About this title: Despite marked public interest, many leading scientists remain sceptical that there is much common ground between scientific knowledge and religious belief, or that science offers support to any of the fundamental beliefs of the world's religions. In this stimulating collection of articles on the subject, Paul Kurtz and Barry Karr have assembled the thoughts of scientists from various disciplines. At a time when religion threatens to distort the findings of science through Creationism and the Intelligent Design movement, this sceptical rebuttal is a much-needed response. Among the topics ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 2003-04
ISBN-13:9781591020646ISBN:1591020646
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 2003
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781591020646ISBN:1591020646
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781591020646ISBN:1591020646
Description: Fine. Large paperback in AS NEW condition, many eminent scientists and scholars have contributed to this stimulating debate, Richard Feynman, Martin Gardner, Stephen Jay Gould, etc., "Among the topics discussed are the Big Bang and the origin of the universe, intelligent design and creationism versus evolution, the nature of the soul, near-death experiences, communication with the dead, why people believe in God, and the relationship between religion and ethics" read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781591020646ISBN:1591020646
Description: Like New. Clean and smoke free, no highlighting, rips or tears. The very simple thesis of the collection is that science and religion can never be compatible. read more
"A nice collection of well-written essays that takes on issues like the Shroud of Turin, afterlife experiences, Intelligent Design, cosmic anthropic principle, and why science explains life and the universe better than theology. Most essays are pro-science, but they give info on contrary views. Highly recommended. Tom."
"Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? is a collection of essays from a number of viewpoints on the science / religion debate. The book is divided into seven sections and includes articles by prominent scientists such Steven Weinberg, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Feynman and Steven Pinker to name a few.
While the bulk of the essays tend towards the scientific/materialistic outlook, opposing viewpoints are also presented. Both sides offer well thought-out arguments, the bulk of which are quite interesting and thought provoking.
What to conclude? If you look at the historical trend, science has prevailed in each and every area in which conflicting explanations of phenomenon were proffered. Religion has continued to be pushed into the darkest corners and to the edges of our knowledge and understanding.
Early man believed deities were responsible for weather, disease, astronomical events, the success or failure of crops and so on and so on. Now, religious apologists are left to provide rather obscure explanations relating to evolution of the bacterial flagellum or the clotting mechanism in blood, and in fact doing it rather badly.
Projecting this trend into the future there is every reason to believe that superstitious beliefs will continue to be made less relevant as science enters the realm of the human brain to explain emotions, morality, ethics, and religious belief itself.
Will this mean an end to religion? No. The human brain appears to have a built in belief engine that makes us predisposed to supernatural explanations. But over time the inexorable progress offered by science will continue to marginalize religion until its role in the public sphere is on par with beliefs like astrology, ghosts and garden gnomes."
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