth) and his one “proof” based upon the tides was [...]
By Rich Deem Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) Kepler was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer. He did early work on light, and established the laws of planetary motion about the sun. He also came close to reaching the Newtonian concept of universal gravity – well before Newton was born! His introduction of the idea of force in [...]
By Peter May At the start of the story is the tantalising phrase in Genesis Chapter 1, ‘God created man in his own image: In the image of God he created him.’ Of course, it does not occur in a vacuum. It is the climax of the entire creation narrative. The Earth, which was [...]
By Thomas Hibbs With the record-setting release of The Dark Knight, his sequel to Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, whose previous films include Memento, Insomnia, and The Prestige, stakes his claim to be our most inventive and most philosophical filmmaker. He has certainly surpassed M. Night Shyamalan, whose latest release The Happening was his third [...]
By Rich Deem Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1627) Bacon was a philosopher who is known for establishing the scientific method of inquiry based on experimentation and inductive reasoning. In De Interpretatione Naturae Prooemium, Bacon established his goals as being the discovery of truth, service to his country, and service to the church. Although his work was [...] The existence of the universe, its conformity to order, the existence of animals and men, men having great opportunities for cooperation in acquiring knowledge and moulding the universe, the pattern of history and the existence of some evidence of miracles, and finally the occurrence of religious experiences, are all such as we have reason [...]
Review by rae.org Everyone knows that science and the Christian faith are incompatible – right? Secular thought often portrays religion as the enemy of science, but the truth is that many of the world’s greatest scientific discoveries were made by persons of faith, seeking to honor God and His creation. Scientists of Faith relates the [...]
Review by Peter Williams Reason for the Hope Within showcases contemporary papers in the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology by a clutch of up-and-coming Christian philosophers. The book’s aim, in which it generally succeeds, is to introduce non-philosophers to the latest developments in Christian philosophy. The authors attended a conference to road test [...]
By Logan Paul Gage It is fashionable to note that there is nothing new in the “New Atheism” of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, et. al. However, they offer at least one genuinely new challenge to theistic belief: a challenge from developmental and cognitive psychology.Evolutionary biologists typically explain an organism’s existing traits-such as man’s propensity for [...] This video lasts 2:24 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AT_bMuFBfs] |
  
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