Analysis Of John Lennox's Speech 'Does God Begin Where Science End?'

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“Does God begin where science ends?” is a question Professor John Lennox begins his speech with. It is remarkable that science and God has become one the most discussed debate in the world, but at the end of the day, science is not at war with God.
This debate is fuelled by two opposite worldviews, atheistic materialism and theistic views (Christian views). Professor John Lennox goes on to say in his speech that science has rendered atheism irrelevant and that he sees science and religion co-existing unlike his fellow colleagues. Yes there is evidence that supports science in a way that makes it the only relevant explanation, and that is what atheists cling on. They believe everything in the world has a scientific explanation to it and that it is unnecessary to give God all the credit.
In the book of Genesis it is said that
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On the 3rd day God said “Let there be light”. This is way too similar to the concept of the Big Bang when there was an explosion and there was a burst of light.
John Lennox, who is a Christian states that God has two books, the book of nature where He explains how the universe came about in a scientific perspective, and the book of the word , which is well known as the Bible and that’s why John Lennox said “God created the universe, and God gave us His word”.
Statements of scientists are not necessarily statements of science. Scientists believe that in the beginning there was an explosion and in 3 minutes, 98% of the matter there is and will be was produced and we had a universe. But yet in Genesis it says that on the 7th day God had finished His creation of earth. This is a fact that is mostly believed by theists, who are known as the believers of God.
Most scientists are Atheists, which means they are non-believers of God and believe that science is the only answer or rather the only relevant explanation on how the earth was

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