R.e. - R&s Scholars

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Albert Einstein

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"Science without religion is lame. Religion without Science is blind"

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Quote

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Richard Dawkins

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Neo-darwinist

Creation stories are wrong - genesis 1 & 2 contradict each other

Genesis just another creation myth

"We will be able to get rid of religion altogether"

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Idea and Quote

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Bruno

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Supported Copernicus (Heliocentric)

Burnt at the stake by the Church

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Idea

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Galileo

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Agreed with Bruno

Put under house arrest and banned from publishing

"Bible teaches us how to go to heaven, not how to get there"

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Idea and Quote

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Charles Darwin

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Origin of species - evolution, natural selection etc

We evolved from apes not Adam+Eve - controversial

Rules out the idea of 'Man in his own image'

Calls into question the purpose of Adam and Eve, Jesus and original sin.

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Idea

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Pope Francis

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Current Pope

Declared evolution and big bang theory are real and God is not 'a magician with a magic wand'

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Quote

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Richards

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Supports Darwin

'We are simply naked apes, alone in the universe'

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Supports Darwin w/ Quote

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Paul Nurse

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Supports Darwin

'Science has explained more in 100 years, than religion has in 10,000"

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Supports Darwin w/ Quote

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Charles Lyell

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Geology - popularised uniformitarianism

-Rock strata highlighted the universe was older than 6000 years

Fossills supported the idea the world didnt come around all at once

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Idea

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John Scopes

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1925 school teacher put on trial for giving evolution homework to his class - lost the trial but it cast doubt onto creationism as the creationists couldnt agree.

Modern example: Kansas 2011- evolution banned

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Evidence +Modern example

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Steven Hawking

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R&S conflict still happening

God not needed to create universe -

"Not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper"

"Science will win because it works"

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Idea and 2 Quotes

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Edwin Hubble

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Big Bang theory

Goes against genesis - sudden explosion (not Genesis)

Some apologists argue the Big Bang is 'let there be light'

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Idea

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Persinger's helmet

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Claims to produce the exact sensation of a religious experience using the lobe in the face -

goes against the idea of religious experiences as a message from god.

Religion might be just a condition - significant religious people may have had a condition rather than being a messenger from God.

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Idea

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Dr. Blackmore

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Near-death experiences are caused by endorphins released during a chemical imbalance, not by God.

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Idea

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Higg's Boson

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"The God Particle" - Particle that caused the Big Bang - Found in 2012

Went against the idea of an omnipotent creator as his 'tools' were present

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Idea

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Wilberforce & Huxley

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Debate in 1860

Wilberforce tried to dictate what conclusions science can reach - willing to be descended from an ape on grandfathers side but not grandmothers

Huxley - "Rather be descended from an ape than a bishop"

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Example of Conflict

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Henry Morris

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Founder of Young Earth Creationism

Argued Genesis stories contradict because 1 is written by God and the other by Adam.

Believed Genesis was literally true - "Scientists make mistakes, God does not"

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Idea and Quote

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Bultmann

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Wanted to 'demythologise' the new testament

Historical analysis of the New testament is 'futile and unnecessary'

Only key themes matter, not the details

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Idea

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Bishop Ussher

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Used the Bible to predict the world was 6000 years old - Oct 4004 B.C.

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Idea

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Philip Gosse

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Fossils are a test from God

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Idea

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Brian Cox

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"Science is only a theory, it will never prove anything"

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Quote

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A.E. Wilder-smith

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Challenges scientific origins of the Universe

Universe is so complex it shows signs of an 'intelligent designer'

DNA is too complex to have occurred by chance

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Idea

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Michael Behe

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Irreducible Complexity- Darwin's black box (1966)

Examples:

Blood Enzymes

Mouse trap (too complex to be created by chance - can use Hoyle - Boeing)

Horseshoe crab and flagellum haven't evolved - been designed

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Idea

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Paul Davies

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Anthropic Principle -

Goldilocks enigma - Universe 'just right' for Human life

(Supported by Swinburne - probability)

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Idea

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Dyson

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Fine tuning -

Universe "knew we were coming" - (i.e. designed)

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Idea and (short) Quote

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Maddox

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Argued the Big Bang theory was -

"not a coherent account as to how the universe was created"

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Idea and Quote

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John Polkinghorne

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R&S should coexist as they both search for the truth

Belived R&S should be combined to better understand the universe

(Example of an eye - one eye for religion, one eye for science)

'Science answers the How, Religion answers the Why'

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Idea and quote

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Peacocke

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R&S are compatible - Darwinism is the 'friend' of religion

Science and religion are "interacting approaches to the same reality"

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Idea and quote

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Keith Ward

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"Faith is needed just as much in Science as it is in religion"

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Quote