Blurb: Against the Tide is a travelogue, an examination of modern science, an excursion into history, an autobiography, and more. But at heart, it is the story of one man’s daring stand against the tide of contemporary atheism and its drive to relegate belief in God to society’s catalogue of dead ideas.
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Zoom meeting: Ted Davis on why Christianity is good for science
BioLogos: Drawing on information and insights from the history and philosophy of science, Dr. Davis will argue that Christian faith actually complements the picture of the world coming from the sciences, helping us to achieve a deeper understanding of both the way the world is and how we should go about understanding it…
Oxford mathematician John Lennox on the atheists that made him sweat
Lennox: When I did that first debate with Richard Dawkins, there was a huge concern that I’m stepping out into the arena, into the lion’s den…
At Mind Matters News: Believers in God detect patterns more easily
Researchers: “”Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in the universe, according to neuroscientists at Georgetown University.”
Philosopher: Why can’t AI have mystical experiences?
[With respect to mystical experiences,] Most traditional theists would say that we are not talking about what Dr. O’Hara seems to think we are talking about.
Bruce Gordon on the Argument for God from the Incompleteness of Nature
Based on Arguments for God: The Plantinga Project Edited by Jerry L. Walls and Trent Dougherty.
God and mathematics – Why does mathematics work?
From God and Math: Think about it… Mathematical entities like numbers, sets, and equations are non-physical and abstract. They can’t cause anything. Yet, for some reason, the physical universe operates…mathematically.
Jonathan McLatchie interviews Christian rocker Jon Steingard, who “no longer believes in God”
McLatchie: We had a two hour conversation about the evidences for God and for Christianity. It includes discussion of intelligent design which may be of interest.
Wintery Knight: Does the multiverse counter the fine-tuning argument for God’s existence?
Knight: The multiverse is not pure nonsense, it is theoretically possible.But even if there were a multiverse, the generator that makes the universes itself would require fine-tuning, so the multiverse doesn’t get rid of the problem. And, as Lightman indicates, we have no independent experimental evidence for the existence of the multiverse in any case.
Can AI stand in for God? John Lennox comments
John Lennox : I spent most of my life contending with people that think that science replaces God. And I see that as a very foolish argument really. It’s like saying that if you understand how a Ford motor car works, you don’t need to believe in Henry Ford.
Did Dan Brown’s hero stumble onto God?
Robert J. Marks and Oxford mathematician John Lennox discuss that in connection with Lennox’s new book, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (2020).
Why God appears to be a mathematician
No wonder New Atheism petered out. It wasn’t just all the stupid profanity. Ultimately, maybe they couldn’t argue with the math.
Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020)
The late Ravi Zacharias’s wildly popular encounter with an atheist scientist.
Sean McDowell interviews Steve Meyer on his new book
There is no escape via pure naturalist atheism from the conundrums science sets before us.
Andy Macintosh on Gen Z and atheism
It’s interesting if atheism is increasing even as the new atheist movement is largely petering out. What cooks?