Throughout the millennia, most religious texts have attempted to blend faith and reason. Thomas Aquinas, for example, set out to prove the existence of God using only the laws of logic that had been propounded by Aristotle roughly 1400 years …
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Faith and Reason
The assertion made on this church’s sign is true in general. Most people, as they learn more about the world around them, especially from a scientific point of view, eventually reject monotheistic religion. They arrive at an impasse: I can …
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Faith and Reason
From the Writer’s Almanac: Today is the birthday of mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal. He was a child prodigy and by the time he was 19 he had already perfected the first mechanical calculator for sale to the public. In …
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Can One Have One’s Metaphysical Cake and Eat It Too?
Funny stuff. On top of everything else, she has “there” misspelled. While most people of science are non-religious, that’s not true of all. There are people who say that there is no conflict between faith and reason, though, frankly, it’s …
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Climate Science and Christian Faith
Today’s the big day for environmentalists living near Santa Barbara; Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is speaking at Westmont College, an extremely high-end interdenominational Christian liberal arts college.
